The Girl who beat isis by Andrea C. Hoffmann, Farida Khalaf
In August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But...
16 October 2016
Half a crown by Jo Walton
Small Change ; book three. Peter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain’s distinctly British secret police. It’s his job to...
9 October 2016
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
Upon her arrival in London, an 18-year-old Irish girl begins anew as a drama student, with all the hopes of any...
9 October 2016
Thursbitch by Alan Garner
Part of my RIP reading Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or...
1 October 2016
The Marked by Lilith Saintcrow
Awful things happen. Sometimes you’re left alive, but it leaves a Mark. They aren’t tattoos, and they express your hidden powers—and...
19 September 2016
The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
rec’d by Wobuffat (Metafilter) based on Michael Chabon’s review Acclaimed as one of the best historical novels ever written, this engaging...
18 September 2016
Mount TBR update
The continuing saga of all the books that shall one day fall on me and end all this blogging. Since my...
15 September 2016
The Russian army is polite, but menacing. Impossible to defeat.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a non-book/film post here. I almost don’t know how to start them anymore....
1 September 2016
The heart goes last by Margaret Atwood
Living in their car, surviving on tips, Charmaine and Stan are in a desperate state. So, when they see an advertisement...
26 August 2016
The Witch dir. by Robert Eggers
IMDB description : New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible...
21 August 2016
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