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 August 18th, 2009 by Mr Symonds
Arrival is the latest in a line of teen-action books that have graced our shelves. It is fast-paced and concerns a small group of teens who have ended up in a small purpose-built town in the Australian bush. The mystery involves the town’s purpose : why is it there? what do the strange officials do? [...]
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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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Posted on August 4th, 2009 by !!Not so Evil Twin!!
In her touching young adult fantasy novel, ‘Finnikin of the Rock’, Melina Marchetta tells the story of a spirited young man as he strives to return home to a kingdom sealed by a curse.
Finnikin, son of Trevanion the Captain of the King’s Guard, is under the tutelage of Sir Topher the King’s First Man, a [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2009 by Mr Symonds
Steampunk is a genre of speculative fiction, heavily influenced by Victorian England aesthetics and techologies. More on this can be read here. It is a fascinating set of worlds which share a common kind of look and feel. World Shaker is the most recent example of the genre I have read and is highly recommended.
This [...]
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