from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
a book is not finished until it is read. Harkaway, Nick, Gnomon (William Heinemann, 2017)
18 December 2017
#Diversiverse is coming
It’s bang on a month until Aarti’s A More Diverse Universe events begins. In case you missed it the first few...
4 September 2015
The Gothic Challenge & Obscure Literary Monsters
In her round-up of 2014 and look forward to 2015 Katherine of The Writerly Reader mentioned she would be doing The...
2 January 2015
In the year 2014
It’s that time of year again, stats and reviews are everywhere. I didn’t do a 2013 round-up, as far as I...
30 December 2014
What makes this book so great by Jo Walton
My first non-fiction book of 2014! And it is a book all about books. The best sort of book ;) I...
10 April 2014
Once Upon a Time VIII
Yesterday was March 21st, which for many people means the start of spring. Here in Ireland spring starts on February 1st,...
22 March 2014
A Natural history of Dragons by Marie Brennan
A memoir by Lady Trent Lady Trent, as all know, is the world’s pre-eminent dragon naturalist. This is her story of...
2 December 2013
A more diverse universe blog tour
This year from November 15th to 17th BookLust is hosting The More Diverse Universe blog tour A More Diverse Universe celebrates...
4 November 2013
The Storytelling Animal: A Conversation with Jonathan Gottschall | Literally Psyched, Scientific American Blog Network
When we submit to fiction–whether in novels, songs, or films—we allow ourselves to be invaded by storytellers who seize control of...
5 May 2012
Among Others by Jo Walton
Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge Many, many moons ago Carl posted his review of this book. And...
4 May 2012
The lost art of reading by David L. Ulin
It is strange, I’ve often come across media stories on the “decline” of reading as a result of modern technology. Social...
16 August 2011
Shameless promotion
So Himself has gotten himself a blog, so far he has posted once, a review of Robin Hood, which you may recall I did not enjoy, if you want to find out what he thought you can check it out here. It is called Hoglad’s Dungeon.
2 June 2010
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