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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, S. A. Chakraborty

Posted on 16 June 202416 June 2024 By Graham No Comments on The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, S. A. Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, S. A. Chakraborty

S. A Chakraborty is a Fantasy author most known for the Daevabad Trilogy, Adventures of Amina is her latest novel. “Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire…

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Seeker, Samuel Griffin

Posted on 29 May 202429 May 2024 By Graham No Comments on Seeker, Samuel Griffin
Seeker, Samuel Griffin

Samuel Griffin is a debut author of a new Flintlock series the Sentinel Archives. Seeker was released on the 14th of May 2024. “Today I am equipped with the knowledge that my future was to be far greater, more exciting, and more disturbing than anything so simple as my young imagination could then conjure. Indeed,…

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Subscription Box – A Box of Stories day

Posted on 11 May 20249 May 2024 By Graham No Comments on Subscription Box – A Box of Stories day
Subscription Box – A Box of Stories day

Every two months I receive my box of stories and sometimes it can be a mixed bag. This month it was the extra book one where you get 5 books instead of 4. Today’s box is a good one, although I may not have bought each of the books in a shop when reading the…

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Mal Goes To War, Edward Ashton

Posted on 9 May 20249 May 2024 By Graham No Comments on Mal Goes To War, Edward Ashton
Mal Goes To War, Edward Ashton

Edward Ashton is a US Science Fiction author most known for Mikey 7 (soon to be made into a film) and Antimatter Blues. I have been putting more time into reading and I was looking forward to reading Ashton’s newest book and I was not disappointed. As a free AI, Mal finds the war between…

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A Box of Stories Subscription Box update

Posted on 5 April 20243 April 2024 By Graham No Comments on A Box of Stories Subscription Box update
A Box of Stories Subscription Box update

I was close to cancelling this again as the latest box was disappointing. It is a gamble what you get with subscriptions like these. The latest one had a book I own already had with Blade Priest. (Not supposed to happen as I linked my GoodReads, but they asked me to regift it and will…

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Reading slowdown

Posted on 3 April 20243 April 2024 By Graham No Comments on Reading slowdown
Reading slowdown

I need to get posting on here a bit more and getting on track with my reading is one way of doing this. I am in a bit of a reading slowdown (I won’t say slump) I am currently reading: I said this year I would stick to one Audio, one Sci-Fi, and finally one…

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Inkstone Subscription, The Tainted Cup

Posted on 8 March 20248 March 2024 By Graham 3 Comments on Inkstone Subscription, The Tainted Cup
Inkstone Subscription, The Tainted Cup

It’s that time of the year and I have received my Inkstone subscription box. This one is the limited edition of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. I love the Inkstone cover and the naked hardback has a lovely design in foil, they do an amazing job of producing lovely books. Blurb from the…

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A Box of Stories – Extra Box

Posted on 5 March 2024 By Graham No Comments on A Box of Stories – Extra Box
A Box of Stories – Extra Box

I got an email not long ago offering me a box of stories extra box as an offer, so given that I have a book-buying problem I couldn’t resist, so I bought it. I do have another on the way but this one was pretty good. These boxes are always a gamble as you just…

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Pariah’s Lament, Richie Billing

Posted on 3 March 20243 March 2024 By Graham No Comments on Pariah’s Lament, Richie Billing
Pariah’s Lament, Richie Billing

Richie Billing is a British author from Liverpool, once a Lawyer he gave it all up to bring you tales from Fantasy worlds. I first found Richie when I bought The Fantasy Writers Handbook, a brilliant reference book for any aspiring fantasy writer, he has had other works published but his debut novel is Pariah’s…

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The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown

Posted on 19 February 20245 June 2024 By Graham No Comments on The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown
The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown

Gareth Brown is a Scottish author and Book of Doors is his first published novel. The Book of Doors is about Cassie Andrews who comes into possession of a magical book, an unusual and mysterious book that opens up Cassie’s life to adventure and danger. But the Book of Doors isn’t the only special book…

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