Stats 2018

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My monthly favs:

Swordheart

I loved this book. I pretty much read it in one sitting, with occasional breaks for a cup of tea ...
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Us against you

originally published as Vi mot er; translated by Neil Smith Beartown ; book 2 It has been a while since ...
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a figure in a spacesuit tumbles through the docking bay of a space station with a spacecraft behind

Exit strategy

Murderbot diaries ; 4 I love these books. They just feel so warm and comforting, like a hug, despite the ...
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22 July [based on the book One of Us]

This is a tough film to watch. As it should be; dealing with mass murder and terrorism as it does ...
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Beast

If you are anything like me, you hear a film called Beast and think of Beauty and the Beast. And ...
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The broken kingdoms

The Inheritance trilogy ; 2 I pretty much devoured this book. I just couldn't stop reading once I started; it ...
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Sun, Moon, Dust

First published by Uncanny A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy in May 2017. Okay, this is wonderful. There is ...
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a serpent or dragon on a map

The language of power

The Steerswoman series ; 4 If you haven't read the previous books in the series then this is not the ...
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Hereditary

The best way to see this film is to know nothing in advance. So if you haven't seen it stop ...
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A drawing of a young girl wearing a headscarf, close up on her face

The Breadwinner [based on the book]

Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban The Breadwinner is the story of a family trapped by the ...
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Artificial condition

The Murderbot Diaries ; 2 The whole time I was reading this book1 I kept telling myself to ...
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Avengers : Infinity War

Given the box office takings I'm guessing you've already seen this film. I mean, hasn't everyone? But nevertheless there shall ...
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The cat who walked a thousand miles

Read it online at Tor. reread in April, 2018 and loved it just as much. A long time ago in ...
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Annihilation [based on the book]

I'm not quite sure how to start talking about Annihilation. I really liked it. But plot-wise anything I say to ...
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Mayhem

Added to Mount TBR in March 2018 - I came across this book as it was longlisted for the 2018 ...
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Black Panther

This film is so awesome. I loved it. I mean, I'd heard good things before I went, although I did ...
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The unwomanly face of war

translated into English by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky When I saw this mentioned in some magazine or other I ...
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Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Ever since I first heard about this film I was hoping it would come to my local cinema. Frances McDormand ...
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Clockwork Boys

The Clocktaur War ; book 1 Any book by Ursula Vernon (aka T. Kingfihser) is one that I want to ...
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  1. novella, whatever