Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
Hugo nominee 2020, although not really because technically the Lodestar isn’t a Hugo, only it is… This is the story of sea monsters, of terrible gods of the ocean, of friendship...
11 July 2020
The little snake by A. L. Kennedy
I had no idea what this was about when I first picked it up. It was mentioned to me in passing just I finished a book and because of the wonders...
31 May 2020
How to stop time by Matt Haig
This is only the third book by Haig that I’ve read, but I’ve enjoyed them all and really like his style of writing. But there is something about the way his...
17 November 2019
A brightness long ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
It has been over ten years since I’ve read a Kay book! Or at least the last post on the blog reviewing a Kay book is more than ten years old,...
6 September 2019
Beneath the sugar sky by Seanan McGuire
Wayward Children #3 So usually I’ve never have read this without starting at number 1 in the series. But the description says stand alone, and it was on the Hugo shortlist...
4 August 2019
Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
I just don’t know how Ursula Vernon, aka T. Kingfisher, does it. Every single book/story by her I’ve read I’ve loved, and usually read far too quickly as I try to...
4 August 2019
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
It has been years since I’ve read a book by Novik. I read her Temeraire way back in 2006, and was a big fan until I sort of drifted out around...
14 July 2019
The girl with the dragon heart by Stephanie Burgis
Tales from the Chocolate Heart ; 2 I’ve been meaning to read this book ever since I heard it was coming out, but it has taken me a while to get...
29 June 2019
Trail of lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Sixth World ; book 1 After the world floods Dinétah, formerly the Navajo reservation, is utterly changed. The old gods and magics have returned, and with them monsters and so...
5 June 2019
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
I loved this book. I pretty much read it in one sitting, with occasional breaks for a cup of tea and taking the dogs outside. It is wonderful. It is a...
29 December 2018
The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard
Conan short stories ; 1 All I know about Conan comes from the Arnie film, so it was surprise to read this and come across Conan already a king. But this...
28 October 2018
In the Vanishers’ palace by Aliette de Bodard
How do people survive after colonisation and enslavement? What happens to a society that has been stamped out when those invaders leave, and all that remains is damage and pain? It’s...
28 October 2018
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