Petra Jacob
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Peddling Doomsday
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Riddled With Senses
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Supernice: Smile. Or else.
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The World Does Not Revolve Around Curmudgeon Avenue (Curmudgeon Avenue #5)
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The World Does not Revolve one is the fifth in the series, although it's easy enough to pick up the story from any of the books, and the others are all just as entertaining. The Curmudgeon Avenue Series is like a soap opera all seen from the POV of a ...more | |
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I'm looking for someone to swap novels. I'm open to any genre, although I don't know much about romance. Happy to do a three chapter swap to start wit
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"Review also available on my blog The Shameful Narcissist Speaks.
‘I suppose life is just whatever stories we choose to tell ourselves at the time.' If you ever want to dive into the machinations of how a cult can draw in and take over "normal" people, " Read more of this review » |
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My book Peddling Doomsday about a cult run by a female Messiah is on KU too!
ASIN mybook.to/PeddlingDoomsday .CO.UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DGH5W ...more " |
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Angel M.B. Chadwick's
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Moving Forward On Another Journey
"My steampunk, sci-fantasy, mystery/thriller/suspense/historical fiction/paranormal novella Traveling Salesman: Astronomgonist is ranked #25 in the steampunk genre on Wattpad. I've also entered it in the 2018 Watty Awards. The first eighteen chapte..."
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Sameer wrote: "Dwayne wrote: "Sameer wrote: "English is not first, I am limited to very basics. "
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Petra Jacob
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I liked this! It was simple and straightforward, covering all the basics without getting confusing. I did a few of the positions and found them energising too. | |
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I agree with your advice Jane, a short blurb is more powerful.
A friend of mine reads a lot and uses blurbs to help him choose the books. I asked him w ...more " |
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“As we charge the night we leer at pedestrians, the harder I stare, the faster they walk and we skip and jive in their shadows. They pull their coats round as a barrier, faces burning, I could crush their bones in the treads of my trainers, but I let them scamper away. We collect items to aid us in our quest, a shopping trolley, a brick, a single shoe. One petulant husk mutters,
"There must be something meaningful you can do with your time," and we soak up his words and shudder with complete incomprehension – we are walking with the Gods, what is more meaningful than that?”
― Riddled With Senses
"There must be something meaningful you can do with your time," and we soak up his words and shudder with complete incomprehension – we are walking with the Gods, what is more meaningful than that?”
― Riddled With Senses
“Nobody mentions it, but there are two types of insanity. One is the unstable mind, that's the one they make films about, the romantic insanity, a person out of control and capable of almost anything. But the other is the madness of the stable mind, where behaviour is illogical and damaging but every day it is exactly the same.”
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