The alchemist and the angel by Joanne Owen
Jan lives with his aunt and uncle. His parents died of the plague and he had to leave his home village and move to Vienna. At first he is, understandably withdrawn...
14 January 2012
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Read for the Not just for Stormtroopers sci-fi challenge & for Carl’s Science Fiction Experience. Zinzi December finds lost things. That’s her shavi, the gift she received, along with her Sloth,...
9 January 2012
Pegasus and the fight for Olympus by Kate O'Hearn
Sequel to Pegasus and the flame As I said about the first book, this is a children’s book and is written for its market. Which means that it isn’t too concerned...
8 January 2012
All clear by Connie Willis
Sequel to Blackout, and set in the Mr. Dunworthy ‘verse. Or at least that’s what I’m calling this series-ish of books. This is my first read for the 2012 Science Fiction...
2 January 2012
Stray by Rachel Vincent
Okay, first off the cover to this is awful. Really, it is. And second of all, I did have huge problems with this book. But I’ll get to them later, first...
20 December 2011
Winter’s tale by Mark Helprin
Peter Lake was once in training to be a mechanic, but a tragedy meant that he was cast out of that life, and found himself with the Short Tails. A New...
18 December 2011
The hunger games by Suzanne Collins
Ever since Katniss’ father died in a mining accident she has been the one to take care of her family. Her mother’s depression left her unable to care for either of...
1 December 2011
Pegasus by Robin McKinley
On their twelfth birthday all members of the royal family are “bound” to a member of the pegasi royal family. It has been so ever since humans first came to this...
12 November 2011
Dark Jenny by Alex Bledsoe
Sitting in Angelina’s Tavern, Eddie LaCrosse’s winter evening is suddenly disturbed by a delivery. The delivery of a coffin to be precise. Obviously this piques the interest of the other tavern...
10 November 2011
Heir of night by Helen Lowe
Book one of The Wall of Night series When I started reading this book, with it’s ancient evil and aristocracy fighting against the darkness, I thought it would be a very...
3 November 2011
Wall of days by Alastair Bruce
On an island, all alone, the narrator, Bran, lives out his exile. He has been here ten years, time carefully marked out. He is kept busy each day by the struggle...
31 October 2011
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
In 1873 a package was delivered to a magician. A package that was, in fact, his daughter. The child’s mother had killed herself, distraught at being abandoned by the magician, and...
23 October 2011
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