Thursbitch by Alan Garner
Part of my RIP reading Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or about the year 1755. The print of a woman’s shoe...
1 October 2016
Abide with me by Elizabeth Strout
Tyler Caskey is a minister in a small New England town. His wife, Lauren, passed away just over a year ago. Since then his youngest daughter lives with Tyler’s mother, coming...
6 March 2016
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Remembrance of Earth’s Past : book 1 Translated by Ken Liu Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with...
3 March 2016
Alias by Michael Bendis
Jessica Jones was once a costumed superhero, flying around, saving the day. But she gave all that up, now she works as a private investigator. In the first volume Jones is...
20 January 2016
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Part of my 2016 Sci-Fi Experience Book 2 of the Old Man’s War series. In the first book of this series the reader is introduced to the idea of old people...
5 December 2015
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge would not be regarded by most people as a nice woman. She is stern. Unforgiving. The scariest teacher in the local high school. Her husband is almost her exact...
9 November 2015
Jane Eyre’s Sisters by Jody Gentian Bower
Don’t you just love it when you pick up a book at random thinking it looks vaguely interesting and then you devour it? That is what happened me with this book....
28 September 2015
Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon
Dragonbeath #1 Danny Dragonbreath is having trouble with the whole Dragonbreath aspect of his name, in other words he hasn’t yet managed to breath fire. Keep thinking hot thoughts, think about...
1 September 2015
The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
For years now Father Damien has been writing to the pope. He is looking for answers, for hope, for guidance. So when, at long last, Father Jude arrives one day Damien...
1 July 2015
The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan
The Moorehawke Trilogy; book 1. Returning home after years in a foreign kingdom Wynter and her father Lorcan are surprised at the changes that have occurred in their absence. The first...
5 May 2015
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