Outlaw Heroes has been in my Kindle a long time, since about November 2013. I have a feeling I picked it up as a special offer – kindle free days or similar. Those were the days! It is definitely a
Book Review | Outlaw Heroes #AtoZChallenge2021
Book Review | The Iron Tactician #AtoZChallenge2021
The Iron Tactician was a book I bought in a Storybundle collection, as happens a lot with my random scifi selections. I wasn’t sure I was enjoying it at the time, but I seem to be thinking of it more
Book Review | Sign of the Green Dragon by C Lee Mckenzie #atozchallenge2021
I’ve had the Sign of the Green Dragon on my TBR for quite a long time, and decided I’d better read it before I give up reading Middle Grade Books. Well, I may read some for fun, but I’m giving
Book Review | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – you must have seen the excerpts on social media. This book really hit the headlines. I felt such a connection to the messages online, I bought the hardcover copy. I’ve
Book Review | Among the Stars @KristineRusch
Among the Stars is a space opera theme anthology from Fiction River. There aren’t many stories in this anthology, compared with say, Rhonda Parrish‘s or Third Flatiron, or even the IWSG, so it’s a quick read of quick reads. This
Book Reviews | Flash Fiction collections by Rebecca M. Douglass
Rebecca Douglass is no stranger to this blog, and readers here will likely have visited The Ninja Librarian to read the flash fiction on Rebecca’s blog too. We both got the idea of flash fiction collections at the same time,
Book Review | The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
The Rose Code is a story involving the code breakers at Bletchley Park, during World War 2. I have always been enthralled by the wartime history of Bletchley Park. It’s now due for publication on March 18th. This book came
Book Review | Dangerous Women by Hope Adams
Dangerous Women came to me from the publishers via Netgalley, after I fell for the blurb. I’m so glad I did! Dangerous Women by Hope Adams Nearly two hundred condemned women on board a sailing ship bound for Australia. One
Book Review | The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths @ellygriffiths
The Lantern Men is number 12 in the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths. You’d think after writing twelve in a series they would be getting stale. Not a bit of it. This one’s a real page-turner! Even when something
Book Review | Preparing to Write Settings that Feel Like Characters @JLenniDorner
Settings that feel like Characters are what the literary agents are looking for. So says J Lenni Dorner in his introduction to this short book, aimed at authors. The good news is: readers feel your settings more acutely if they
Book Review | Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, was on and off my TBR several times a few years ago. Although I don’t remember, it was probably when it was first published. Thanks to the GMGR’s Book of the Month, I finally read it.
Book Review | The Weather Weaver by Tamsin Mori
The Weather Weaver caught my eye as a Netgalley ARC offer. Well, what a gorgeous cover! And when I read on, I couldn’t resist, especially as it’s a children’s/middle grade book. I’m very grateful to the publishers for the chance
Book Review | The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
The Galaxy, And the Ground Within is the fourth (and final) book in Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series. You can read my reviews of the others here: Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, and Record
Book Review | Interesting Times #Discworld
Interesting Times was on the library shelf when I took Thief of Time back. I wasn’t going to read any more this quickly but… and it was due back on Wednesday this week, so I had to finish it, since
Book Review | The Light Ages by Seb Falk
The Light Ages came out in the autumn, and got squeezed off my reading schedule by A Life on Our Planet. I apologise to the publishers and Netgalley for this, and hope it won’t count against me too much. The
Book of the Year 2020 – decision time!
As usual, I’m trying to pick a Book of the Year, as in, books I read in 2020. Last year I gave up asking for your help, as you reply you haven’t read them. That never stops me voting for
Book Review | The Stranger Times by C K McDonnell
The Stranger Times, my first review of the year, is my last book read in 2020. It got me to my Goodreads target at about 10 p.m. This was an advance copy from the publishers via Netgalley, for which I
Book Review Binge | Let’s scale the TBR mountain roundup
This second Book Review Binge is to catch up with books I read in December, attempting to reach the summit of my Mount TBR Challenge for the year. I selected them from my Kindle on the basis they looked short,
Book Review Binge | Middle Grade roundup
Middle Grade roundup is to catch up on all the books I’ve binged in December, trying to meet my target for the Mount TBR Challenge. There’s another edition on Wednesday. These are all books I’ve either had on my kindle
Boxing Day Book Review | Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
Thief of Time is no 26 in the Discworld series, and last of five in a subset called Death. Cheerful! Unlike most of my friends (and probably most Discworld readers), I have a random approach to the order I read
Christmas Book Review | Murder Under the Christmas Tree
Murder Under the Christmas Tree was one of those titles I couldn’t resist on what turned out to be my last trip to Waterstone’s in Norwich. It occurs to me that crime stories are quite a favourite for author specials
Book Review | African Me and Satellite TV
African Me and Satellite TV has been on my kindle for ages, but was late getting on my TBR. Even so, it easily qualifies for my Mount TBR Challenge. I was originally going to do today as a double review,
A #Storybundle of Book Reviews | Three first in series
Three first in series books take up my review spot today. One way of catching up with the titles read before the year ends. These have all been on my TBR list for a while, and mostly from the excellent
Book Review | Near + Far by Cat Rambo
Near + Far is a combination of two short story collections by Cat Rambo. I understand that in the paperback they are put together in that format where you can start from either end, a sort of half upside-down book.
Book Review | The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
The Zig Zag Girl was the not the only Elly Griffiths in the library when I visited on a whim after getting my flu jab. The doctor’s surgery is in the same complex. But, as all the titles on the