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October 18, 2019
REVIEW: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Dear Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone,
One look at this 209-page time-travel novel’s blurb and I had to preorder it, so I’m reproducing that blurb here:
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Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.
And thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more.
Except discovery of their bond would be dea...
October 17, 2019
REVIEW: The Spitfire Girl by Fenella Miller
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It’s 1939 and the threat of war hangs over the country…
Flying instructor Ellie Simpson has grown up a tomboy. She’s never had an interest in the latest fashions or finding a husband, her only passion is flying her beloved Tiger Moth. But when war is declared, she is no longer be able to do what she loves most – fly.
When Ellie is offered the opportunity to join the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, she jumps at the chance to help keep the brave boys in the RAF safe. But when tragedy strikes close to home, E...
October 16, 2019
REVIEW: No Man’s Land by Kevin Sullivan
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A gripping account of how a major air disaster was averted, by the captain and former Top Gun pilot
“Instinctively, I release my pressure on the sidestick. Out of my subconscious, a survival technique from a previous life emerges: Neutralise! I’m not in control so I must neutralise controls. I never imagined I’d use this part of my military experience in a commercial airliner …”
On routine flight QF72 from Singapore to Perth on 7 October 2008, the primary flight computers went rogue, causing the p...
October 15, 2019
REVIEW: The Christmas Contest by Scarlet Wilson
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Will their competitive spirits ruin the spirit of Christmas?
When Ben Winters and Lara Cottridge hear that a Vermont radio station is hosting a Christmas contest with a $10,000 prize for a charitable project of the winner’s choice, they seize the challenge. Although strangers, they both are obsessed with all things Christmas and each has their own worthy pet project in mind.
News of the contest creates a lot of buzz, but most participants fall at the first hurdle – a timed online quirky Chr...
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Christmas in Vermont by Anita Hughes: $ 9.99
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October 14, 2019
REVIEW: Master of Restless Shadows #1 (Caledeonian Series) by Ginn Hale
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ARC review .
Freshly graduated Master Physician Narsi Lif-Tahm has left his home in Anacleto and journeyed to the imposing royal capital of Cieloalta intent upon keeping the youthful oath he made to a troubled writer. But in the decade since Narsi gave his pledge, Atreau Vediya has grown from an anonymous delinquent to a man renowned for penning bawdy operas and engaging in scandalous affairs.
What Narsi?and most of the larger world?cannot know is the secret role Atreau plays as spymaster fo...
October 11, 2019
REVIEW: Remains to be Seen by Elizabeth Cadell
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When Philippa Lyle, engaged, returns home from her lengthy stay in Canada, she finds that her small town has changed. The ruins of a Roman villa and bath have been discovered and the town is over-run with archaeologists, tourists, and curiosity seekers. Some of the residents are excited about the changes and financial opportunities, while others are not pleased and make plans to leave town.
Ward Rowallen, the young owner of the crumbling manor on the hill, is very enthusiastic about the chan...
October 10, 2019
REVIEW: King & Queen of the Poker Game (King & Queen series Book 4) by Diane Michaels
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Tess is fearless, from her fiery red hair—complete with tiara—all the way down to her rainbow-striped knee socks. She’s on the hunt for a unicorn. Who knew it would be so hard to find a man who could keep up with her, let alone pass her rigorous second date test? But when Oliver draws a royal straight, all hearts, she’s the one who’s running scared.
Oliver used to think love was the safe bet. After witnessing his parents’ marriage tumble like a house of cards, he tries to break his habit of...
October 9, 2019
REVIEW: The House of Sundering Flames (Dominion of the Fallen #3) by Aliette de Bodard
The multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings and The House of Binding Thorns concludes her Dominion of the Fallen saga, set in a Paris devastated by a magical war.
The great magical Houses of Paris – headed by Fallen angels and magicians – were, however temporarily, at peace with each other. Until House Harrier was levelled by a powerful explosion. Now that peace has become chaos, tearing apart old alliances and setting off a race in which each House hoards magic and resour...
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The Play by Elle Kennedy: $ 4.99
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Getting Played by Emma Chase: $ 4.99
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