I bring the fire part 1 : Wolves by C. Gockel
Amy Lewis is travelling home with her little mongrel dog, Fenrir, when she narrowly misses a deer, and flips her car. It is night time, and the road is not exactly...
20 April 2014
Kindred by Octavia Butler
It is 1976 and Dana and her husband have just moved into a new home. They’ve only been married four years, but both now seem to be making it in their...
18 April 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 would consider myself a sci-fi & fantasy fan, yet for...
10 April 2014
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Life for Mr and Mrs Dearly and their dogs, Pongo and Misses, is going well. They live near Regent’s Park in London and are very comfortably well off, Mr Dearly having...
29 March 2014
Address Unknown by Katherine Kressman Taylor
Reread for my book club. And on second read it is just as powerful, if not more so than on first reading. Original review from 2010 below ISBN: 978028563293 ; DDC:...
20 March 2014
Moth and Spark by Anne Leonard
Prince Corin has been chosen. He doesn’t remember, but the dragons have chosen him to free them, until he is ready however he will not remember that fact. All he knows...
18 March 2014
Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The year is 1665 and Anna Frith is a widow at only 18 years of age. She has two young sons to support and she works hard. Life in a small...
15 March 2014
The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee
Book 1 of The Middle Light series1 Sjennonirk is the spirit walker of her tribe. For years now the Kabliw have been coming, her people have welcomed them albeit with a...
3 March 2014
Pegasus and the new Olympians by Kate O'Hearn
I am miles and miles and miles away from being obsessive and compulsive, yet I do have a completion-ist streak in me. That is the only excuse I offer for continuing...
20 February 2014
The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb
Some years ago1 I first discovered Robin Hobb and her wonderful wonderful awesome series of books The Farseer Trilogy. They are wonderful2 and I love and adore them. I’ve loved all...
14 February 2014
Jackalope Wives by Ursula Vernon
I’m terrible at reading magazines I have discovered. I have a subscription to Apex and I don’t think I’ve read more than one or two stories over the past year. But...
11 February 2014
The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd
Illustrated by Pam Smy Darra lives on the island of Inniscaul is a small island off the coast of Eriu, or Ireland. And it is her fate to be sacrificed to...
10 February 2014
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