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#musicmonday: Your Love is a Song | Switchfoot

(I've been listening to old playlists, I have)

#bookreview: Gloaming series by JB Simmons

Light in the Gloaming by J.B. Simmons
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I'd put this somewhere between a 3 and a 4 star - it was interesting enough to catch my attention and I did like the story very much. It's classic fantasy - bad prince usurps the throne, good prince fights to win back his throne and his bride (though his bride wasn't really in any danger, I think?)

Throw in family relationships and make it convoluted - Andor is a half-brother to Tryst, though there was a mention of an orphanage and ad...

#musicmonday: This is Home | Switchfoot

Because eeeeeeeeee Silver Chair is going to be made!

*hearts Puddleglum my favourite grump*

#bookreview: Mesilithia by @KDDelgado123

Mesilithia by K.D. Delgado
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When Katie is kidnapped by a stranger, her husband jumps into the weird hole-in-the-wall portal to save her. However, his brief hesitation lands him in Mesilithia 50 years after his wife. She's grown wings and she's married to Lord Wicket. Even without this complication, how would they get home when she hasn't found a way in 40 nyias?

Delgado has built a pretty fascinating world filled with new creatures. There's the Zothan Clan who are human-l...

#musicmonday: Wonder | Delirious?

Is it any wonder that my heart is on the line?
Is it any wonder that my words are out of time?
Is it any wonder that I miss you like you're mine?

Oh sweet heart, you've broken me sweet heartOh sweet heart, you've broken me
And you set my world on fire 
I'm turning inside out to be with youSo I'll be waiting hereAnd our love can live forever 
'Cause in your eyes I've seen who I could beSo I'll be waiting here
Is it any wonder that you stole this heart of mine?
Is it any wonder that our world...

#fridayflash: The King of the Files (in memory of Mr Mok)

It creaked.
She stared at the tall cabinets that surrounded her, unsure which one had moved.
The light flickered.
"Chuay ha mi?" The voice was loud. Strident. Annoyed.
"Ummmmmmm... Fairchild?" she squeaked, holding out the piece of paper with a list of files that her senior had requested as an offering.
"Not there la. The other side." The voice moved away, still grumbling to himself.
She headed over to the other row of filing cabinets and peered at directory that hung from one handle.
"Why you dunno...

#bookreview: Order of the Eternal Sun

The Order of the Eternal Sun: A Novel of the Sylvani by Jessica Leake
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lucy Sinclair is making her big debut in London Society. Everything is going well - her presentation to the King and Queen is as wondrous as she hoped - and her brother-in-law, Lord Thornewood, is scritinizing everyone and everything to make sure that she's protected from The Order of the Eternal Sun. Yet, Lord Alexander Radcliffe, Earl of Devonshire, manages to attend her debut ball, unknown and uninv...

#bookreview: Writers of the future

Writers of the Future Volume 31 by L. Ron Hubbard
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I've known about Writers of the Future for a long time - I spent a lot of my younger years thinking of things to submit, but never got round to writing anything I thought worthy of submitting. It was, however, an anthology I have never gotten round to actually reading until now, mainly because I don't think I ever saw it in bookshops.

I picked up Volume 31 from NetGalley, expecting to be wowed. I mean, after all, so many...

#musicmonday: When You Walk Into the Room | Bryan & Katie Torwalt

#bookreview: The Timeloopers series by Dan Rix

I've probably posted reviews of some of the books here already, but I thought I'd get them all on one page. :)

A Strange Machine by Dan Rix
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Strange Machine starts off with the mysterious disappearance of Franklin Thomas, who walks into the prototype Chronos Quantum Computer and never comes out again. Edgar Faye, the head of the project, closes down the jinxed project and donates the computer to his alma mater - Lakeside Upper. Cory Holland, computer whizz, spoiled rich...