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January 2016

Hanover House
3 Stars

Hanover House – Brenda Novak

Hanover House This novella is a prequel to a new series by Novak. I must admit I was a little disappointed with the story. I liked it, and I can see a lot of promise for the series. But this one left me feeling a little deflated. So our main Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
Big Rock
4 Stars

Big Rock – Lauren Blakely

Big Rock Okay, I’m not sure exactly why I bought this book. Apart from the naked guy on the cover obviously, I’m only human… I think it had such a good review average and I was in the mood for a good contemporary romance… Plus to my recollection it was Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
The Girl You Lost
4 Stars

The Girl You Lost – Kathryn Croft

The Girl You Lost Another hit by Kathryn Croft. She is absolutely on my list of authors who I will just read without question now, as I have enjoyed every single book she has written. The Girl You Lost is no exception. Simone and Matt’s daughter was taken 18 years Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
Magic Strikes
5 Stars

Magic Strikes – Ilona Andrews

Magic Strikes – Kate Daniels #3 Okay Okay… I’m sold! When I read the first two books I liked them, but I didn’t LOVE LOVE them. If you get me… Well after this book I am happy to announce that I do in fact LOVE LOVE this series! Absolutely fantastic Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
Magic Burns
4 Stars

Magic Burns – Ilona Andrews

Magic Burns – Kate Daniels #2 This is the second book in the Kate Daniels series and another really enjoyable tale! Kate is back in Magic Burns and she takes a “quick” job with Jim, and confronts an adversary who can teleport into thin air, and he has stolen a Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
Magic Bites
4 Stars

Magic Bites – Ilona Andrews

Magic Bites – Kate Daniels #1 I have lost count of the number of people who recommended this series to me! I don’t have many friends on goodreads who rated it less than 4 stars! And Hooray! I really enjoyed the first one! Kate Daniels is a mercenary, living in Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
No Rain Today
5 Stars

No Rain Today – Kristen Iten

No Rain Today I love finding books to read with my son. Being 2 years old now, he is beginning to understand and comprehend the meaning of books a lot more, and he just LOVED No Rain Today! No Rain Today is the story of a little cloud who got Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
Poison
4 Stars

Poison – Lan Chan – BLOG TOUR + Giveaway

 So excited to be part of the Poison blog tour! What appealed to me most is that it’s a YA dystopia novel and its written by an Aussie author and set in post apocalyptic Australia. What I wasn’t quite prepared for was how much I enjoyed it! Poison by Lan Chan  Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
5 Stars

Black Mountain – Greig Beck

Black Mountain  I LOVE THIS SERIES! Mr Beck I salute you! What an exciting ride! Alex Hunter is back in the 4th instalment of the Alex Hunt/Arcadian series. After surviving the horrible virus he contracted at the end of This Green Hell, Alex awakens in Israel with no memory of who Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago
Floor 21
4 Stars

Floor 21 – Jason Luthor – BLOG TOUR

And here we are, another blog tour. I have only been doing these about once every two months or so because I am super busy, so a book has to REALLY grab my attention for me to want to sign up! Floor 21 did as soon as I saw the cover! FLOOR 21 Read more…

