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Review: Foundling, D. M. Cornish

This post is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway! Title: Foundling (Goodreads) Author:  D.M. Cornish Rating: Set in the world of the Half-Continent—a land of tri-corner hats and flintlock pistols—the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy is […]
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Posted on July 23, 2012
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Review: Return of the Ancients, Greig Beck

This post is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway – you could win a copy of Return of the Ancients! Title: Return of the Ancients (Goodreads) Author:  Greig Beck (@GreigBeck) Rating: Return of the Ancients […]
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Posted on July 21, 2012
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Guest Review: Embrace, Jessica Shirvington

This is a guest review from Philippa of Tea, Daydreams and Fairytales. It is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway – you could win a copy of Embrace! Also, check out the […]
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Posted on July 18, 2012
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Review: Shadowfell, Juliet Marillier

This review is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway! Title: Shadowfell (Goodreads) Author:  Juliet Marillier Rating: The people of Alban are afraid. The tyrannical king and his masked Enforcers are scouring the land, burning villages […]
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Posted on July 17, 2012
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Review: Memory’s Wake, Selina Fenech

This review is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway! Title: Memory’s Wake (Goodreads) Author:  Selina Fenech (@SelinaFenech) Rating: Lost in a world full of monstrous fairies, a troubled sixteen year old has to find out […]
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Posted on July 14, 2012
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Review: Dragonclaw, Kate Forsyth

This review is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running during July on The Oaken Bookcase. You can visit the Aussie Fantasy page for more information and to enter the giveaway while you’re here! Title: Dragonclaw (Goodreads) – Also titled The Witches of Eileanan Author:  Kate Forsyth (@KateForsyth) Rating: Since the Day of Reckoning witches and magic have […]
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Posted on July 9, 2012
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Review: Finnikin of the Rock, Melina Marchetta

This review is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running during July on The Oaken Bookcase. You can visit the Aussie Fantasy page for more information and to enter the giveaway while you’re here! Title: Finnikin of the Rock (Goodreads) Author:  Melina Marchetta (@MMarchetta1) Rating: At the age of nine, Finnikin is warned by the […]
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Posted on July 4, 2012
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Review: Winter Be My Shield, Jo Spurrier

Welcome to the first review in The Oaken Bookcase’s Discover Australian Fantasy month! You can find more information about the feature and links to other reviews on the Aussie Fantasy page. Title: Winter Be My Shield (Goodreads) Author:  Jo Spurrier Rating: Sierra has a despised and forbidden gift — she raises power from the suffering […]
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Posted on July 2, 2012
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Mini-review: Ada Lovelace, Lucy Lethbridge

Title: Who Was… Ada Lovelace, Computer Wizard of Victorian England (Goodreads) Author: Lucy Lethbridge Rating: Daughter of the famous romantic poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was a child prodigy. Brilliant at maths, she read numbers like most people read words. In 1843 Ada came to the attention of Charles Babbage, a scientist and techno-whizz who had just built […]
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Posted on June 28, 2012
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