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Cover reveal: Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn

Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn



(Book Three of the Mindjack Trilogy) Now Available!



When your mind is a weapon, freedom comes at a price.




Four months have passed since Kira left home to join Julian’s Jacker Freedom Alliance, but the hole in her heart still whistles empty where her boyfriend Raf used to be. She fills it with weapons training, JFA patrols, and an obsessive hunt for FBI agent Kestrel, ignoring Julian’s worries about her safety and repeated attempts to recruit her...

Hobbitfest!

I signed up for the Hobbit blog fest over at M Pax's blog way back when. Can't wait to go watch The Hobbit, but it looks like that will have to wait until after I come back from the Big Bad Wolf Sale (boooksssssssssss)



So here are the questions and my answers:




What is your favorite hobbit characteristic/or the one that you think closely resembles you?

Um. I'm short and I eat a lot. It's an Asian thing. ;)



If you could choose between a scrumptious second breakfast and a perilous...

I got my #courseramyth cert!

Completed with distinction, baybeh.

#bookreview: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Imagine a world where books were illegal, and if you were reported to own books, you would be arrested and your house would be burnt down. For one who lives in a world of words, it's a scary thought. It's frightening that all our words could just so easily disappear into the void like that.



Fahrenheit 451 was a gripping read; I'd only intended to read a few chapters before bed, but ended up finishing the whole book. I got sucked into t...

Christmas Giveaway!

When it comes round to the end of the year, you start to reflect on the things that have been happening in your life.

I would like to appreciate a few people - Josh, for his ministry in Penang and his friendship; David, for his ministry to worship leaders online; and you, my faithful blog readers - by running two giveaways for:

1) Josh's worship album, In That Day

2) David's ebook, The Worship Songwriter.


(I've shifted the rafflecopter entries from the previous entry over here so it's easier...

#fireplace: pressing on in #worship (and two #giveaway s)

The weekends when I lead worship at church are often both stressful and satisfying. (Okay, it's only stressful for me and the musicians because I'm a muddle-minded person).

Today, for example, our drummer didn't turn up. We pressed on, with keys and guitar. Then our LCD projector blew a fuse in the middle of Lead me to the cross. And you know, that's a difficult song; it has so many words. We pressed on - even the littlest child can sing the chorus of In moments like these. Then the...

#fridayflash: musicians watching musicians in the rain

"They're good, aren't they?"

"Got the crowd really grooving."

"Why aren't we up there?"

"Different countries, different styles, wouldn't work -"

"No, I mean, why aren't we up in front grooving with the crowd?"

"Beats me."

Beat.

"It's wet, isn't it?"

"Positively soggy."

"Bit of a dampener on the whole spirit of the thing."

"But the crowd has been great."

"Yeah, even during our set."

"But not as responsive as this."

"I knew we should have started a conga line."

"Or kissed a girl."

"We're too...

of Advent, Books and Coming-soons...

I was supposed to post this on Sunday, but what with Christmas practice, then jazz fest, then work, then general all-round laziness, and setting up the song set for the weekend...



Advent

Well, I suppose it's a little too late now to wish you a "Happy Advent", if one does wish that, but all the same, do take time to slow down even as we enter the busiest time of the year (oxymoron, that).

Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of e...

#bookreview: Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins by Randolph Lalonde

I picked this up free on Smashwords and promptly forgot about it due to the sheer amount of books I have. I am glad that I found it again!




Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins by Randolph Lalonde

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins is a trilogy (Freeground, Limbo, Starfree Port) about Captain Jonas Valent and the crew of First Light.



Caught for hacking into Freeground military simulations (and beating them silly) Jason Valent and his crew are offered two options:...

I'm a #nanowrimo #winner!

I DID IT, PEOPLE, I DID IT!



And you know what, I did it faster than I've ever done before. Normally I'll be just about dying on November 30th trying frantically to beat the clock.

This year, the historic 2012, I actually have six whole days to spare.



What this really means, of course, is that I now really really really really really need to concentrate on Christmas.

Also, I'll update you on the George Town Literary Fest in a bit... which will hopefully really be in a bit -...