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Review: Penric’s Mission

Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was written by Lois McMaster Bujold. To a great extent, this is all you need to know…. Read more »

Writing Women in Traditionally Male Roles

Thankfully, we’ve got beyond the idea that a woman’s place in literature is to be the hero’s (prospective) love interest, and to scream and break her ankle a lot. However,… Read more »

Review: Sovereign

Sovereign by C.J. Sansom My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s taken me years to get around to reading this, and having finished, I’m left with one inescapable thought: Why… Read more »

Review: Guns of the Dawn

Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was nothing like the book I expected from the blurb. I had expected a fast-moving adventure,… Read more »

Power, weakness and vulnerability

I’ve just finished reading Kim Harrison’s new book, The Drafter. And damn, it was good. I stayed up later than I should have reading it, and that hasn’t happened for a while…. Read more »

Review: Spell Blind

Spell Blind by David B. Coe My rating: 5 of 5 stars I knew I was going to enjoy this book within the first couple of pages; with a hiatus… Read more »

Review: Hints to Lady Travellers: At Home and Abroad

Hints to Lady Travellers: At Home and Abroad by Lillias Campbell Davidson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Recommended for: anyone who wants some contemporary background on travelling culture of… Read more »

Who has the right to write?

Just lately, I’ve been thinking about gay romances. I read them. I also read heterosexual romances. The reason I read the romances I do, and the reason I like reading… Read more »

Gay fiction vs m/m romance

Today, I came across a blog post written by a gay male author, bemoaning the proliferation of ‘m/m romance’ (which is, apparently, a very different thing to ‘gay romance’). The… Read more »