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Marina’s 2025 Year in Books
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Marina Finlayson
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May 2014
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Stolen Magic (Shadows of the Immortals, #1)
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2016
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Murdered Gods (Shadows of the Immortals, #2)
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2017
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Rivers of Hell (Shadows of the Immortals #3)
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2017
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Changeling Exile (Thirteen Realms, #1)
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2018
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Twiceborn (The Proving #1)
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2014
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Hidden Goddess (Shadows of the Immortals #4)
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Changeling Magic (Thirteen Realms, #2)
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2018
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Caged Lightning (Shadows of the Immortals #5)
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2018
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The Twiceborn Queen (The Proving #2)
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2015
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Twiceborn Endgame (The Proving #3)
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2015
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The last two years: the Cliff Notes version
Well, it’s been a hot minute, hasn’t it? I’ve been busy, though you wouldn’t think it to look at my website lately. Let me give you the Cliff Notes version of what’s been happening since I last posted.
In 2022 I started a new pen name. As Emerald Finn, I write cozy mysteries set in a coastal Australian town, with nary a dragon in sight. No fantasy at all in these books, though there is a very love
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“Throw the word “bargain” around a few times, and people will swarm the tiredest old dreck like bees in search of a new hive. Or maybe locusts, ready to strip the place bare. They even buzzed like swarming insects. Voices raised in conversation and laughter, plus the occasional shrieks of a tired child, formed a background roar that still failed to drown out the tired tinkle of Christmas music piped over the top. I’d only been here ten minutes and already I’d heard White Christmas twice. Two times too many in my book.”
― Twiceborn
― Twiceborn
“Funny how bonding it can be to dig up a grave together. They should include it in team-building management courses.”
― The Twiceborn Queen
― The Twiceborn Queen
“but it was a good sign that her body had eased out of trueshape. The stewardess had covered her with a blanket and slipped a pillow under her dark head. I watched her for a while until sleep overtook me again. I was too tired to plan what came”
― Twiceborn Endgame
― Twiceborn Endgame
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| Making Connections: 3654. - TWICEBORN: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (The Proving Book 1) by Marina Finlayson | 16 | 58 | Apr 20, 2015 09:05PM | |
| Aussie Readers: May Challenge - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal | 259 | 138 | May 31, 2015 03:45PM | |
| Aussie Readers: The Twiceborn Queen, new urban fantasy | 20 | 19 | Jul 04, 2015 03:27PM | |
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| Aussie Readers: **Winter Reading Challenge - 1/6/15 - 31/8/15** | 768 | 225 | Aug 31, 2015 07:15PM | |
| Aussie Readers: Jool's 2015 Aussie Author Challenge | 136 | 81 | Dec 11, 2015 12:24AM | |
| Australian Women ...: Carolyn - 40 AWWs in 2015 | 55 | 26 | Dec 17, 2015 08:17PM | |
| Australian Women ...: Julie - Franklin 10- changing this to Nominate my own goal of 50 | 99 | 32 | Dec 30, 2015 01:03AM |
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They were very yummy! I see you're a quilter too -- there's a lot of us about!
Thanks for the friend request Marina. Looking forward to seeing what you like to read. Love the strawberry Santas!