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	Exile (The Nandor Tales, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 90 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackest Knights by C.T. Phipps (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Martin Owton (Goodreads Author), David Niall Wilson (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nandor (The Nandor Tales#2) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows of Faerie 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackest Spells by C.T. Phipps (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael R. Baker (Goodreads Author), Allan Batchelder (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Vol 2 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mike Chinn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tais Teng (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Full Fathom Forty by David J. Howe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nina Allan (Contributor), Suzanne Barbieri (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Touch of Crystal by Martin Owton (Goodreads Author), Gaie Sebold (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Star Stepping: An Anthology of Fantasy and Sci-Fi Tales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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So a month has passed, and now I think I can tell you a bit about what I mentioned in the last blog post.

Those of you who know me will be aware that I enjoy a good quiz and am somewhat competitive. It will come as no surprise that I might put myself forward for a well-known TV quiz. I did, was accepted and on Fri Jan 27th filmed an episode. I do not yet know when it will be screened and will post

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Martin Owton made a comment in the group Goodreads Reviewers' Group — New to the group? Introduce yourself here (3) topic " Hi Melissa I have a couple of novels that I can offer for you to review if you like the sound of them. There's a secondary world adventure fantasy Exil ...more "
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Martin Owton rated a book really liked it Cold Sleep by Luke E.T. Hindmarsh (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Lt Commander Kara Rozanski is one smart woman; a deep space navigator, she has a gift for the abstruse mathematics required to guide the vast colony ship Charon to its destination. Not as smart as she thinks she is as she believes it is a good idea f ...more
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Martin Owton rated a book really liked it Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Engrossing multi-POV tightly-paced spy thriller with well-drawn characters. Will read book 2
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Martin Owton rated a book really liked it A Gamble of Gods (The Order of the Dragon, #1) by Mitriel Faywood (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is not an easy book to categorise. It part SF, part fantasy, with elements of secondary world fantasy, portal fantasy and romance fantasy. It also requires patience as the story, told through three well-developed POV characters, does not really ...more
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Martin Owton answered Deity World's question: Would you like to do a Q and A on my group ? Yes, I would be happy to do that
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