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Review: The Cypher, Julian Rosado-Machain

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase’s stop on The Guardians Inc. blog tour! Here’s my review and an excerpt from The Cypher, as well as the opportunity to win a $75 Amazon gift card! You can find the giveaway form plus links to the other blogs participating at the bottom of the post. The Cypher e-book is […]
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Posted on February 18, 2013
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Review: Scarlet, Marissa Meyer

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Review: Graceling, Kristin Cashore

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Posted on January 23, 2013
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Posted on January 17, 2013
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Review: Scent of Magic, Maria V Snyder

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Posted on January 10, 2013
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