Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Encrypted is the first of a pair of fantasy adventures by Lindsay Buroker. Set in the same universe as the Emperor’s Edge series, this is heavily endowed with cryptography and clean romance. I got both Encrypted books in a Storybundle,
The Cat Who Saved Books was a netgalley book, for which I am very grateful. I seem to have become better at picking books that suit my post-covid brain since I realised the trouble with those more thrilling books I’d
The Drath verse (series) is variously termed a Drath Romance Novel, Drath SF Novel and the Drath Universe. I’m not sure what title I got this trilogy as from Storybundle, but I put the three books in separately, which led
August is a good month to catch up on books. These were the shorter ones that I read earlier in the year but didn’t give formal reviews on the blog. Now it’s the end of August, and I really should
The Year of Shadows was, I think, a near miss for Book of the Month for GMGR a few years ago. I put it on my list anyway, sure that it would be picked soon… but so far, not. I
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny came to me as a Net-Galley offering. It’s well through the Inspector Gamache series, which I first encountered in A to Z Challenge 2014 when I needed a book starting with Q, and
Moonlight Dancer fascinated me. The blurb suggests it could be something different, something time-twisty, and would be good for my exposure to international culture. And I love the cover! It came in a story-bundle, which means I paid a small
The Perfect Life caught my eye when it came up on offer at Net-galley, mainly because I remember being thrilled to bits with another Nuala Ellwood title—My Sister’s Bones. I’m very grateful to the publishers and net-galley for the opportunity.
What You Can See From Here sang out at me when I first saw it advertised as available for review on Netgalley. I thank the author, publisher, translator and everyone involved in it. It was the perfect antidote for my
Queen and Commander was part of a first-in-series set from storybundle.com. It filled the bill for a Q in my Alphabet Soup reading challenge, as well as adding to my Mount TBR. But I nearly dropped it when I had
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse has been sitting on my shelf for some time, waiting for it to be picked for the Great Middle Grade Reads monthly read. It came second some time ago, which is when
The Cosmic Tourist came out in 2012, and I picked it up more or less straight away. It was probably Sir Patrick Moore’s last book, although he did have another Astronomy Year out posthumously. This is more of a coffee
Finding the Mother Tree was offered by the publisher via Netgalley. I’m very grateful to them for a chance to review the book. It was published on 4th May, but I only got it a couple of days before. I’m
The Saturn System was a free book from NASA at the completion of the Cassini-Huyghens space expedition. I downloaded it like a shot. I chose to look at it now as I needed to do some research on planetary ring
The Royal Secret was offered by the publishers via Netgalley; I’m very grateful to them for it. Listed as another in the Marwood & Lovett series, I didn’t realise how many there were out already. I thoroughly enjoyed Ashes of
Trouble with Tattle-Tails is a delightful book. I couldn’t resist it when the publishers and Netgalley offered it. I read it on my iPad, for the full effect of the colour illustrations. It also gave me a T for my
Finding Sustainability comes out on June 1st. It’s a non-fiction book, focusing on how one person reconciled his concerns for the state of the planet with his role as a small business owner, manufacturing plastic packaging. As a former environmental
The Kingdoms has a blurb which drew me in, even if some of the reviews might have thrown me out again. Thank you publishers and Netgalley for the chance of an ARC for this book. Although the formatting of the
Death by Donut is the fifth in Rebecca Douglass’s highly entertaining Pismawallops PTA cozy mystery series. I’m lucky enough to have a preview copy, since I was also a beta reader, but I read the finished article last weekend. I’m
Rea and the Blood of the Nectar caught my eye when it was offered by Netgalley and the publisher. I’m glad it did! It’s a super fantasy tale, smoothly merging the life of a poor girl in India with a
Goodnight Mister Tom was originally published when I had grown out of childish things, but was too young to have younger people around to read it to them. Puffin release a special edition for its 40th anniversary this week. They
Under the Light of a Full Moon has been on my kindle a while, but I don’t know where it came from. If I got it as a freebie, thank you. If I got it as a Read4Review, thank you
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
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
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