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Book Review: Grave Sight, Charlaine Harris

Having read and loved all the Sookie Stackhouse books, I was really looking forward to my first foray into the Harper ‘Grave’ books. Harper, a troubled and intense young woman (all for very good reasons) and who is managed by her tall, acne-scarred older half-brother, Tolliver, senses dead people. In fact, she has a tidy […]

Book Reviews: Sara Douglass’ Darkglass Mountain Trilogy

Having followed Sara Douglass’ career from the very beginning and being thoroughly captivated by her works, The Serpent Bride is another fantastic read. Her imagination and flair for writing page-turners just gets better and better. I particularly liked this book as it draws together characters and plots from not only her major Axis series, but […]

Book Review: The Red Tent

This book was given to me as a Christmas present – appropriately, by a dear female friend – and what a gift it’s turned out to be. Told from the point of view of Dinah, a minor character in a well known Biblical tale, the story tracks the life of not only Dinah, but the […]

Avatar: Oscar Contender?

I finally made it to the cinema to see the movie that has people talking: Avatar. A spectacular sci-fi/fantasy action movie with an Aussie, Sam Worthington in the lead and the ‘King of the World’ director, James Cameron, at the helm. I now see why it has people excited. Beautifully shot, using state of the […]

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