Published: September 2015 by Harper Voyager Format reviewed: Trade paperback, 518 pages Series: Sorcery Ascendant Sequence #1 Genres: Fantasy Source: Publisher Available: Abbey’s ~ Amazon ~ Book Depository ~ Booktopia ~ Dymocks ~ Kobo Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. When Caldan’s parents are […]
Archive | September, 2015

Loose-leaf Links for September
Loose-leaf Links is a feature where I gather together the interesting bits and pieces I’ve come across in the last month and share them with you over tea. This little tin of Afternoon Tea from Whittard comes all the way from England as a souvenir, a companion to the Earl Grey from July. Follow Up Building community takes […]

Conflux 11 announcements
In her guest post for Brewing Community last week, Leife Shallcross mentioned Conflux: Canberra’s annual convention for speculative fiction writers and fans. This year it is taking place from Friday 2 October until Monday 5 October, so it is just around the corner! The theme this year is Light, in line with the UN’s International Year of […]

Aurora: Eden by Amanda Bridgeman
Published: September 2015 by Momentum Format reviewed: E-book (mobi) Series: Aurora #5 Genres: Science fiction, space opera Source: NetGalley Reading Challenges: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2015 Available: Amazon ~ Book Depository ~ Booktopia ~ Kobo Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This review contains […]

Brewing Community with Leife Shallcross
Brewing Community is a series of guest posts in which readers, writers, artists and fans are invited to share their experiences of community. Whether online or in person, these groups bring a great deal of support and sometimes stress to their members. The aim of this series is to share the joy and find ways […]

Equilibrium by C.S. Sealey
Published: July 2015 byMomentum Format reviewed: E-book (mobi) Genres: Epic Fantasy Source: NetGalley Reading Challenges: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2015 Available: Momentum (electronic) ~ Amazon~ Kobo Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Generations after the Spirits abandoned the world, two mortal empires stand on […]

Brewing Community with Andi Miller
Brewing Community is a series of guest posts in which readers, writers, artists and fans are invited to share their experiences of community. Whether online or in person, these groups bring a great deal of support and sometimes stress to their members. The aim of this series is to share the joy and find ways […]

Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Published: May 2015 by Del Ray Format reviewed: Hardback, 438 pages Genres: Fantasy Source: Library Available: Del Ray (print and electronic) ~ Abbey’s ~ Amazon ~ Book Depository ~ Booktopia ~ Dymocks ~ Kobo Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on […]

Mt TBR report: August 2015
Um. So I might have got a bit carried away with Mt TBR this month (or is it that Mt TBR carried me away this month…?). I think the only thing that saved me was the Bout of Books reading challenge. Mt TBR status Mt TBR @ 1 January 2015: 202 Mt TBR @ 31 […]

Getting Wilde by Jenn Stark
Published: August 2015 by Elewyn Publishing Format reviewed: E-book (mobi) Series: Immortal Vegas #1 Genres: Urban fantasy Source: From the publisher via NetGalley Available: Amazon ~Kobo Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Using her well-worn Tarot deck, magical-artifacts hunter Sara Wilde can find anything–for […]
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