Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
CassaFire is today’s book review. This is the second in the series, which started with CassaStar, which I reviewed a few years back. Then I jumped to the last in the series on publication, so now I’m on catch-up. This
The Shadows of London is book 6 in the Marwood and Lovett series. This is confusing, because it’s been Marwood and Hakesby for some time now. I have jumped books 2 to 4, thanks to ARCs from the publishers and
The Last Saxon King was a book I got from NetGalley in September. I’m not entirely sure why, except it involves time travel. It took me a while to read it as I stopped for several weeks early on. Not
Quantum Radio sounded exciting, so I requested an ARC from Netgalley and the publishers, Head of Zeus. I’d like to thank them for the opportunity. It also met enough criteria on time travel to fit into my SpaceTime Reading Challenge
Fractions of Existence is possibly one I bought. If not, thank you to the author who had it on special offer or gave me a copy. This will be an honest, unbiased review, even though J is a frequent supporter
Nightspark is the sequel to Ghostcloud, which I enjoyed last year; well, autumn 21 already. Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for a review copy once more. And I love, love, love the cover! Nightspark by Michael Mann Having
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop has been very successful on the continent, so the publishers decided to release it in English. Thank you, Netgalley and Emeritus/Scribner for the chance of a review copy. Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
Bugs by J R Tiedemann, and Ada Lovelace by Corinne Purtill, part of the Rebel Girls series, have very little in common. I’ve grouped them because they are both short investigations of a scientific nature, and almost biographies. Thank you
The Last Remains comes out today in the UK according to the newsletters I get, although listed as 2nd Feb on Goodreads. If you pre-ordered it from one of the independent booksellers listed by Quercus, you may have got it
Love will Tear Us Apart is the third in the weird ‘Stranger Times’ series. I mean that kindly – I think ‘weird’ is the best genre to classify it in. I was bowled over by Stranger Times itself, book one,
HMS Lanternfish is the second in C S Boyack’s marvellous pirating adventure, I read this last year, which helped complete my Mount TBR Challenge. Then, as I was desperate to read on, I completed the series with Wreck of the
Front Desk was one of the last Books of the Month for 2022 I read for the MG group on Goodreads… I’ve stayed on as a Moderator for now, because I’m working on some more children’s stories. I’ve handed over
Look, I Made A Hat is the second volume of Stephen Sondheim’s sort of biography. He lists his adventures with writing the lyrics and songs for his works from 1981 to 2011 in this one. Having spent two days of
Book 9 in the Flavia Albia series is Comedy of Terrors and Book 10 (published this year) is Desperate Undertaking. I was less than enthusiastic about the last two books, but gave both of these five stars on Goodreads. In
The Cairo Arrangement has been in my possession (on my Kindle) since late 2016. Others are that old in there, but I discovered to my shame, that I had got this from Librarything through the Early Reader scheme. When I