July 4, 2014
by The Opal Octopus
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“People accepted us. Believed us. Just confidence and costumes, and the willingness of others to believe in what they see. But midnight is over, and it’s time for unmasking.” Skyfire is the third book in the wonderful Australian YA fantasy … Continue reading
June 20, 2014
by The Opal Octopus
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—— Paul Tobin’s graphic novel I Was the Cat is a bit of a change from his Marvel and Plants vs Zombies offerings. Allison Breaking, blogger for Breaking News (geddit?), is called to ghostwrite the memoir of mysterious character called … Continue reading
June 9, 2014
by The Opal Octopus
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I was greatly looking forward to Sidekick as a piece of fluffy action-filled hijinks, but ended up finding it rather thin, disjointed and difficult to engage with. Sense of place is very important to me in a book, and this felt oddly … Continue reading
May 16, 2014
by The Opal Octopus
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Tears, all the tears, but not in a bad way. Yes, there is death and dying, but there is hope and forgiveness and mother-love and the affinity and bickering between old women. There is memory and forgetting and snow and … Continue reading