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Book Review: Resurrection Bay First of all, let me just begin by saying this debut novel by Aussie author, Emma Viskic, is outstanding. Truly a remarkable novel on just about every level. It's not long, at just 280 pages, so I read this in one frantic, page-turning day!  Let's start with the well crafted, well delineated characters. I love Caleb Zelic who narrates the story.

Book Review: Resurrection Bay

First of all, let me just begin by saying this debut novel by Aussie author, Emma Viskic, is outstanding. Truly a remarkable novel on just about every level. It's not long, at just 280 pages, so I read this in one frantic, page-turning day!  Let's start with the well…

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Q&A with Chris Panatier In between creating some amazing artwork, Chris managed to squeeze some time in to knock out a crowd-pleasing novel, The Phlebotomist (Angry Robot) and still find time for his family, a full-time job, and answer a few questions for me. To start with, would you like to tell us a little bit about yourself? Thank you for having me! I live in Dallas, Texas, where all the heat in the world comes from.

Q&A with Chris Panatier

In between creating some amazing artwork, Chris managed to squeeze some time in to knock out a crowd-pleasing novel, The Phlebotomist (Angry Robot) and still find time for his family, a full-time job, and answer a few questions for me. To start with, would you like to tell…

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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, which is now being hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to 

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, which is now being hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own list that fits that topic –…

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#BookTag: Great British Bake Off Challenge I absolutely love the Great British Bake Off so, when I saw this book challenge I though 'yeah, sign me up for that one.' ON YOUR MARKS – A Book You Can’t Wait To Read I can't wait to read The Last Mandarin, a fast-paced, all-too-real thriller co-written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny and award-winning journalist Mellissa Fung, global politics become personal for two unlikely heroines.

#BookTag: Great British Bake Off Challenge

I absolutely love the Great British Bake Off so, when I saw this book challenge I though 'yeah, sign me up for that one.' ON YOUR MARKS – A Book You Can’t Wait To Read I can't wait to read The Last Mandarin, a fast-paced, all-too-real thriller co-written…

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Can’t Wait Wednesday Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. If you’re continuing with WOW, feel free to link those up as well!

Can’t Wait Wednesday

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking…

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Q&A with Steph Broadribb The first question has to be, how did a girl from Birmingham (in the UK) end up training as a bounty hunter, in the US? It was all in the name of research! Once I knew that Lori Anderson would be a bounty hunter I knew I needed to find out as much as I could about the realities of that job - and about how it felt being a woman in the largely male dominated profession of bounty hunting - in order to make Lori as a character, and the story itself, as authentic as possible.

Q&A with Steph Broadribb

The first question has to be, how did a girl from Birmingham (in the UK) end up training as a bounty hunter, in the US? It was all in the name of research! Once I knew that Lori Anderson would be a bounty hunter I knew I needed to find out as much as I could about the…

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I’ve Turned to a Life of Crime Or, to be exact, a life of crime reading, all of which began several years ago. Up until then, I would say I read a mixed bag and cross section of genre. And, up until then, I was probably reading close to 80% speculative fiction. I say speculative because at one point I moved from almost exclusively reading SF through most of my teen years, to reading some fantasy, a little paranormal, and some supernatural.

I’ve Turned to a Life of Crime

Or, to be exact, a life of crime reading, all of which began several years ago. Up until then, I would say I read a mixed bag and cross section of genre. And, up until then, I was probably reading close to 80% speculative fiction. I say speculative because at one…

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While I do read a lot of SFF (no horror) I also read thrillers, crime fiction, cosy mysteries, and historical fiction.

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Book Review: Foundryside Let me just say up front, this is not a book for the faint of heart, and would definitely be PG-13 if not higher given some of the content, themes and descriptions. Including some grisly deaths. But that said, all of it is within context to the world in which this story is set. It’s a dark, definitely bleak story, and yet?

Book Review: Foundryside

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Top Ten Tuesday: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, which is now being hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to 

Top Ten Tuesday: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, which is now being hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own list…

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Celebrating Military SF There is one thing you can be sure of, modern science fiction gives us plenty of choice to choose from when it comes to sub-genres. Of course, it all depends on who you speak to about what may, or may not, make it onto the list but, for arguments sake, here are a few of what makes it onto my list:

Celebrating Military SF

There is one thing you can be sure of, modern science fiction gives us plenty of choice to choose from when it comes to sub-genres. Of course, it all depends on who you speak to about what may, or may not, make it onto the list but, for arguments sake, here are a few of…

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Book Review: Deep Down Dead DEEP DOWN DEAD by British author, Steph Broadribb, just oozes authenticity so much so you can almost smell the burnt rubber on the asphalt, and the cordite smoke after each shoot out. It's one of those rare books that when started, is almost impossible to put down. A page-flipping, tense, action-packed crime thriller, that will leave you breathless. Indeed, the frantic pace is one long roller coaster ride that doesn't stop until the last page, with an ending that says: 'This ain't over yet, honey!' And that there is plenty more where this came from. 

Book Review: Deep Down Dead

DEEP DOWN DEAD by British author, Steph Broadribb, just oozes authenticity so much so you can almost smell the burnt rubber on the asphalt, and the cordite smoke after each shoot out. It's one of those rare books that when started, is almost impossible to put down. A…

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, which is now being hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to 

Top Ten Tuesday:

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, which is now being hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.…

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SF Gizmos & Gadgets Or, all the futuristic stuff I've always dreamed of owning. And who hasn't dreamed of owning items we see in a movie, or on TV. I remember my friend Linda and I desperately wanting to join the USS Enterprise so we could each have a phaser, not realising till much later on, that this meant we might end up being an Infamous Red Shirt — usually the first characters to get shot at or die a grisly death in nearly every episode of Trek!

SF Gizmos & Gadgets

Or, all the futuristic stuff I've always dreamed of owning. And who hasn't dreamed of owning items we see in a movie, or on TV. I remember my friend Linda and I desperately wanting to join the USS Enterprise so we could each have a phaser, not realising till much later on, that…

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So my most popular post to date seems to be: I'm a SciFi Nerd and this is my Genre Tag...

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Guest Post: Bren MacDibble Young Adults and Dystopian Fiction By Bren MacDibble Young adults are angry. They're mad as hell at their “Olds” for screwing up the planet. It's our own fault. We wanted them to be more aware of the world around them. We taught them to be more environmentally friendly than our generation. We let them on the Internet. Now, by the time a child becomes a YA, they have absorbed so much information about the many ways our planet is being screwed up that they have grown a massive festering ganglion on their shoulders about it.

Guest Post: Bren MacDibble

Young Adults and Dystopian Fiction By Bren MacDibble Young adults are angry. They're mad as hell at their “Olds” for screwing up the planet. It's our own fault. We wanted them to be more aware of the world around them. We taught them to be more environmentally friendly…

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My latest #bookreview VELOCITY WEAPON by Megan E. O'Keefe is posted.

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Ooo, intriguing ...

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