Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig. Probably his breakthrough novel. So famous, that I decided I couldn’t really be a Matt Haig fan if I hadn’t read it. But now I have. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Between life
The CIA Book Club was offered by the publisher as an ARC via Netgalley. Thank you so much. It sounded fascinating – and it was. The CIA Book Club by Charlie English This is the astonishing story of the ten
Madame Matisse by Sophie Haydock is her follow-up novel after The Flames, about Egon Schiele’s mistresses. Here the author examines the women who surrounded Henri Matisse. Thank you to the publishers for the chance of the ARC via Netgalley. The
The Clockmaker’s Daughter is the first pick for a new weekend bookclub on Classic FM (Tim Lihoreau’s breakfast show). Tim asked listeners to recommend a book, and got no doubles, so picked five and asked us to vote… and I
The Green Kingdom by Cornelia Funke and Tammi Hartung is a fascinating new book for children/middle grades. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity of an ARC. It is due to be published on 6 March (in
Death at the Scottish Broch: A Mia Reid, Archaeologist, Mystery by Rose Kerr Cozy Mystery1st in SeriesSetting – Isle of Skye, ScotlandPublisher : Level Best Books (November 5, 2024)Paperback : 264 pagesISBN-10 : 1685128025ISBN-13
The Captain Who Broke the Rules is the second novella in the Ptolemy Lane series. It follows the Body in the Zero-Gee Brothel. It’s a quick read, but just right for when I want something light and easy after getting
The Meteorites is out on 6th February, and I thank Netgalley and the publishers for the chance of an ARC. I really enjoyed this book, but I thought it had some problems which needed a good edit. It also had
I got the Best of Michael Moorcock as part of a storybundle of scifi, possibly of short stories. I read a lot of Michael Moorcock as a late teen/student, and couldn’t for the life of me remember any of these
The Ship-Thief was one of two books I picked up in a charity bookshop in Norfolk, first in a related series. The first one I reviewed in November, Hunting Gumnor. This is another post joining in Marvellous Middle Grade Mondays,
The Rosetta Mind by Claire McCague is the follow-up to the marvellous Rosetta Man. I enjoyed that so much that I added this to my reading list as soon as I heard of it. Then it came out, I bought
Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle was an ARC from Netgalley and the publishers. I thank them for the opportunity of revisiting Svalbard at an equinox, albeit a week before the autumn one not the week of the spring
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis is the first in the Marcus Didius Falco series. I reviewed the last in the series in around 2018. I don’t often reread books, and this is, I think the first time I’ve reviewed one
Sagebrush was probably one of the first free books I took on my kindle, and probably in response to social media contact. I needed to expand my understanding of different genres. So it’s taken me over ten years to read
Tigers of the Snow was one possibly recommended by Rebecca, as there are two of this name. I bought the paperback of the external view, rather than Tenzing Sherpa’s memoirs. The Light Eaters was a review copy from Netgalley and