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July 3, 2015
The Name of the Wind: A Review
It made sense that as a fantasy writer I would read one of the most raved about fantasy books ever, so I borrowed a copy of the first book from a friend. The book started astoundingly well. There’s something very cool about the way Patrick Rothfuss writes. The way he constructs a sentence and describes […]
June 30, 2015
Kindle Unlimited: Why I Don’t Like It When I Should
Kindle unlimited in essence is a wonderful idea, just like netflix and sites like spotify it allows people to pay a monthly set fee and listen to as much music or watch as much tv as they’d like. It’s affordable and it makes it easier to find the things you want to enjoy. As a […]
June 26, 2015
The Last Changeling: A Review
We picked out this book for bookclub a few months back based partially on the cover and partially on the description. It sounded like a very interesting blend of Sherlock esque stuff and mythological fairy-like creatures. The book started off a little on the slow side, I was intrigued but it felt a little wandering […]
June 19, 2015
Imperfect Strangers: A Review
This is another ebook I was gifted by the author, David Staniforth, in return for my review. It’s also another book that’s a departure from the usual genre of the author (honestly something I think authors should risk more often). I was a little worried about taking this book on as it’s not normally a […]
June 12, 2015
Finding My World: A Review
This is the second book I’ve read by Chris Ward as is in a very different genre to the first one, The Tube Riders, so I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I can safely say I adored this story. I was dragged into the characters from the beginning and despite Jack’s very immature and […]
June 9, 2015
The TRC are Four
Last Friday I attended the Trauma Recovery Centre’s 4th Birthday Party and it was super awesome to go hang out with these awesome people for the evening (and who doesn’t like an excuse for a party). The TRC are a charity I’ve mentioned several times. They really do great work in a lot of different […]
June 5, 2015
Apocalypse – Diary of a Survivor: A Review
I was given a copy of this ebook by the author, Matt Pike, in return for my review. This is one of those books that isn’t particularly original in terms of the idea for the plot. Let’s face it in the apocalypse genre there’s not much new and the meteorite idea has definitely been covered. […]
May 29, 2015
Rivals: A Review
This is the second story in the Skid series and was gifted to me by the author, Doug Solter, in return for my review. I mentioned this coming out a while back and Doug did a guest post here last year at about the same time as the release date so I’ve been pretty excited […]
May 22, 2015
London Belongs to the Alchemist: A Review
This s the fourth book in the Class Heroes series by Stephen Henning and I was given a copy of the ebook in return for my review. This book started a little after the third book from the usual protagonists point of view and continued the adventure of Sam, James and Lolly as they try […]
May 19, 2015
Getting lost in a good book
The wonderful thing about a good book is that you can get lost inside the world it has created, imagining your own new scenes once the book has ended. Having your own conversations with the wonderful characters. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of this. In the difficult times I had earlier in the year […]
