First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In my latest attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I … Continue reading Catch-Up Quickies 11
*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author and The Book Review Crew. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: The Game of Satori, a virtual reality escape game that hacks your mind--delving deeply into your subconscious, pulling memories, thoughts and beliefs to the surface that have long … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Game of Satori: The Awakening – Amy Jacquemard
*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Maria Elena thought she’d sworn off gaming forever. But she hates her new internship, so her brother Balt convinces her to play Heroes of Avonell, a cutting-edge … Continue reading Blog Tour: Pixeldust – T.K. Arispe
*I received a free copy of this book via Voracious Readers Only and with thanks to the author. I then promptly went and bought my own copy, with my own money. My review is, as ever, impartial!* Blurb: To be an adventurer. One of the elite class of brave souls who travel Eldaria and fight … Continue reading Heroically Challenged: Book 1: Last-Chosen Ones – P.T. McCordic
Hands up who loves graphic novels? RPGs? Fantasy adventures packed with original characters and ideas? All of the above? Yep, me too! Which is why I am very excited about the upcoming Kickstarter from the minds of Alon Barzilay and Ron Gerber, and the pen of Amir Levi. RPG Origins is a stand-alone … Continue reading Sneak Peek: RPG Origins (A Graphic Novel) – Alon Barzilay and Ron Gerber, illustrated by Amir Levi
*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to Meg Eden, author and organiser of the Nerd Girl Books blog tour. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Buffy’s your typical cosplaying, retro-gaming, con-going geek girl, but as her high school graduation approaches, she finds she has … Continue reading Blog Tour: Post High School Reality Quest – Meg Eden
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: New Hopeland City may have been built to be the centerpiece of the technological age, but some remnants of the old world still linger. The tools of the trade … Continue reading The Fox, the Dog and the King – Matt Doyle
*I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: “… Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment. They are and remain unhappy and low-spirited for the demon waits and waits…” -Friedrich Nietzsche … Continue reading Aaru: Halls of Hel – David Meredith
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: New Hopeland was built to be the centre of the technological age, but like everywhere else, it has its dark side. Assassins, drug dealers and crooked businessmen form a … Continue reading Addict – Matt Doyle
*I received a free ARC of this book via the Six Queens ARC Library. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Grey isn’t sleeping. Sunny Grimm finds a strap around her son’s head with an embossed symbol between his eyes. This is the mark of awareness leaping, where players launch into alternate … Continue reading Maze: The Waking of Grey Grimm – Tony Bertauski
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