Welcome to Banned Book Week 2015 (Sept. 27th- Oct. 3rd), celebrating freedom of reading! Censorship is the bane of the literary community. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry…nothing is safe from small minds that seek to suppress books found objectionable for some reason or the other. Every year books are challenged to be banned and removed from […]
Month: September 2015
Book Review- The Heartbeat Thief by AJ Krafton
Reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Krafton’s The Heartbeat Thief was not at all the book I expected. Now, that can be a good thing or a bad thing. In this case, it was a very good thing. It is a story of the greatest of loves, of sacrifice, and of lessons harshly learned. It is a […]
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Book Review- The Light Who Binds by Lilo Abernathy
The Light who Binds by Lilo Abernathy is the second in a series. The writing style drew me in right away, and I found myself enjoying the story despite a growing disenchantment with books that involve vampires (and werewolves). I’m beginning to have the same disenchantment with books using fae, though there’s still so much […]
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Book Review- Secrets of Ravenstone by Yza Dora
Secrets of Ravenstone by Yza Dora is an interesting young adult dystopia set in the very near future of a world just next door to us. The protagonist, Yzavela is fleeing the city of London, after a sinister takeover, but it is a London (and a world) in which magick and the preternatural are par […]
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Book Review- Leighton’s Summer
Despite a bit of a slow start, Leighton’s Summer soon drew me in. This is the story of a young man with an unusual gift on the cusp of his sixteenth birthday. It is 1945, after the end of World War II. Leighton Cavendish, our young protagonist, is devastated to […]
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Book Review- Fosgate’s Game by David C Cassidy
Chess- the royal game, where a sly tactician can hone their skills. It is a game of wits, requiring a quick, clever mind to master. And in Fosgate’s Game, by David Cassidy, chess has truly become ‘the most dangerous game’, as lives are put on the line. The story is told from the perspective […]
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Book Review: Searching for the Truth by Maranda Russell
Searching for the Truth by Maranda Russell is a quick read with a powerful punch. The poems and prose within will make you question your beliefs, and take another look at what you think you know. ‘Before Your Eyes’, the very first poem of all, really made me stop and think, and then agree. It’s […]
