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First Line Friday – 26 October 2018 – Emerald Illusion (J. Rodes)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I have a gem of a book for you today, which I reviewed just yesterday: Emerald Illusion by J. Rodes (Jennifer Rodewald). This is a great read if you love adventure, but it’s also allegorical in the way it depicts our waiting for God’s coming kingdom. And you’ll fall in love with the characters! And last I checked, it was still available at the introductory price of $0.99, so what are you waiting for?

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26 October 2018

Emerald Illusion (J. Rodes) – Review

Title: Emerald Illusion
Author: J. Rodes
Genre: Fantasy, Allegory, YA
Publisher: Rooted Publishing
Release date:  25 October 2018
Pages: 316

Abrielle used to dream of a different life. Adventure. Romance. Hope.

Not of Kansas.

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25 October 2018

Best of 2017 – The Emoji Files, Part III: The WOW Awards

Welcome to day three of The Emoji Files, showcasing my favourite reads of 2017 by the emoji they best correspond to. So far this week I’ve had The Swoony Awards and The LOL Awards, and today we’re looking at The WOW Awards: those books that had me riveted to the page and often on the edge my seat.

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5 January 2018

Charging the Darkness (J. Rodes) – Review

~About the Book ~ You were not saved for this…  They tore the veil. Now the country is ripping apart. The captive Uncloaked have been freed, and the people now know the dark truth. A rebellion against the Party has begun. But a question lingers among those who are safely hidden in the Refuge—what will happen to their broken nation? Secrets and shame, resentment and hatred shake the divided country. In the turbulence of the fallout, Braxton Luther finds himself in a new kind of battle. Eliza Knight is back, but her heart is not the same. They will be

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26 September 2017

Weekend Book Buzz – 23/24 September 2017

Welcome to the weekend! Hope it’s a good one, wherever you are. In my part of Australia we seemed to have skipped spring and gone straight to summer. Today is mid-30s (85-95 degrees Fahrenheit) with a warm, gusty wind. Ick! Nice day to be inside checking out all the bookish news!

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24 September 2017

First Line Friday – 22 September 2017 – Charging the Darkness (J. Rodes)

Happy Friday all! I am firmly in the grip of my First Line Friday selection this week: Charging the Darkness, which is the final book in the dystopian trilogy The Uncloaked by Jennifer Rodewald (writing as J. Rodes). If you haven’t read this series yet, you might like to check out my reviews for The Uncloaked and Tearing the Veil. If you have read the first two books in this series, then no doubt you will be as anxious as I have been to read the final installment, which releases this Tuesday, 26 September. You can also pre-order right now for $1.99!

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22 September 2017

Top Ten Tuesday – My Fall (*ahem* Spring) TBR

I’m back to Top Ten Tuesday after a two-week hiatus! And this week’s topic from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is one of those topics that I don’t even pretend to limit myself to a mere ten books! However, I have managed to be somewhat restrained. Limiting this list to books that are actually releasing between September and November went a long way towards that restraint! And obviously, this is actually my Spring TBR, because here in the antipodes, spring is in the air! September    Read my reviews for Crown of Souls, A New Shade of Summer,

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19 September 2017