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August 2016

The Summer that Melted Everything
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The Summer That Melted Everything – Tiffany McDaniel

The Summer that Melted Everything โ€“ Tiffany McDaniel This was a GREAT read! It totally caught me off guardย how absolutely unique and fabulous this book was. In the summer of 1984, Fieldingโ€™s father Autopsy Bliss wrote an invitation to the devil in the newspaper. And the devil accepted. Or did Read more…

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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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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 doesnโ€™t realise her entire life is being played out for billions of people on earth to see in virtual reality. Mission doesnโ€™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. Hereโ€™s a peek:
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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 donโ€™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 Iโ€™m currently on a self-inflicted reading bre So Iโ€™m currently on a self-inflicted reading break to finish my masters without distraction! ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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 ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€
#asswallowsfly by #lpmcmahon - it gets amazing reviews so far! And that cover! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
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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 Kateโ€”a successful plastic surgeon facing emotional insecurities of her own.
 
Malika and Kateโ€™s lives slowly intertwine as they find within each other what each has lacked alone. At first, Kateโ€™s skills appear to offer a simple solution to Malikaโ€™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 canโ€™t wait to read th Oh I LOOOOVED this book! I canโ€™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! ๐ŸŽฅ Iโ€™ve never done anything like this before ๐Ÿ˜ณ itโ€™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 - itโ€™s GORGEOUS! @torbooks 
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Kira Navรกrez 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. Hereโ€™s a peek!
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Jeffy and his 11-year-old daughter Amity are still grieving after Jeffyโ€™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 doesnโ€™t fall into the wrong hands. He claims it is the โ€œKey to everythingโ€. So what do you do when you are automatically told not to do somethingโ€ฆ 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 didnโ€™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. 
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Picked up #thedevilandthedarkwater by #stuartturt Picked up #thedevilandthedarkwater  by #stuartturton the other day and canโ€™t wait to get into it! I hear such good things!
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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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