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Book Blast: Jack Templar: Monster Hunter Academy, Jeff Gunhus

  Warning   If you are not a Monster Hunter, click the back button NOW!   Last chance.   Continuing with this post will give monsters the go ahead to attack you.   You have been warned! From today, the highly anticipated sequel to Jack Templar Monster Hunter by Jeff Gunhus, a 2012 ForeWord Reviews […]
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Posted on April 4, 2013
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Roundup: March 2013

It’s time for a look back at the past month on the Oaken Bookcase. I do apologise – I totally dropped the ball at the end of February and missed a round up post, but here’s what I’ve been up to in March at least. It’s been a month of exciting happenings on the blog […]
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Posted on March 31, 2013
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Review: Soul of Kandrith, Nicole Luiken

Title: Soul of Kandrith (Goodreads) Author:   Nicole Luiken (@NicoleLuiken) Rating: Lance is a healer and wielder of slave magic, a power that demands sacrifice. He gave up his health to gain the ability to heal others, but he’s powerless to cure his beloved Sara, who sacrificed her soul to save Lance and all of Kandrith. Returning her […]
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Posted on March 27, 2013
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Review: A Storm of Swords, George RR Martin

Title: A Storm of Swords (Goodreads) Author:  George R.R. Martin (website) Rating: Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven […]
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Posted on March 21, 2013
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Cover Lover: Terra

Welcome to Cover Lover, where I share my favourite covers! Hannah  of Once Upon a Time is the inventor of this particular “meme”, so head over there to see the covers she’s already shared. My to-read pile just grows and grows – I can’t help it. Even though I have a load of books on […]
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Posted on March 20, 2013
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Review: The Wild Girl, Kate Forsyth

Title: The Wild Girl (Goodreads) Author:  Kate Forsyth (website) Rating: Dortchen Wild fell in love with Wilhelm Grimm the first time she saw him. Growing up in the small German kingdom of Hessen-Cassel in early Nineteenth century, Dortchen Wild is irresistibly drawn to the boy next door, the young and handsome fairy tale scholar Wilhelm Grimm.  It […]
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Posted on March 18, 2013
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Tea in the Treetops: Episode 1: Introductions

It’s time for something a little different on the Oaken Bookcase today! I’d like to welcome you to listen to the first “pilot” episode of Tea in the Treetops – a new podcast project I’ve been working on with my book buddy Phillipa, from the Tea, Daydreams and Fairytales blog. We plan to make this a fairly […]
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Posted on March 17, 2013
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Blogaversary Giveaway

A year ago, oakenbookcase.com was registered and this site was born! To celebrate my first blogaversary (and also my birthday which happens to also be today), I’m giving away a book to one of you, my lovely readers! I’d like to thank all of you – readers, authors and publishers, who have made the last […]
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Posted on March 14, 2013
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Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That’s because he’s being raised by his miserable muggle aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he’s really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is […]
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Posted on March 8, 2013
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Five For Friday: Favourite Books

Recently, I was asked you to provide my one favourite author and one favourite book. Now, as a voracious reader, I found that very difficult to do. I stood next to my bookshelf at home and looked and looked, but favourites are really not easy to identify – there have been so many books that I’ve […]
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Posted on March 1, 2013
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