The Thing About Ghost Stories by Naomi Kritzer
Available online – Uncanny Magazine Issue 25 Why do we tell ghost stories, or read or listen to them? Maybe you...
3 January 2019
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
I loved this book. I pretty much read it in one sitting, with occasional breaks for a cup of tea and...
29 December 2018
Eggshells by Caitriona Lally
I first noticed Eggshells when it arrived at work, with those hints about changelings and fairy tale echoes. But I didn’t...
2 December 2018
Us against you by Fredrik Backman
originally published as Vi mot er; translated by Neil Smith Beartown ; book 2 It has been a while since I...
21 November 2018
The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard
Conan short stories ; 1 All I know about Conan comes from the Arnie film, so it was surprise to read...
28 October 2018
His last bow by Arthur Conan Doyle
Containing – “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge” (1908), “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box” (1892), “The Adventure ,of the Red Circle”...
28 October 2018
In the Vanishers’ palace by Aliette de Bodard
How do people survive after colonisation and enslavement? What happens to a society that has been stamped out when those invaders...
28 October 2018
Exit strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot diaries ; 4 I love these books. They just feel so warm and comforting, like a hug, despite the fact...
17 October 2018
The scandal by Fredrik Backman
also published as Beartown I was going to say that I recently read Backman’s breakout novel A man called Over, but...
10 October 2018
The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin
The Inheritance trilogy ; book 3 Oh my god, you totally need to read this series. It is so awesome and...
4 October 2018
The tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker I have decided that I should try to read more “world literature”, not just modern fiction...
30 September 2018
Confronting the classics by Mary Beard
I feel like I’ve been reading this book since forever, which is pretty much true as I started reading it back...
29 September 2018