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Discover Aussie Fantasy 2013 – Kick Off

  Welcome to Discover Aussie Fantasy for 2013! All this month I will be featuring books written by Aussie speculative fiction authors for all ages – not just fantasy, but some sci-fi as well. Authors whose works I am hoping to feature this year include: Amanda Bridgeman, Margo Lanagan, Stephen Ormsby, Kylie Chan, Carole Wilkinson, Paula Weston, Marianne De Pierres […]
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Posted on July 1, 2013
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Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. His best friends Ron and Hermione have been very secretive all summer and he is desperate to get back to school and find out what has […]
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Posted on June 28, 2013
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Quietness

Hello everyone! Yes, I am still here. I was going to write a long ranty post about how my last few weeks have been, but I figured you don’t really want to know about that. Instead, know that I had to take a break from bloggy things for a variety of reasons, mostly involving Mr […]
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Posted on June 26, 2013
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Review: Shadow of Night, Deborah Harkness

Shadow of Night (Goodreads) Author:  Deborah Harkness (website) Follow @debharkness Rating: Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library,she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to Matthew. Now the fragile […]
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Posted on June 12, 2013
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Wicked Wildfire Read-a-thon: Goals

Okay so I totally had this on my calendar and everything, then I was home sick all last week and hardly touched my blog or calendar at all. But I am going to try to make up for lost time since I did actually read quite a bit over the weekend! The Wicked Wildfire read-a-thon […]
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Posted on June 10, 2013
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Grab Stitch for Free This Weekend

Hi everyone, sorry it’s been so quiet around here – I’ve been very busy lately and haven’t actually had a lot of time to read, so my reviews have been far between. I just wanted to let you know that one of the books I read and reviewed last year and really enjoyed – Stitch […]
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Posted on June 7, 2013
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Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: It’s the summer holidays and soon Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is counting the days: there are new spells to be learnt, more Quidditch to be played, and Hogwarts castle to continue […]
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Posted on June 4, 2013
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Roundup: May 2013

It’s time for a look back at the past month on the Oaken Bookcase. Yes, I’m still around. May has been a fairly quiet month around here – I haven’t had a lot of time for reading, even though I took part in Bout of Books. I’ve also hit something that I haven’t had in […]
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Posted on May 31, 2013
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Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Goodreads) Author:  Scott Lynch (website) Follow @scottlynch78 Rating: The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a friend to the poor, a ghost that walks through walls. Slightly built and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. And […]
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Posted on May 23, 2013
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Review: The River of No Return, Bee Ridgway

The River of No Return (Goodreads) Author:  Bee Ridgway (website) Follow @beeridgway Rating: 1812: On a lonely battlefield in Spain, Lord Nicholas Falcott, Marquess of Blackdown, is about to die… But, the next moment, he inexplicably jumps forward in time, nearly two hundred years – very much alive. Taken under the wing of a mysterious organisation, The […]
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Posted on May 20, 2013
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