The water dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I haven’t read a great many books set in the “old south”. Many years ago I did read Gone with the...
3 February 2020
1917 dir. by Sam Mendes
I wasn’t too sure what I was going to make of this film before I saw it. War films can be...
12 January 2020
White women LOL by Curtis Sittenfeld
Read it online at The Oprah Magazine A short story showing that racism is a whole lot more complicated than your...
7 January 2020
How to stop time by Matt Haig
This is only the third book by Haig that I’ve read, but I’ve enjoyed them all and really like his style...
17 November 2019
Rambo: last blood dir. by Adrian Grunberg
I was very doubtful about this film. The first Rambo First Blood is a classic. And for an action film it...
27 September 2019
The poison song by Jen Williams
The Winnowing flame trilogy ; book3 If you’re into your fantasy fiction being epic, your heroes being full of humour and...
23 September 2019
Throne of Eldraine: the wildered quest by Kate Elliott
This book is set in the Magic: the gathering multiverse, a game/’verse I know nothing about apart from the fact that...
18 September 2019
The Spitfire girl in the skies by Fenella J Miller
Spitfire Girls ; book 2 I know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but when I saw...
9 September 2019
A brightness long ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
It has been over ten years since I’ve read a Kay book! Or at least the last post on the blog...
6 September 2019
The consuming fire by John Scalzi
The Interdependency #2 You know, I thought I’d reviewed the first book in this series The collapsing Empire last year when...
13 August 2019
The invasion by Peadar Ó Guilín
Grey Lands #2 After reading The call I was happy with how the story ended. I’ll admit, I thought that certain...
13 August 2019
Children of blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Legacy of Orïsha #1 I added this book to Mount TBR back in 2018, but it took it being nominated for...
13 August 2019