Archive | October, 2016

Conflux 12, Red Fire Monkey, Shauna O'Meara

Conflux 12, Part 1

Last weekend I attended Conflux, Canberra’s speculative fiction convention for writers and fans. The theme this year was Red Fire Monkey, in line with the Chinese astrological year. Special guests were David Farland, writing instructor and author of the Runelords series, and Alan Baxter, author of the Alex Caine series. Sean Williams served as the Master of Ceremonies. As is always […]

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Earl Grey Editing, Mt TBR, September book haul, Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock, Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the end of the Lane, Juliet Marillier, Den of Wolves

Mt TBR report: September 2016

September is right in the middle of Birthday Season, that time of year when just about everyone I know has a birthday. There has been much cake and not nearly enough reading. Mt TBR is wildly out of control, mostly thanks to an influx of books for the Aurealis Awards. On one glorious morning, I […]

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Bound, Alex Caine, Alan Baxter, Earl Grey Editing, books and tea, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy

Bound by Alan Baxter

Published: July 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers Format reviewed: E-book (mobi) Series: Alex Caine #1 Genres: Contemporary fantasy Source: Amazon Reading Challenges: Read My Own Damn Books Available: Abbey’s ~ Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Book Depository ~ Booktopia ~ Dymocks ~ Kobo Alex Caine is a martial artist fighting in illegal cage matches. His […]

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