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Review: Dragonkeeper, Carole Wilkinson

This review is part of the Discover Aussie Fantasy feature, running during July on The Oaken Bookcase. You can find details of the feature and enter the giveaway on the Aussie Fantasy page! Dragonkeeper (Goodreads) Author:  Carole Wilkinson (website) Follow @WilkinsonCarole Rating: In the year 141 B.C., Ping is an illiterate Chinese orphan who lives on the […]
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Posted on July 9, 2013
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Review: Blind Sight, Ermisenda Alvarez

This post is part of the Blind Sight Blog Tour. Blind Sight is an urban fantasy novel written in two volumes, each telling the story through a different character’s perspective. It is also part of the Discover Aussie Fantasy feature, running during July on The Oaken Bookcase. You can find details of the feature and enter the […]
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Posted on July 4, 2013
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Review: The Scrivener’s Tale, Fiona McIntosh

This review is part of the Discover Aussie Fantasy feature, running during July on The Oaken Bookcase. You can find details of the feature and enter the giveaway on the Aussie Fantasy page! The Scrivener’s Tale (Goodreads) Author:  Fiona McIntosh (website) Rating: In the bookshops and cafes of present-day Paris, ex-psychologist Gabe Figaret is trying to put […]
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Posted on July 2, 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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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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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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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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Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, JK Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry can’t wait to get back to school after the summer holidays. (Who wouldn’t if they lived with […]
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Posted on May 17, 2013
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Review: The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey

The 5th Wave (Goodreads) Author:  Rick Yancey (website) Follow @RickYancey Rating: The 1st Wave took out half a million people. The 2nd Wave put that number to shame. The 3rd Wave lasted a little longer, twelve weeks… four billion dead. In the 4th Wave, you can’t trust that people are still people. And the 5th Wave? No one knows. But […]
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Posted on May 8, 2013
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