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July 24, 2016
July 22, 2016
#fridayflash: Never Ending
It's not that it's heavy, just that it's never-ending. It starts as a light drizzle, and you welcome it. You want to stand in the rain, revel in the cool air that now blows through your wet clothes. Singing in the rain, indeed.
By the second hour, when it gets heavy enough that each drop stings - and you wonder if this is just rain or is it something else? - you're already in the house, curled up in bed, your hair damp from the shower you took to chase away any illness you could have...
July 19, 2016
#bookreview: The Dragon Round
The Dragon Round by Stephen S. PowerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jeryon, captain of the Comber, is a strict, by-the-book man driven to bring the apothecary and the medicine they've sourced back home to plague-ridden Hanosh - until a dragon attack and a mutinous second mate sees both him and Everlyn cast out to sea on the captain's chance. Luck is with them and when the island they're marooned on gives them an additional surprise in the form of a rare baby dragon, Jeryon jumps at the chance of rescu...
July 17, 2016
#musicmonday: In Jesus' Name | Darlene Zchech
Brought to you by this week's anniversary practice.
[is also wondering about that curious lag/drag at about 3:17]
July 15, 2016
#fridayflash: Not the one (excerpt from Winds #2)
But even after the appointed time, Danis, Hana and the babe did not arrive at the castle nor did any news from the south come to the Castle. Restless, Mica paced the ramparts.
He grew melancholy as the days passed and neither his grandfather’s advice nor the Steward’s warnings made a difference. Instead, he spent his days in the Painted Hall, talking to the Yuki-musumi, for she appeared as young as him.
“Do you intend to kill me?” he asked her one day.
She raised her face from her inspection of...
He grew melancholy as the days passed and neither his grandfather’s advice nor the Steward’s warnings made a difference. Instead, he spent his days in the Painted Hall, talking to the Yuki-musumi, for she appeared as young as him.
“Do you intend to kill me?” he asked her one day.
She raised her face from her inspection of...
July 12, 2016
#bookreview: The Chronicles of St Mary's - Book 1 & 2
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi TaylorMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I wasn't intending to review this (picked it up free on Amazon, would rather have left a star rating only. Oh wait. I actually bought this with my gift card. I don't remember why.) but then I picked up the second book (A Symphony of Echoes) as an ARC from Edelweiss. So duh, now I have to review this too.
Just One Damned Thing After Another is an extremely enjoyable read. It's a time-travelling romp (if I may use that...
July 6, 2016
Celebrate #Raya2016 with #Smashwords' #SummerWinterSale2016
So as you guys know (well, I think you do?) I publish on Smashwords because it's one of the online ebook retailers/distributors that sell to Malaysia! (I tried, but can't, sign up for Google Play publishing at this point, boo.)
Anyway, Smashwords is running a month-long SALE!!!
I like that word: SALE!
Coexist is on it - so you can pick up your copy at 25% off all this month. All you have to do is use the code SSW25 at checkout. They'll tell you on the page itself, but I'm telling you here n...
Anyway, Smashwords is running a month-long SALE!!!
I like that word: SALE!
Coexist is on it - so you can pick up your copy at 25% off all this month. All you have to do is use the code SSW25 at checkout. They'll tell you on the page itself, but I'm telling you here n...
July 5, 2016
#bookreview: Beyond the Woods & Cinder
So this week, I review two Fairy Tale books!
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold by Paula Guran
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold is exactly what it sets out to be - a compilation of fairy tales retold for the modern generation. The modern adult generation. Where fairy tales were once cleaned up and made happy and "family-friendly" for the consumption of children (looking at you, Disney), these fairy tales go back to earlier forms when such tales were cautionary tales...
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold by Paula GuranMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold is exactly what it sets out to be - a compilation of fairy tales retold for the modern generation. The modern adult generation. Where fairy tales were once cleaned up and made happy and "family-friendly" for the consumption of children (looking at you, Disney), these fairy tales go back to earlier forms when such tales were cautionary tales...
July 3, 2016
June 28, 2016
#bookreview: Creation | Greg Chase
Creation by Greg ChaseMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Sam accidentally creates a new technology-based sentient species whilst trying to repair a derelict spaceship's computer. However, he's been living off the grid in a village on the planet of Chariklo, so he doesn't find out until a decade later when his old friend Lud sends a ship to take him back to Earth to face the music.
Chase spends a good portion of the novel exploring social mores, especially in relation to sex. At a casual glance, it appear...
