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 your hidden desires. They grow as you use them. 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 saga of Viking adventure in 10th century northern Europe has...
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 last update I’ve been added : Mieville, China – The...
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. So, let’s see, what’s been going on. Well, this summer...
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 for Consilience, a ‘social experiment’ offering stable jobs and a...
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 wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes...
21 August 2016
Tale of Tales [based on the book] by Giambattista Basile dir. by Matteo Garrone
IMDB description: From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant...
21 August 2016
The tropic of serpents : a memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
The memoirs of Lady Trent : book 2 Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana, Mrs. Camherst defies family and convention to embark on an expedition...
20 August 2016
Spartacus dir. by Steven S. DeKnight
Watch the story of history’s greatest gladiator unfold with graphic violence and the passions of the women that love them. This is Spartacus. Last week I finally finished watch the whole...
14 August 2016
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
Shades of Magic : Book 1 Group read with Fantasy Favourites. Kell is one of the last Antari, a rare magician who can travel between parallel worlds: hopping from Grey London...
6 August 2016