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Guest Review: Frozen Prospects, Dean Murray

This review is a guest post by the lovely Anya of About The Story! Welcome Anya!   Title: Frozen Prospects (Goodreads) Author: Dean Murray Rating: – Really great story, minor flaws Frozen Prospects by Dean Murray is a sci-fi/fantasy hybrid about a boy in another world orphaned and alone until his latent potential is discovered by a family […]
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Posted on May 1, 2012
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Roundup: April

April is coming to a close already! It’s time for a round up of this month’s happenings on The Oaken Bookcase. Back at the start of April, I had just done some major blogscaping while taking part in the Bloggiesta event. That has continued during April with a new theme, new Reviews page and some general […]
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Posted on April 30, 2012
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In My Mailbox (11)

Welcome to In My Mailbox, hosted each week by The Story Siren. Allow me to squee over the books I received this week! For Review Just one ARC from NetGalley this week: Advent, James Treadwell (July 2012) And one from Edelweiss: The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (June 2012) I received Kingdom, Anderson O’Donnell for an […]
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Posted on April 29, 2012
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Review: A Confusion of Princes, Garth Nix

Title: A Confusion of Princes (Goodreads) Author:  Garth Nix (@garthnix) Rating: I have died three times, and three times been reborn, though I am not yet twenty in the old earth years by which it is still the fashion to measure time. This is the story of my three deaths, and my life between. My […]
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Posted on April 26, 2012
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WWW Wednesday (10)

WWW Wednesday is hosted each week at Should Be Reading. You might have noticed a change or two around here lately – I finally got around to changing up my blog theme a bit and had a general spruce-up over the last week or so. My reviews page is the most changed – I’d love it […]
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Posted on April 25, 2012
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Review: The Imaginality of Somewhere, Someone

Title: The Imaginality of Somewhere (Goodreads) Author: Someone Rating: The very brave and adventurous Ellie, as she would like to be described, and the always sensible and logical Thomas, move, with their parents, to a forsaken farmhouse due to falling on hard, economic times. But there is a reason this farmhouse was abandoned. Ellie and Thomas discover […]
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Posted on April 24, 2012
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In My Mailbox (10)

Welcome to In My Mailbox, hosted each week by The Story Siren. Allow me to squee over the books I received this week! It’s a bumper edition… Purchased A Confusion of Princes, Garth Nix – I kept seeing this one around in the shops and decided to pick up the kindle version. For Review I had […]
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Posted on April 21, 2012
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Tour: Socialpunk, Monica Leonelle – Review and Giveaway

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase stop on the Socialpunk Blog Tour! You can find links to the other blogs taking part on the socialpunktrilogy.com site, but make sure you enter the giveaway below my review first! Title: Socialpunk (Goodreads) Author:  Monica Leonelle (@monicaleonelle) Rating: Ima would give anything to escape The Dome and learn what’s beyond its barriers, […]
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Posted on April 19, 2012
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WWW Wednesday (9)

WWW Wednesday is hosted each week at Should Be Reading. What are you currently reading? A Confusion of Princes, Garth Nix You’d think being a privileged Prince in a vast intergalactic Empire would be about as good as it gets. But it isn’t as great as it sounds. For one thing, Princes are always in danger. […]
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Posted on April 18, 2012
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Review: The Wicked and the Just, J. Anderson Coats

The Wicked and the Just, J Anderson Coats
Title: The Wicked and the Just (Goodreads) Author:  J. Anderson Coats (@jandersoncoats) Rating: Cecily’s father has ruined her life. He’s moving them to occupied Wales, where the king needs good strong Englishmen to keep down the vicious Welshmen. At least Cecily will finally be the lady of the house. Gwenhwyfar knows all about that house. Once she dreamed […]
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Posted on April 17, 2012
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