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My Year in Books (and Owls) 2020

Now that we have settled into 2021, I'm going to be looking back at the books - all 63 of ...
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Broken Melody is Out Today!

Broken Melody is out today, which means that you can now get it as both ebook and paperback! Happy Release ...
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Broken Melody Releases on 10th September

Yep, Broken Melody will be out on 10th September as both ebook and paperback. Hopefully some of you out there ...
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Smashwords’ Summer/Winter Sale 2020

It's time for another Smashwords' Summer/Winter sale! For the entire month of July, the ebook store Smashwords will have thousands ...
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Truckers by Terry Pratchett

The Bookish Owl – Truckers by Terry Pratchett

Next up is Truckers by Terry Pratchett. This is about garden gnomes from space trying to hijack a lorry. No, really. That’s what the book’s about. As much as I adore the late sir Terry Pratchett, I can't help thinking that he sometimes smoked some questionable stuff while writing... Truckers ...
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Dragon Age Tevinter Nights

The Bookish Owl – Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights

Let's get geeky with Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights! This is a collection of short stories from the Dragon Age universe by several different authors. So many, in fact, that I'll just list them at the end of the post, instead of at the top like usual. As regular readers will ...
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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

The Bookish Owl – Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

I'll continue my marathon-blogging with Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. This was the second book in the Six of Crows Duology, and it might just have contained even more devious plots and unexpected twists. I have come to really love fantasy books about criminal underworlds, where the characters are not ...
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Witcher School Archery Class

Top Ten Tuesday – Non-Bookish Hobbies

It's time for Top Ten Tuesday, and for once, the prompt is not book-related. It's Non-Bookish Hobbies, and while I don't think I can list 10 of them, I do have quite a few. ...And they're all ridiculously geeky. Cosplay Yes, I enjoy dressing up as fictional characters. It's frowned upon ...
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Dodger by Terry Pratchett

The Bookish Owl – Dodger by Terry Pratchett

There's no dodging Dodger by Terry Pratchett... ...nor my horrible word plays. You just have to smile and nod and pretend I'm the least bit clever. All kidding aside, this book was surprisingly charming for a story that follows a poor guy who makes his living from finding treasure in ...
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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

The Bookish Owl – Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Today we're closing off the Hunger Games saga with Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. I have a lot of mixed feeling about this book. It was either a brilliant commentary on the nature of tyrannical regimes and revolutions... or simply the most pointless ending to a trilogy ever. Either way, I cried ...
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Bookish Owl – Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Happy Halloween! I wanted to do a Halloween-centric post, but as I can't come up with a good topic for it you're getting another Bookish Owl post. This time it's Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! Six of Crows is the first of a duology set in the Grishaverse, of ...
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Johnny and the Bomb Terry Pratchett

The Bookish Owl – Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett

Happy Friday! Today's post features Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett. This was the very first Pratchett book I ever read. I think I was about 12 or 13 years old, and my English teacher got tired of trying to keep me entertained whenever I finished the books we ...
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Bookish Owl – Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

I'm still playing catch up with these, so here you have Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. This was a great follow-up to The Hunger Games. It was fast-paced and filled with conspiracies, which is right up my alley. That's all, really. I'll keep my ranting commentary for when I get ...
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Hard in Hightown Varric Tethras

The Bookish Owl – Hard in Hightown by Varric Tethras

Time for some nerdy noir with Hard in Hightown by Varric Tethras! (Also known as Mary Kirby... considering that Varric is a video game character.) For those of you not familiar with the Dragon Age games, Varric Tethras is a crossbow-wielding dwarf as well as a successful writer of multiple ...
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