26 October 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: myth & religion
Setting: Asgard
9 Stars
7 Comments
Quotes I liked ; Pinterest There was once a girl, an evacuee during the blitz, who read a lot. Myths, legends, religious books. And her favourite was the Norse tales. She read and reread them; they spoke to something in … Continue reading
24 October 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, historical fiction
Setting: France
7 Stars
12 Comments
This is the final week of our group read of The Lantern, and it was a really good experience. First off because I don’t think I would have read this one without the group prompting me to. And Secondly because … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: short stories
7 Comments
This is just a round-up post of my thoughts after week three of the Fragile things read. As with any short story collection some of the stories worked for me, and other didn’t. I tend to like the more traditional … Continue reading
Spoilers The narrator starts this story by telling us that we can call him a bastard if we like, well I do like. And I don’t mean bastard in the parentage sense, I mean it in the horrible evil person … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: hell
8 Stars
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Spoilers below Hell is other people, so the saying goes. But in this story hell is pain and the life you’ve lived. Other people is another short short story. Just a couple of pages, so I won’t be writing much … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: USA - New Orleans
7 Stars
3 Comments
Spoilers ahead! What makes you want to abandon your life? To chuck it all and just leave? In Bitter grounds we are never told exactly why the narrator leaves his home, but it certainly has something to do with a … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
8 Stars
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As usual with these group reads a spoiler warning is in full effect. They are discussion posts rather than reviews. Things that are “story-shaped” are explainable. Explicable even. But real life is not always so. Things happen at random and … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
6 Stars
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I’m, as usual, playing catch up. Never got around to posting on the stories I read for week 2, so hopefully I’ll get through them all this time around. As usual with these group reads a spoiler warning is in … Continue reading
18 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: graphic novel, horror, sff
10 Stars
13 Comments
Illustrated by Nate Taylor Read for this year’s RIP challenge. Check out the RIP review site. Everywhere I have seen this book mentioned there comes a warning; this is not a book for children. It looks like one, it is … Continue reading
18 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
7 Stars
10 Comments
A retelling of the story of Beauty & the beast Read for this year’s RIP challenge. Check out the RIP review site. Honour is the youngest of three girls. Her mother died soon after the birth of a fourth daughter, … Continue reading