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#fridayflash: skin

I wear his righteousness like a wetsuit; slick, tight, a second skin. It keeps me warm; human.

When I forget, I am cold; frigid and fierce, ice storms, blizzards. Angry. Hungry.

I should remember always, keeping him close, remembering what it means to be alive.

Forgetting the death in me.

#bookreview: Tales from High Hallack, Vol 1

Tales From High Hallack, Volume 1: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume 1 by Andre Norton
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'd heard so much about Andre Norton that I was so excited to get a copy of this to read through Edelweiss. I know, it was released like eons ago, but hey, if they're still offering review copies, I should take it, right?

And then I realised that to actually understand a full half of these stories as they should be properly understood, you should already be familiar w...

On missing the pizza for the mushroom

When you think about it, all you're having is really a food tantrum; a spiritual food tantrum, if you will. You're the kid at the buffet who's decided that the only thing you want to eat is spaghetti when there's also roast chicken and fried fish as mains, besides chocolate cake, fondue and ice cream for dessert, but no, you've decided that spaghetti is important and you're upset because it's not filling enough nor is it what you expected it to be.

But you know you're a self-feeding...

#booklaunch: The Perihelix by Jemima Pett

The Perihelix, a new book by Jemima Pett, was launched this week!

You can buy it at Amazon, B&N, Apple, and Kobo and Smashwords. So, why should you buy The Perihelix?
The Perihelix by Jemima PettBook 1 of the Viridian System Series
Published by Princelings PublicationsGenre: science fiction/scifi-adventure/space opera (for grownups, although I wouldn't describe it as adult)Words/pages: 83,800 / 360Formats: all ereaders and paperbackPrice: ebook currently on special offer at 99c (rrp $2.99):...

#bookreview: Tea in Pajamas by Rachel Tey

Tea in Pajamas by Rachel Tey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Tea in Pajamas is one of those books where you reach the end and go "awwwwww so sweet! <3" (Okay, maybe that's just me.)

Beautifully illustrated, this is one book any 8- to 12-year-old girl who loves fairy tales would love to read. Well, I'm guessing at the age range. Maybe ages 8 and up, though probably by the time they reach 15, it would probably too "childish" and they'd turn their nose up at it, until they pass 25 and get a little...

No date today? You should've proofread.

I'm not sure how true this is... but well.
Have you spell checked today? :p



Infographic courtesy of https://www.grammarly.com/spell-check.

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P/S if you're not on a date today, drop by at Lightbox @ LUMA, The Whiteaways Arcade today from 1.30pm - 4pm for a date with us!
We'll be doing our monthly write-in together with the Penang Book Exchange!

Bring your pre-loved books and find a new love ;)

#bookreview: A Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I am a fan of big fat fantasy books. I read The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance in almost one sitting each. Unfortunately, I struggled through The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic. I found myself wondering 'when will this end'?

I actually liked the way it started off. It was funny. Engaging. I was all oh, poor Nora!. She manages to fight her way out of a bad situation with the Faitorens, through a bunch...

#musicmonday: Here in the marketplace

So my dad made a remark that a lot of Jesus' miracles happened in Capernaum, and this song came to my mind.



FGA did this back in 1995.

Also, funny story.
My brother was about 5 at the time they did this musical and was learning to read. Or at least, we were trying to teach him to read. Every time we started on of those Peter and Jane books with "Here is Peter. Here is Jane" stuff, and point out the word "here", he would just start singing this song. You can tell we didn't get very far.

#fridayflash: Character Observations

There’s a cute guy sitting at the table opposite. He has dirty blond hair and a five o’ clock shadow. I’d like to see if his eyes are blue, but he’s looking down at his laptop and I don’t want to stare. Okay, maybe I do want to stare, but that would be grossly inappropriate and frankly very rude. He'd already been sitting there before I came in to this Starbucks outlet. I took this table because it was empty; I’m not quite sure if I intentionally sat opposite him so I could look. My...

#bookreview: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This review comes with a warning: it isn't quite the "clean" fiction I normally go for, partly because I didn't know what I was getting into. This book talks about sex, bisexuality, affairs, threesomes, umm... and stuff like that. Now that's out of the way...

I jumped into Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen ("Gentleman", because the title is so long) on the basis of having read two of the Sharing Knife books (Legacy a...