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I had expectation for this book. The exciting little blurb on the cover by Patrick Rothfuss has set the bar somewhat high. And it didn’t disappoint, well, at least not in the action-filled first chapter it didn’t. The ensuing chapters however, stalled a bit for me as the author set the stage for his tale. …
“The God Of Lost Words” came out in November 2021, I was mad keen to read it, but I couldn’t bear my new favourite fantasy series not having the same cover so I patiently waited. Seeing them all together looking this good, I know I’ve made the right decision. You can imagine my excitement when …
After the slightly-too-sweet-for-me book 1 of The Blood Of Stars duology, I was delighted that book 2 took a more matured turn. From the get go the pace was more intense and the theme much darker. What struck me immediately was the quality of the writing. It has matured and taken on a whole new …
The gorgeous cover of Six Crimson Cranes caught my eyes at my favourite bookshop (the only decent one in Brisbane sigh…) and thus I was introduced to Elizabeth Lim. I actually thought Cranes was book 3 of The Blood Of Stars series and of course I should start the series from the beginning so I …
One of my anchors, the most important one, is Meditation. Taking up meditation was THE BEST thing I’ve ever taught myself. It was difficult in the beginning, sitting still for just 5 minutes was agony and my thoughts were all over the shop. Gradually, breath by breath, moment by moment, it got better. With that, …
Heading into book 3 of Skyward, I was a little dirty with Mr Sanderson to begin with. I had expected it to be the conclusion to this awesome trilogy and only to find out he has recently announced a fourth book to the series, as he felt the story would be better told this way! …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
