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Liz Grzyb

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	Ecopunk! - speculative tales of radical futures by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cat Sparks (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jason Nahrung (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming of Djinn by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marilag Angway (Goodreads Author), Cherith Baldry (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talie Helene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sara Douglass 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damnation and Dames by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (editor), Amanda Pillar (Goodreads Author) (editor), Lisa L. Hannett (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hear Me Roar by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jenny Blackford (Goodreads Author), Faith Mudge (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2010 by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talie Helene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jason Fischer (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scary Kisses by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nicole R. Murphy (Goodreads Author), Astrid Cooper (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Scary Kisses by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roxanne Dent, Felicity Dowker 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012 by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talie Helene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jo Anderton (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015 by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talie Helene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jo Anderton (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)

by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)

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This was really dark. I picked it up because I'd heard it was about an arse-kicking older woman, which it is, but there are many threads pulling together and all of them have abuse, trauma and lots of death. That's not to say it was a bad book -- it' ...more
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The premise was good, but I found the three protagonists very similar, and the story was quite depressingly about elder abuse. I skimmed most of it.
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The premise is great - Mi5 for paranormal activity - and I enjoyed the read. It did start with a lot of infodump (the main character has amnesia and her past self wrote her letters to explain her life). Once the story got going though, it was great. ...more
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Cosy story of retired witch/thieves with dragon/cats who are drawn back into the game. A fun romp.
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“By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well.”
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“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.”
― Anthony Bourdain

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Feb 03, 2019 03:20PM

Vanda wrote: "Hi Liz
just looking at what you're currently reading and liked the titles of two of them so much I've added them to my Want to Read list :)"

Glad you're finding new things to read! :)

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message 2: by Vanda

Feb 03, 2019 07:41AM

Hi Liz
just looking at what you're currently reading and liked the titles of two of them so much I've added them to my Want to Read list :)

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message 1: by Vanda

Nov 27, 2018 08:21AM

Hi Liz
Just wondering if there are any Goodreads groups you would particularly recommend authors to join.

Thanks in advance

Vanda M Denton

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