Posted on November 11th, 2009 by !!Not so Evil Twin!!
These books are Awesome. They are fantasy, history and science fiction all in one!!
“A thrilling Celtic Fantasy that wreaks havoc with history.”
The story follows Australian-born Tory when her car breaks down outside a stone circle. Deciding on a whim to sleep inside the circle, Tory wakes fourteen hundred years before. Carrying items such as a CD player [...]
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Posted on November 8th, 2009 by Mr Symonds
What is it with series? I always seem to make the mistake of starting one and then finding that I have set myself up for another few novels, usually very long, or that they have not finished the series and I have to wait another year for the conclusion or the next part!
In this case, [...]
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Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by Mr Symonds
It has taken me a long time but I have finally finished this book. Why so long? Was it not that good? Quite the contrary but it is a busy time of year in school(s) so this just sat there taunting me. Now I know why all of our copies keep moving off the [...]
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Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Mr Symonds
It has taken me some time to get around to it, but I have finally finished this series by Terry Pratchett. The books had been lent to me by a colleague and have dutifully sat on my shelves for some time, patiently waiting at first but then adding some guilt to the mix more recently. [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2009 by Mr Symonds
It has been a weekend of graphic novels. For some reason, there just happened to be three all lined up in my bag on Friday afternoon so I was compelled to finish them.
Skim is the most problematic. It describes a young girl’s journey through a high school year and is full of questions about [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by mysteryk
Many book series claim and demonstrate a story structured along a core ‘timeline’ that links all minor details in a chronicle to a coherent ending. K.J. Parker’s ‘engineer trilogy’, in contrast, achieves this literally.
This compelling tale, set within the technologies of 12th Century humanity, leads an elaborate filament between the 1st person viewpoints from fascinating [...]
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Posted on August 17th, 2009 by Mr Symonds
Most of the fantasy I read is fairly typical of the genre: young men dashing around the countryside, fighting demons or dragons or other such beasts, going on quests, looking for mystical gems and so on. They really appeal to boys (or men who were once boys!) in their content and their covers.
How refreshing then [...]
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