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Phoenix Child (Bk 1 Children of the Fire) –Alica McKenna-Johnson Fifteen-year-old Sara walks into the San Francisco Center for the Circus Arts determined to ignore the freaky things happening to her. As powers she doesn’t want and can’t control overwhelm her, Sara must decide if she can trust the strangers who say they are her … Continue reading Phoenix Child–Alica McKenna-Johnson Continue reading →

Kia ora friends,I’m on a bit of technology sabbatical at the moment and I have a glorious stack of books that I’m working through instead of watching TV or scrolling endlessly through fb and pinterest. Top of the pile was this novel recently released b… Continue reading →

I have two books to review today, both from the same series so I thought it would be easier to do them together. The Darkest Days – Death and Decay book 0.5 – R L Blalock This is the prequel to the Death and Decay series and tells the origin story of Officer Wyatt Ward, … Continue reading 2 for the price of 1 Continue reading →

The Harvesting Book 1–Melanie Karsak Layla Petrovich has spent her whole life running away from her hometown of Hamletville. Raised by the town’s medium, and dubbed the “weird” girl for her fascination with swords, the last thing Layla wants is to go home.But when she receives a desperate call to return just as a mysterious … Continue reading The Harvesting Book 1–Melanie Karsak Continue reading →

After Everyone Died–Sean Little The Flu, that’s what everyone called it, culled the primate population of the planet. It struck hard and fast, wiping out the whole of humanity. For reasons he can’t understand, Twist is left alive to face the apocalypse alone. Well, not entirely alone-his neighbor’s gassy Labrador, Rowdy, tags along for the … Continue reading After Everyone Died–Sean Little Continue reading →

  All That Remains–Al Barrera The old world is dead, and humanity struggles to survive in the shadows of the new one. Kyle, Sara, and Tim are scavengers, hiding in the remains of human civilization from the hungry things that destroyed it. Living on the few items that haven’t rotted in the thirteen years since … Continue reading All That Remains–Al Barrera Continue reading →

Heya book lovers,This year I discovered Jill Mansell’s books in the local library and read 3, or was it 4?, in fairly quick succession. When I get a fiction book, especially an easy read, I tend to devour them pretty quickly. I like Jill Mansell as an … Continue reading →

Hey Y’all,It’s summer here in the southern lands and that definitely means the lingering hope of lazy days spent under trees watching clouds and reading easy books. In reality I probably never actually read outside under a tree – I’m not sure it would … Continue reading →

Kia ora e hoa,It’s been so long since I’ve chatted books but I’m really challenging myself to do more reading and less TV watching (unless I have a project in my hands) of late. Recently The Atlas and I got away for 4 days due to the very generous hear… Continue reading →