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T’Aragam by JW Regan

4 August 2009 Rayna 1

The first novel in the the Max Ransome Chronicles by Jack W. Regan, T’Aragam introduces us to our reluctant hero, Max Ransome. Young Max Ransome, who watched his father die, killed by marauding phantors, as they swept through T’Aragam at the bidding of the evil wizard Zadok. Barely escaping with […]

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Zel by Donna Jo Napoli

25 April 2009 Jackie 1

I just recently joined a book club and our first pick was Donna Jo Napoli’s Zel.  This also happens to be one of my picks for Stainless Steel Dropping’s Once Upon a Time challenge. Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point […]

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Starfinder by J. Marco

31 March 2009 Jackie 3

Starfinder is the first novel in an exciting new fantasy series by John Marco.  As a new author for me, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I have to say that I am excited for this new series. Steam trains and electricity are rapidly changing the world. Moth of […]

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Bloodwind by Charlotte Boyett-Compo

17 February 2009 Rayna 2

Bloodwind is the first book in Charlotte Boyett-Compo’s Wind Demon Trilogy. On frontier station Khamsin-14, Prime Reaper Kamerone Cree is a man to be feared. When the shapeshifting assassin comes on board, women lock their doors and warriors shiver in fear as he passes. Garnering his notice is something no […]

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Fallout by CL Talmadge

4 February 2009 Jackie 1

Okay, I am now seriously annoyed with CL Talmadge’s second novel in her Green Stone of Healing series, Fallout.  I want to know whose bright idea it was to end the book on such a cliffhanger?!  That was not how I was expecting the book to end. Let me start […]

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The Vision by CL Talmadge

24 January 2009 Jackie 1

The first novel in CL Talmadge’s Green Stone of Healing series, The Vision introduces us to the world of Azgard and a ruling culture that may or may not be familiar. I was going to put in the book description as it’s printed at Amazon, but it pretty much states […]

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Ender’s Game by O.S. Card

13 December 2008 Jesse 1

So I’ve had pretty mediocre luck with the past few books I’ve read – it’s been quite a while since I’d found one that I couldn’t put down. With all my hobbies (guitar, writing, software development, art, etc), it’s hard to find time to make it through a book. The […]

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The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift – Excerpt 2

13 November 2008 Jackie 0

Jesse has given me permission to cross-post his two excerpts for his NaNoWriMo novel, The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift.  Here’s the second excerpt… Andy was dumbfounded that I was stupid enough to pour bricklayers mud into a trough and then take a bath in it. I wheezed the word ’soap’ […]

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Warrior by C. Brooks

3 October 2008 Jackie 5

The second novel in the Cat Star Chronicles, Warrior by Cheryl Brooks brings us the story of another Zetithian warrior who has been sold into slavery… Leo arrives on Tisana’s doorstep a beaten slave from a near extinct race with feline genes.  As soon as Leo recovers his strength, he’ll […]

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The Race by J. Morgan

24 September 2008 Jackie 0

I am excited to be bringing you this wonderful story written by my husband. He’s getting ready for NaNoWriMo and this is just a taste of the novel he’s planning on writing in November. Jesse would like for this story to be considered a fable, since he tossed in a […]