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Lesley Barklay

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Children's, Christian, Fantasy

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Lesley Barklay has taught high school English, German, and History in rural and outback NSW since 2003. She loves bossing people around, reading, writing, editing, and mentoring young writers. Lesley is currently working on an adult fantasy series, a YA scifi series, a Christian romance, and a middle-grade adventure series, because she is a sucker for punishment. Why write one series, when you can write four?

Lesley lives with her husband, twelve-year-old son, nine-year-old daughter, and one chicken in Moree. In her spare time, you can find her procrastinating from writing by watching authortube. That counts, right?

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	Road to Bethlehem (Bible Adventurers #1) by Lesley Barklay (Goodreads Author), Mandy Mitchell (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 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
	A Comedy of (Classroom) Errors by Matthew Bates, Lesley Barklay (Goodreads Author), Dave Consiglio 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	Remnant 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 4 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
	Return to Bethlehem (Bible Adventurers #2) by Lesley Barklay (Goodreads Author), Mandy Mitchell (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	Lost in Jerusalem (Bible Adventurers #3) by Lesley Barklay (Goodreads Author), Mandy Mitchell (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Called to Galilee (Bible Adventurers #4) by Lesley Barklay (Goodreads Author), Mandy Mitchell (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 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
	Triumph in Gethsemane (Bible Adventurers #5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Return to Bethlehem (Bible Adventurers Book 2) by Lesley Barklay (Goodreads Author), Mandy Mitchell (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Return to Bethlehem: Bible Adventurers, Book 2 by Lesley Barklay (Goodreads Author), Melinda Yerzy (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Lesley Barklay has read Elizabeth's Secret Admirer by Amanda Kai (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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Lesley Barklay rated a book really liked it Magic Redeemed (Hall of Blood and Mercy, #2) by K.M. Shea (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
A very enjoyable sequel to the first book, I read it in one sitting, staying up until late in the night to finish it. I was devastated to have to wait a couple of days for the release of book 3. Hazel and Killian's relationship continues to develop in ...more
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Lesley Barklay rated a book really liked it Magic Forged (Hall of Blood and Mercy #1) by K.M. Shea (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
I wasn't sure when I picked this book up. I love K.M Shea's Timeless Fairytales, I adored her Fairytale Enchantress, and I was more engaged than I thought by The Elves of Lessa... But this foray into paranormal, well, I just didn't think it would work ...more
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Lesley Barklay rated a book liked it The Healer (O'Malley, #5) by Dee Henderson (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
I have been re-reading Henderson's books to see how they hold up now that I have a bit more life experience (I first read them when I was in my early twenties, now I'm in my mid-forties). So far, I've enjoyed the O'Malley's, but there were a few thin ...more
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A cute little short story showing how Kit managed to win Noir's respect. ...more
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Lesley Barklay rated a book liked it Solus Miles: Royal Knight by A.M. Sohma (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
While I'm not a huge fan of short form fiction, I appreciate this short prequel story to give a bit more of an insight into Solus Miles' character and skills. ...more
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Lesley Barklay rated a book it was amazing The Revived (Second Age of Retha, #3) by A.M. Sohma (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
If you enjoyed the first two books in the series, you will enjoy this one. It's the best one so far. You get to see Kit utilising her unusual skills to begin her quest to save the heroes of Retha. Plus, you get way more of her and Solus Miles. However ...more
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If you are a gamer, or a diehard K.M. Shea fan, you will enjoy this book. If you liked book 1 in the series, you will like this even more. We get to spend more time with Solus Miles, and the pace picked up. I'm excited to see what book 3 has in store. ...more
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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: age, fairytales, growing-up

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“I'm fully aware," Firth told a reporter for the English magazine Now, "that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: `Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.”
― Colin Firth

tags: pride-and-prejudice

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“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you!”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre