Black Panther dir. by Ryan Coogler
This film is so awesome. I loved it. I mean, I’d heard good things before I went, although I did try to ignore most of it...
18 February 2018
The prey of gods by Nicky Drayden
I added this book to my TBR pile a whole year ago, when it was rec’d by Kameron Hurley. And then it was one of the...
27 January 2018
Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
I loved this book. Loved it. But I am totally aware that this is not a book that everyone will enjoy. It starts out with Inspector...
30 December 2017
A Wind in Cairo by Judith Tarr
Tarr presents a historical fantasy set in Egypt in the 12th century about a young man who is turned into a horse for punishment and must...
18 April 2017
The red : first light by Linda Nagata
Book 1 in The Red trilogy ; part of my 2016 Sci-Fi experience (review site here) Lieutenant James Shelley never wanted to be a soldier. But...
21 December 2015
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Emilia and Teo live as though they were brother and sister. Teo’s mother Delia died when a bird hits the plane is flying, but Emilia’s mother,...
14 April 2015
Moxyland by Lauren Beukes
Set in a fictional, futuristic Cape Town in South Africa Moxyland is a book that I’m somewhat conflicted about. I read Beukes’ Zoo City back in...
11 January 2014
Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
David Lurie lives a very contained and well-run life. He is a professor in Cape Town, mostly he lectures in communication but he is also allowed...
17 August 2013
Things fall apart by China Achebe
Set in pre-colonial Nigeria Things Fall Apart is the story of Okonkwo and his community. He sees himself as a hard-working, important man, he has gained...
10 August 2013
A coalition of lions by Elizabeth Wein
Book two in The Lion Hunters. After the loss of her family Goewin is forced to flee Britain. In the company of Aksum’s ambassador to Britain,...
10 June 2012
Timeless by Gail Carriger
An Alexia Tarabotti novel, The Parasol Protectorate: Book the Fifth Seeing as this it the fifth, and final, book in this series, knowing anything about the...
24 March 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...
9 January 2012