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Reason is a better name than Logic or Rationality. So said Serafina, who champions rationality and deplores any mention of magic. Especially the witchcraft (smokes and mirrors she calls it) practiced by her own mother. But what happens when her daughter is 15?
Justine Larbalestier won an Andre Norton Award for best genre Young [...]

Review : Whale Rider : a gripping mystical fable and simply one of the most beautiful films I have seen in my entire life.
Not so much a Weekend Read but a Weekend Watch.
When his canoe capsized a thousand years ago, Paikea escaped death by riding to shore on the back of a whale.
On the [...]

The Weekend Book Review : Another classic this week from one of our lighthearted detective fiction writers. We have a great crop of them.
The Brush Off : A Murray Whelan Mystery
A murder, an investigation, a swag of suspects, a chase, a punchup. Like most people starting a new job, Murray Whelan finds the first [...]