Getting Round to Reading
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Victor Hart: Volume 1 (winner of 1st prize Litarium Steampunk Competition) by RKLawrence
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In a Futurist-Victorian London, Ex-Carnie Victor Hart makes his living as a dinner party entertainer and mountebank, using the skills taught to him by his Romani mother – the Patterns. When tragedy strikes a wealthy friend, Victor Hart puts his skills to use in an alternative manner. This Steampunk London has its fair share of psychos, sickos, and sadists, and it takes a special kind of mind to hunt them. Victor sees human behaviour in a way few others can understand but only as an outsider; certain parts of his humanity are missing and that disturbs him. As he solves each seemingly unrelated case, a dark pattern slowly begins to reveal itself threatening the heart of the British Empire and even what we feel makes us human. A Steampunk-detective-noir, darker than most, the first volume features four thrilling cases; the first novel in a Duology.
The Spotlight by Waywardlife
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Max Martin is more famous than you are and he knows it. A former TV star, his current re-invention in music has found him selling more albums than any living pop artist. His every move is followed by #Martinis, who fill arenas around the world. At sixteen, he is content to ride high on a wave of vapid hits, living the only like he knows - happily sheltered behind a wall of manipulative handlers and hangers-on. Until it happens. The thing that changes his whole life. The thing that challenges him to become the kind of person that he never thought he would want to be. The Spotlight is a story about what happens when the wall of fame comes crashing down; when a pop star must become a real, living human being who walks among us. How does a self-involved, former-megastar fit into a small town with a new family? And just how is he going to get that girl to see that he’s more than what she thinks he is – an obnoxious, annoying, poseur puppet. (The Spotlight is a novel work-in-progress, rolled out chapter by chapter on Wattpad. The author reserves his right to change things as they move along, but promises not to do anything too dastardly.)
Wayward: Fetching Tales from a Year on the Road by Waywardlife
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Wayward: Fetching Tales from a Year on the Road is a hilarious and heartfelt ride around the world, wherein the author eats dog, obsesses about chewing gum, gets stranded on an island, does dirty things, reveres rock n roll and muses about everything from death to Star Trek to the President Obama to jail time. Now available on Wattpad, Wayward has been a surprise hit at both iTunes and Amazon, reaching #1 on both retailers' travel charts. It chronicles a year in the life of the author, who lived in 12 countries over 12 months, one month at a time. It's kind of funny, kind of sad and kind of weird. Forbes describes the book: "Wayward isn’t strictly a travelogue or a guide by any means. The book reads like a diary, with chapters dedicated to everything from watching Obama’s inauguration in an Argentinian bar, to viewing a dubbed version of the newest Star Trek film in France and trying to understand the plot despite not speaking French, to remembering the ecstasy and pain of his first love just before breaking up with his then-boyfriend in Berlin, to eating dog in Vietnam, to his experience working with Patti Smith in New York. Gates’ lively, conversational writing style bring all the disparate pieces together for an engaging, enjoyable read."
Light My Fire [Nalu] {The FT Love Chronicles; Book 3} by chello_8893
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Book 3 Lucy and Natsu have been teammates for what feels like forever. And, as much as she hates to admit it, Lucy likes Natsu--a lot. Unfortunately, he seems completely in the dark about her feelings for him. When her plan to confess results in a misunderstanding on Natsu's part, it makes him realize that he also has feelings for Lucy. Though, he thinks he may have discovered them too late.
Johnlock (oneshot) by redblanketsandj2o
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