By Mel, 10 years10 years ago

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I enjoyed the new audiobook #vicarious by Rhett C. I enjoyed the new audiobook #vicarious by Rhett C. Bruno - it was a fun sci-fi! 
@netgalley 
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Check out my review on blog, link in bio ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Set in the distant future, Asher is the director of an extremely popular VR entertainment show called Ignis: Live. The show is a continuous stream of the lives of a colony on a space ship. Mission is one of the residents aboard, but she doesn’t realise her entire life is being played out for billions of people on earth to see in virtual reality. Mission doesn’t even realise there is an earth left!
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I LOVE THIS SERIES!! #beforetheyarehanged is the s I LOVE THIS SERIES!! #beforetheyarehanged is the second in #thefirstlaw trilogy by #joeabercrombie and it is a gem! I have already started the third one! 
Review is up on blog, link in bio. Here’s a peek:
📚📚📚  The characters from The Blade Itself are back continuing their campaign in this grimdark fantasy series.
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I was completely surprised how absolutely hilarious it was going to be in the second half. The narrator of the audio version does Glokta better than any other narrator has EVER done any other character in history. I just LOVE Glokta. I don’t care that he is an awful person who has done some horrific things, just think his character is absolutely the best character in fantasy. Ever. 
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So I’m currently on a self-inflicted reading bre So I’m currently on a self-inflicted reading break to finish my masters without distraction! 😭
This one is at the top of my list when I get back into it! As a critical care and surgical nurse with a lot of experience in plastics, this one really appeals to me! Thanks so much @venturapress__ for the #bookmail 😀😀
#asswallowsfly by #lpmcmahon - it gets amazing reviews so far! And that cover! 😍😍
📚📚📚  When Malika, a young orphan in rural Pakistan, is savagely attacked, her face is left disfigured and her self-esteem destroyed. Haunted by the assault, she hides from the world, finding solace in her mathematical theories. A few years later, her intellectual brilliance is discovered and she leaves conflict-stricken Pakistan for a better education in Melbourne, where she finds herself placed with Kate—a successful plastic surgeon facing emotional insecurities of her own. 
Malika and Kate’s lives slowly intertwine as they find within each other what each has lacked alone. At first, Kate’s skills appear to offer a simple solution to Malika’s anguish, but when tragedy strikes, the price of beauty is found to be much higher than either of them could have known. 
As Swallows Fly is a poignant portrayal of survival, identity and empowerment in a culture dominated by the pursuit of perfection. In a captivating and unforgettable debut, McMahon asks what might be possible if we have the courage to be flawed.
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Oh I LOOOOVED this book! I can’t wait to read th Oh I LOOOOVED this book! I can’t wait to read the next two! #thebladeitself by #joeabercrombie is the first in #thefirstlaw trilogy and it was AMAZING! 5 stars!! Review is up on blog, link in bio!
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On a roll now with another video review up! #elsew On a roll now with another video review up! #elsewhere by #deankoontz - check out my review and channel in the link on my profile!
Thanks to @harpercollinsaustralia for the #bookmail 
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Are you a Koontz fan? Looking forward to this one??
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I have posted my very first YouTube video! 🎥 I’ve never done anything like this before 😳 it’s a bit scary!
Check it out in the link in my profile if you want to see me gush about #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue by @veschwab 
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This MAMMOTH book is next on my list! #tosleepinas This MAMMOTH book is next on my list! #tosleepinaseaofstars by #christopherpaolini is extremely intimidating in size but my goodness - it’s GORGEOUS! @torbooks 
📚📚📚  Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds.  Now she's awakened a nightmare.  During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.  As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human.  While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope . . .
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I really enjoyed the latest novel by horror master I really enjoyed the latest novel by horror master Dean Koontz! Thanks to @harpercollinsaustralia for the #bookmail 
My review is up on the blog, link in bio. Here’s a peek!
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Jeffy and his 11-year-old daughter Amity are still grieving after Jeffy’s wife Michelle walked out on them 7 years ago. Amity never got to know her mother and they both hope that she will enter their lives again one day. A homeless man Ed appears at their doorstep one evening and announces that people are after him and he gives Jeffy a small package, tells him never to open it, and instructs him to hide it so that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. He claims it is the “Key to everything”. So what do you do when you are automatically told not to do something… He opens up the package to find a small device. Jeffy and Amity accidentally activate it and next thing you know they are plunged into parallel worlds and an adventure they didn’t see coming. And this raises an important question. Will they be able to see Michelle again after all?
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Once the story got going it was enthralling and I was up til 2am reading it! I just loved the premise and loved reading about the other worlds and terrors that awaited them! I just wish there was MORE. I never thought I would say that I wished a Koontz book was longer, but I felt like he could have done more with it.
Think you will enjoy it if you are a fan of authors such as Blake Crouch and Peter Clines. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️ and a half stars
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Picked up #thedevilandthedarkwater by #stuartturt Picked up #thedevilandthedarkwater  by #stuartturton the other day and can’t wait to get into it! I hear such good things!
📚📚📚  A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist.  It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.  But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A twice-dead leper stalks the decks. Strange symbols appear on the sails. Livestock is slaughtered.  And then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.  Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?  With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger onboard. A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.
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