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Shadows of Self: A breezy weird Western romp

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson Bill: Let’s see, last week in September. That means I’ve got to grade my first-years’ first essays. Call the guy to clean the gutters. Make sure the furnace and gas fireplace are set to go. And, oh yeah, it’s been a month, that must mean I have a new […]

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Victory of Eagles: Darker than the previous novels

Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik (Contains slight spoilers for Empire of Ivory) Victory of Eagles is the fifth instalment in Naomi Novik‘s TEMERAIRE series. I thought the previous four books had ups and downs but in general they are fun, fast reads. The fourth book, Empire of Ivory, had a very promising end, so I […]

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Relentless: Good deeds are bearing fruit

Relentless by Jack Campbell In Relentless, book 5 of Jack Campbell’s LOST FLEET series, Captain Black Jack Geary and the Alliance fleet are jumping through a Syndic star system, trying to evade the Syndics, as usual, when they happen to be in a position from which they can rescue some Alliance POWs from one of […]

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Labyrinth: Dark, scary and suspenseful

Labyrinth by Kat Richardson Kat Richardson’s Greywalker series is absolutely noir and it reaches the darkest tones ever in the fifth book, Labyrinth. In fact, this book is unrelievedly dark, scary and suspenseful. Richardson topped herself with the fourth book in this series, Vanished; now she has topped herself yet again. Labyrinth requires one to […]

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The Heroes: A whole new level of badass

The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie The Heroes is another story set in the same world as Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy. Veteran readers will be happy to be reacquainted with several characters from earlier books: the wizard Bayaz; the dishonored warrior Bremer dan Gorst; Finree dan Brock, Union Commander Marshal Kroy’s ambitious daughter; Black Dow, the […]

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The Dragon’s Apprentice: Solid YA historical fantasy

The Dragon’s Apprentice by James A. Owen The Dragon’s Apprentice is a delightful blend of historical fiction and urban fantasy. Written specifically for the young adult audience, James A. Owen’s latest installment in The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica is really quite fun. For someone starting the series here, it is easy to adapt to […]

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Silver Borne: More baggage for Mercy

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs Woohoo! Another Mercy Thompson book from Patricia Briggs’ is hitting the shelves. I had just finished book four (Bone Crossed) only a few weeks ago, so I was very happy to get a chance to read Silver Borne so soon afterwards. I love the Mercy Thompson series. I started reading […]

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After the War: Two novellas set in Noreela

After the War by Tim Lebbon In my mind, one of the best things about reading fantasy and science fiction is getting to discover other worlds, and for me it doesn’t get much better than Tim Lebbon’s Noreela. Noreela is a fascinating post-apocalyptic world where machines once operated fueled by magic, where drugs can turn […]

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