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Liz Grzyb

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SF&Fantasy readers - there's a Martha Wells ebook bundle on Humble Bundle at the moment including all of her wonderful Murderbot books, plus a bunch of her other books (that I haven't yet read but was planning to.) I've never jumped on a Bundle so fast! https://www.humblebundle.com/books/ma... Read more of this blog post »

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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) 3.57 avg rating — 68 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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A Forest, Darkly

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)

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Liz is currently reading A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slatter	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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Liz rated a book really liked it Origin Story by T. Kingfisher	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
Short weird horror/fantasy story. More a vignette than anything else, this definitely reads like an "origin story" of a main character in another story - which I'd be keen to read! ...more
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Liz wants to read Book of Life by Deborah Conway	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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Liz wants to read Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers	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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Liz rated a book really liked it No Friend To This House by Natalie Haynes (Goodreads Author)	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
4.5 stars What a great reimagining of the Medea story. I've always found it an interesting one, and Haynes' retelling from the perspectives of many women surrounding Jason, Medea, and the Argo really adds depth and nuance. I love that Medea questions ...more
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Liz rated a book really liked it Outlaw Planet by M.R. Carey (Goodreads Author)	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
This is my first novel from Carey, although I'd heard good things. This story took me a little to get into it, as the distant narrative perspective and the Western style of setting aren't my usual reads. Once I'd immersed though, I found it pretty co ...more
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Liz wants to read System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)	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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“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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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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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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