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Obsession
…fantasy or not, it’s unsettling for a teenage girl to lose herself so much in her boyfriend that she can only think of protecting him if he should kill her. — Anne Ursu in My Boyfriend Sparkles from A New… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 18
A Book You Wish You Could Live In I have read several books I wish I could live in – mostly in the fantasy genre. The book I would like to live in most, however, is not a book but… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 17
Author I Wish People Would Read More In general, I would be very happy if people would read more Australian literature. We have a very rich tapestry of works to choose from in nearly all of the main genres. With… Read More ›
Fantasy Novelist David Eddings has Died
David Eddings, the acclaimed fantasy novelist and author of such series as The Belgariad and The Malloreon, has died at the age of 77. David Eddings was predeceased by his wife and writing partner Leigh two years ago. David Eddings… Read More ›
Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda
Opening Sentence:“I wish something would happen!” Synopsis:‘I wish something would happen!’ said Rachel. ‘Something interesting!’ Afterwards, she would remember what she’d said and how she’d felt that rainy Saturday morning, and she would think: ‘That was really the beginning.’ And… Read More ›
Midworld by Alan Dean Foster
Synopsis:WORLD WITH NO NAME… A stratified rain forest, three-quarters of a mile high. A delicate balance between plant and animal, between beauty and danger. Mankind and the Furcats, threatened by the sinister menace of the upper and lower hells, prefer… Read More ›
Spellbinder by Stephen Bowkett
Synopsis:“Now you see it, now you don’t.” Tony can hold an audience spellbound with his glass marble trick, and secretly he hopes his skill will impress Linda, a girl whom so far he has only dared admire from a distance…. Read More ›
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
I don’t feel that not having read the previous books in the series detracted from my enjoyment in any way, nor did it affect my understanding of events.
Tithe by Holly Black
This book is an easy read, but the characters are well written, reacting in believable ways to unbelievable situations.
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 