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Clean Sweep ARC Challenge – Goals

  The Clean Sweep ARC Challenge runs between May 1 and 31. It’s hosted by Kimba and Kimberley, and allows us to clean up those ARCs that may have been sitting around for a while. There’s still time to sign up if you’re interested in joining in! It’s definitely time for a little autumn cleaning around […]

Review: The Waste Lands, Stephen King

Title: The Waste Lands (Goodreads) Author:  Stephen King Rating: ~ Blurb from Goodreads ~ Roland, the Last Gunslinger, moves ever closer to the Dark Tower of his dreams and nightmares- as he crosses a desert of damnation in a macabre world that is a twisted mirror of our very own. With him are those he has drawn […]

Review: The Drawing of the Three, Stephen King

Title: The Drawing of the Three (Goodreads) Author:  Stephen King Rating: ~ Blurb from Goodreads ~ After his confrontation with the man in black at the end of The Gunslinger, Roland awakes to find three doors on the beach of Mid-World’s Western Sea—each leading to New York City but at three different moments in time. Through these doors, […]

Review: The Gunslinger, Stephen King

Title: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) (Goodreads) Author:  Stephen King Rating: ~ Blurb from Goodreads ~ In The Gunslinger King introduces his most enigmatic hero, Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, […]

Review Copy Cleanup: Reading List

Welcome to August! I’m excited to be taking part in the Review Copy Cleanup this month, since I’m really behind after July! The RCC was created and is hosted by Vicky of Books, Biscuits and Tea and Celine from Nyx Book Reviews. I thought I’d better write a reading list for the month. My review […]

Bout of Books Day 2: Confessions

Day 2 of the Bout of Books is over (for most of the world, anyway). How are you progressing with your goals? My updates for the last couple of days are on my original goals post. The challenge for Day 2 is hosted by Nyx Book Reviews. Here are my answers! Physical book or eBook? […]

Challenges for 2012

Book bloggers love to sign up for Challenges – I’ve noticed this as I’ve visited a load of new blogs lately, and seems like a brilliant way to expand your usual reading habits to include new genres and types of story you might enjoy. Thanks must go to Hannah –  her post reminded me I […]

Year of the Dragon Reading

It seems that 2012 is an auspicious time to be starting a blog about fantasy books – not only is it the Australian National Year of Reading, but it is also the lunar year of the Dragon! National Year of Reading 2012 is the National Year of Reading in Australia, focusing on teaching children to […]
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