Book Review: Tempests and Slaughter
Star rating: ★★★★ Usually, I avoid YA fiction like the plague; I’m too old and too cynical for the amount of angst that sloshes around. Tamora Pierce is one of… Read more »
Category: Books, Films and Music
Review: Charming
Charming by Elliott James My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was looking for something to fill in the wasteland before the next Jim Butcher book, and although Elliott James… Read more »
Review: The Death of the Necromancer
The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first read this years ago – maybe when it first came out. It’s one that’s… Read more »
Review: The Gate of Sorrows
The Gate of Sorrows by Miyuki Miyabe My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is definitely Young Adult fiction – but it has a distinct lack of romance (let alone… Read more »
Review: A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness My rating: 5 of 5 stars You can definitely tell that this book was written by a historian – and an academic at… Read more »
Review: 13 Bullets
13 Bullets by David Wellington My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have not, hitherto, considered myself to be a reader of horror fiction – mostly because I’m a wimp… Read more »
Writing for the in-crowd, or writing for everyone?
Let’s say this right now: nerd culture/pop culture/geek culture leaves me cold. I read a graphic novel once (one of the Jim Butcher ones – so one of my favourite… Read more »
Book Review: Oracle, by Susan Boulton
Star rating: ★★★★ Sometimes, you know you’re going to enjoy a book within the first page. This was one of those books; Boulton hooked me almost immediately. Her characters are likeable… Read more »
A sense of place in fantasy
Every book is set somewhere, whether that’s a quasi-medieval world or a space station or a modern city – or even in someone’s mind. An interesting question, though, is how… Read more »
Book Review: Half-Made Girls, by Sam Witt
Star Rating: ★★★★ Characters Joe Hark is definitely a flawed hero, maybe even an anti-hero. He’s a violent alcoholic who shoots first and doesn’t bother to ask questions because he thinks… Read more »