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
Exit strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot diaries ; 4 I love these books. They just feel so warm and comforting, like a hug, despite the fact that the narrator describes themselves as a murderbot and there...
17 October 2018
The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin
The Inheritance trilogy ; book 3 Oh my god, you totally need to read this series. It is so awesome and just plain great. Go read it. Am I overselling it...
4 October 2018
Circe by Madeline Miller
I have only read parts of The Odyssey; while I know the general story and many of the episodes I would not say that I know the full story. But I...
25 August 2018
Rogue protocol by Martha Wells
The Murderbot Diaries ; book 3 This is another book that I’ve had on preorder ever since I knew it was coming out. I loved the first two Murderbot books, The...
19 August 2018
Record of a spaceborn few by Becky Chambers
Wayfarers ; book 3 I really loved the other book by Chambers that I’ve read. They were just wonderful. So of course I had this on pre-order and started reading it...
19 August 2018
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
If you want to read a book that’ll really show how horrific people can be to one another then this is it. It tells the story of the murders of Mollie...
7 August 2018
The Martian obelisk by Linda Nagata
Humanity is dying out. Climate change. Terrorism. Disease. People have accepted that these is no future, just a slow decline and then they’ll be no more. The colonies on Mars have...
16 July 2018
Sun, Moon, Dust by Ursula Vernon
First published by Uncanny A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy in May 2017. Okay, this is wonderful. There is something about Ursula Vernon’s writing that just works so well with...
15 July 2018
Welcome to your authentic Indian experience by Rebecca Roanhorse
Published in Apex Magazine, August 2017 This is one of those short stories that I just didn’t gel with, I think I needed it to be longer… defeats to purpose of...
15 July 2018
City of stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
I don’t think I would have picked this book up at all if it hadn’t been nominated for a Hugo this year. The trilogy The Divine Cities is nominated in the...
13 July 2018
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