The Selkie’s mate by Nicola Davies
Shadows and Light ; 3 That traditional selkie story, where the fisherman finds a selkie, hides the skin and gains a wife have always been a bit ick. I mean, its...
13 October 2017
Blade Runner (The final cut) [based on the book] by Philip K. Dick dir. by Ridley Scott
I know that at some point in the past I have watched Blade Runner. I do not know what version it was. I also am very aware that it has become...
13 October 2017
Triangle by Mac Barnett
One of the great things about working in a library is that you come across books that you usually would have no reason to really look at. Like children’s books, especially...
13 October 2017
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
The Amazing Telemachus Family were about to reach dizzying heights of fame and fortune in the 1970s, when a live television magic display went all wrong and they were revealed as...
13 October 2017
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
Emma Bull is an author I have been meaning to read for a long time. She was one of the first to start the whole sub-genre of urban fantasy. And although...
2 October 2017
September round-up
I think that working in the public sector has led to some bleed through. Stats are a huge part of my job, monthly, quarterly, yearly! All the stats. So here is...
1 October 2017
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Discworld series ; #7 I think this might be the first Terry Pratchett book I ever read. I certainly recall reading it, but I don’t think I’ve ever reread it, and...
1 October 2017
Diary – LRB by Anne Enright
it is tempting to join her in concluding that men and women are read differently, even when they write the same thing. If a man writes ‘The cat sat on the...
30 September 2017
The Power by Naomi Alderman
First rec’d by Abigail Nussbaum – Strange Horizons When I first read about The Power I was both intrigued and a little put-off by the premise; women suddenly develop the ability...
24 September 2017
I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Where to start talking about this book? Well, I didn’t get off to a great start with it, because something about it style of writing just didn’t agree with me. And...
20 September 2017