With Valentine’s Day coming up on Sunday, I’m not the only one looking to share the love. The wonderful ladies at the Estella Society are running Book Blogger Appreciation Week. In their words: This is a week-long event offering you daily prompts that you can dip in and out of at will. You will be […]
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This month I’ve been running Read My Valentine: a reading challenge that focuses on romance novels for the duration of February. There are a lot of misconceptions out there about the romance genre and, like any genre, there’s a lot of less than stellar material. If you’re a speculative fiction reader new to romance or […]
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Published: Self-published in September 2015 Format reviewed: E-book (mobi) Series: Dashing Widows #1 Genres: Regency romance Source: Amazon Reading Challenges: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2016, #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks, Read My Valentine Available: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~Kobo ~ Smashwords Caroline, Lady Beaumont, arrives in London seeking excitement after ten dreary years of marriage and an even […]
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I’ve had an excellent start to my reading this year. It surprises me a little because I had a deadline and a book of short stories that slowed me down. There is just something about collections of short stories that refuses to let me rush. However, I made up for lost time in the last […]
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Back in December I signed up for the 2016 Sci-fi Experience, a reading challenge run by Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings. My hope was the challenge would provide a bit of a counterbalance to all of the fantasy I read. The challenge wrapped up on Sunday after running for two months. I have some mixed […]
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Published: January 2016 by Escape Publishing Format reviewed: E-book (mobi) Genres: Contemporary romance Source: NetGalley Reading Challenges: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2016, Read My Valentine Available: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble~ Booktopia ~ Kobo Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The author is a […]
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Loose-leaf Links is a feature where I gather together the interesting bits and pieces I’ve come across in the last month (or two, in this case) and share them with you over tea. This summer has seen some crazy temperature swings from roasting hot to freezing cold. Fortunately, this French Earl Grey from Adore Tea is […]
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Published: Self-published in July 2014 Format reviewed: E-book (mobi) Series: The Phoenix Adventures #2 Genres: Science fiction, space opera, romance Source: Author’s website Reading Challenges: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2016, #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks, The 2016 Sci-fi Experience Available: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Kobo ~ Smashwords Two years ago, on a deadly mission to the lawless […]
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Published: October 2014 by Orbit Format reviewed: Paperback, 356 pages Series: Imperial Radch #2 Genres: Science fiction Source: Gift Reading Challenges: The 2016 Sci-fi Experience, #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks Available: Publisher (print and electronic) ~ Abbey’s ~ Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Book Depository ~ Booktopia ~ Dymocks ~ Kobo ~ Smashwords Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers […]
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I’ve mentioned many times that I’m a sucker for a reading challenge and I have especially loved the themed challenges Carl has run at Stainless Steel Droppings. There’s Once Upon A Time for fantasy from March until June. There’s Readers Imbibing at Peril for dark fantasy, supernatural and horror over the Halloween period. And there’s […]
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