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Review: Goldrush by Steven Lochran
I just had to read this book; when I saw it on Kobo.com the want drove me crazy. It drove me so crazy that when I discovered my local library didn’t have a copy but one of its sister libraries did, I drove half an hour to pick it up. Like I said, crazy. What,… Continue reading
Tagged 3 stars, aussie author, goodreads, review, superhero, young adult
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Pledged by Gwynneth White
Pledged, a paranormal-romance for young adults, makes a good first impression. The cover is well designed, the book trailer impressive and the blurb intriguing, however the story, while good, wasn’t great. Immediately engaging, with excellent descriptions of place, I felt that the story moved too quickly and that too much happened. Seth and Erin, the… Continue reading
Tagged 2 stars, book, ebook, goodreads, paranormal, review, romance, soul mates, young adult
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Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
Bloodhound is the second book in the Beka Cooper series by Tamora Pierce. The story follows Beka, now a first-year Dog (aka police officer), as she and her partner Goodwin track down a group of colemongers (aka counterfeiters). Along the way she picks up a scent hound named Achoo, falls in love and saves the… Continue reading
Tagged book, goodreads, review, young adult
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Katana by Cole Gibsen
Katana is the second book from American author Cole Gibsen. It blends martial arts with the supernatural in a story reminiscent of films such as The House of Flying Daggers and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, except without the teary ending. The story follows Raleigh, your average teenage skater-chick (not that I’ve ever known any), as… Continue reading
Tagged fiction, goodreads, martial arts, review
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Enchantment by Charlotte Abel
A disclaimer before I start; I didn’t read the entirety of this book, so if some moment of literary genius occurs at the end, forgive me. Additionally this book was provided to me, free of charge, by the author for the express purposes of a review. Enchantment, a YA paranormal romance, is the start of… Continue reading
Tagged ebook, lust, mages, paramoral, read to review, romance, unfinished, young adult
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Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher
Demon Girl, an independently published ebook by Penelope Fletcher, is the first in the Rae Wilder series and, if you’re feeling brave, it’s currently available from ManyBooks.net as a free download. Originally released in 2010 the ebook is currently being re-edited (praise be to the gods of writing). The new edition, with a shinny new… Continue reading
Tagged 2 stars, book, ebook, goodreads, kobo, review, urban fantasy, ya, young adult
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Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst
Pearl is a sixteen-year-old vampire… fond of blood, allergic to sunlight, and mostly evil… until the night a sparkly unicorn stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops. If you like your vampires dark, Goth, not quite soulless and with just the tiniest hint of My Little Pony, then Drink, Slay, Love could be… Continue reading
Tagged ebook, reading, review, sarah beth durst, unicorns, vampires
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Cinder by Marissa Meyer
This is my first attempt at a book review. Let me know how you think I went. Cinder, the first book in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, is a retelling of the classic Cinderella story complete with cyborgs, plague and a tantalising hint of the Japanese anime Sailor Moon. Synopsis Cinder is a cyborg,… Continue reading
Tagged book, cinder, ebook, goodreads, kobo, marissa meyer, review, sci-fi, young adult
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Rhinos & Trams
If you live in Melbourne you’ve probably seen the new (-ish) advertisements Yarra Trams is running. Whoever came up with the skateboarding rhino idea should be congratulated. I think it’s a great mental image to get the message (don’t play chicken with trams) across. However, whoever came up with the print ad that’s been running… Continue reading
Tagged advert, advertisement, rewriting, rhino, yarra trams
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