This was only my second Brandon Sanderson novel and I can already see that Mr S does not fluff about. First page, BOOM! Right into the action. I was very excited to return to the sky with Spin, M-Bot, and the rest of Skyward Flight so I ain’t complaining. In fact, I liked it very […]
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When Rudi pointed out to me that Kylie Chan is a local, not just Australian local, but an hour away down the Gold Coast local, I was immediately keen to support my compatriot. When I read space ships and “a royal family of dragons” on the back cover, I was sold! I was immediately taken
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This book was a little slow to get going… well that is not entirely a fair and unbiased view as I’ve just finished a book that set an exciting pace after a 10-page prologue! After that, most adventure would be slow by comparison. Once it got going however, it went! The story follows war orphan,
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It has easily been a decade since I last read a science fiction book, which was why, of the two books Santa brought me this year, I chose to start with Skyward. Wow! Apart from The Library Of The Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith, this was only the second book ever to have me hooked
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Dragons. I love dragons. It’s not hard to win me over when there’re dragons involved. That said, this was a tale that won me over simply by being an excellent story. The fact that the dragons were devastatingly akin to those in my own imagination was merely my personal good fortune. This is the story
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Rudi bought me this book nearly 20 years ago. It was around the time when I started reading fantasy novels and was obsessing with The Lord Of The Rings. He procured it for me so I can continue to indulge in some classics. Much to his disappointment, I never read it. During my recent self-directed
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I was most fortunate to already be in possession of book 2 as I was finishing book 1 and could immediately continue my adventure! The second Book of the Ice saw Yaz and her companions venturing to the mysterious Black Rock inhabited by the priests but forbidden to the tribes. There they will unveil the
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The last book I read sent me into a deep anxiety funk which you can read all about here. I directed myself to a much-needed mental health break with a simple instruction- Sleep and read. This was the first book I read during my recuperation and it was exactly the adventure I needed. This is
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This book broke me. It broke me precisely the way I needed to be unmade so I can rebuild myself afresh. It was painful. It was horrendous. It was brutal. But it was necessary. And I’m all the better for it. I’ve been on the inward journey for some 7 years now and up until
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I used to travel to Sydney once a quarter to study marketing with the awesome folks at Basic Bananas back in 2016. Because my head will be jammed pack with all things marketing, I’d often buy a business book from the airport bookshop to read on the flight home. Typically, I’d read maybe a chapter
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