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Continue reading →: Book review – The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Title: The Way of KingsSeries: The Stormlight Archive #1Author: Brandon SandersonGenre: FantasyDemographic: AdultPages: 1003Publisher: Gollancz Rating: ★★★⯪☆ Synopsis from StoryGraph: Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide…
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Continue reading →: Book review – Game Changer by Rachel Reid
Title: Game ChangerSeries: Game Changers #1Author: Rachel ReidGenre: Contemporary RomanceDemographic: AdultPages: 300Publisher: Carina Press Rating: ★★⯪☆☆ Synopsis from StoryGraph: New York Admirals captain Scott Hunter takes his pregame rituals very seriously. When a particular smoothie precedes Scott’s breaking his on-ice slump, he’s desperate to recreate the magic… and to get…
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Continue reading →: Book review – When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
Title: When the Tides Held the MoonAuthor: Venessa Vida KelleyGenre: RomantasyDemographic: AdultPages: 438Publisher: Erewhon Books Rating: ★★★★⯪ Synopsis from StoryGraph: Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna…
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Continue reading →: I learned bookbinding!
Last week I attended a Beginners’ Bookbinding workshop at an independent bookshop local(ish) to me. It was so much fun, and at the end of it we all had a lovely bound pocket notebook to take home, plus a little set of basic bookbinder handtools. All the materials provided were…
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Continue reading →: Book review – A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J. Penner
Title: A Fellowship of Bakers & MagicSeries: Adenashire #1Author: J. PennerGenre: FantasyDemographic: AdultPages: 291Publisher: Self-published Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Synopsis from StoryGraph: A human, a dwarf and an elf walk into a bake-off… In the heart of Adenashire, where elfish enchantments and dwarven delights rule, Arleta Starstone, a human confectionist works twice…
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Continue reading →: Book review – The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
Title: The Last Gifts of the UniverseAuthor: Riley AugustGenre: Science FictionDemographic: AdultPages: 189Publisher: Penguin Rating: ★★★⯪☆ Synopsis from StoryGraph: When the Home worlds finally achieved the technology to venture out into the stars, they found a graveyard of dead civilisations. What befell them is unknown. All Home knows is that…
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Continue reading →: Book review – The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Title: The Frozen RiverAuthor: Ariel LawhonGenre: Historical FictionDemographic: AdultPages: 508Publisher: Swift Press Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis from StoryGraph: Maine, 1789: The Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice. Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As the local midwife and healer, Martha is…
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