Sometimes you just have to cleanse your palate with an old favourite, and this lovely book by the great Neil Gaiman is just that. Gaiman wrote the screenplay of the BBC series first (in the 1990s), and then the novel is an adaptation/companion to that. I love the series and re-watch it every couple ofContinue reading “Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman – 25.12.22”
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The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1 – Patrick Rothfuss (Audiobook) – 09.12.22
I remember that I bought this book (and its sequel) from Audible because I read an article about the greatest fantasy books of all time, and all the other books on the list were among my favourite ever reads. This book certainly has many great reviews on Amazon, but man, I really didn’t enjoy it.Continue reading “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1 – Patrick Rothfuss (Audiobook) – 09.12.22”
Unraveller – Frances Hardinge – 15.12.22
I don’t read much pure fantasy these days, generally preferring Urban Fantasy or Magical realism books (or just literary fiction) but I do like Frances Hardinge books even though I would class them as pure classical fantasy. In the world of this book, strange magical spider like creatures have ‘gifted’ humans with the ability toContinue reading “Unraveller – Frances Hardinge – 15.12.22”
A Madness of Angels (Matthew Swift Book 1) – Kate Griffin – 05.12.22
This is a fun introduction to a new (to me) series in the Urban Fantasy genre. It is quite action packed, which would often put me off, but I still very much enjoyed reading this book. Set in a London where various factions of people with different magical abilities co-exist not necessarily peacefully, the bookContinue reading “A Madness of Angels (Matthew Swift Book 1) – Kate Griffin – 05.12.22”
What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror (John Dies at the End, Book 3) – David Wong – AUDIOBOOK – Narrator – Stephen R. Thorne – 01.12.22
At Christmas, I persuaded my son and husband to watch the movie adaptation of John Dies at The End with me (I hadn’t seen it before), and I told them that I was reading this book series and loving it (my son was familiar with the author from his podcasts). Well, I have to sayContinue reading “What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror (John Dies at the End, Book 3) – David Wong – AUDIOBOOK – Narrator – Stephen R. Thorne – 01.12.22”
Sweet Harmony – Claire North – 23.11.22
I have such a writer crush on Claire North – (I ❤ her!) and I have yet to read anything by her that I didn’t at least like and usually love. Like all her novels, Sweet Harmony takes a ‘what if’ idea as the central concept and then builds a world around it. In thisContinue reading “Sweet Harmony – Claire North – 23.11.22”
The Ghost Woods – C.J. Cooke – 21.11.11
I quite liked this book. It is a period piece, about girls sent to a mother and baby home with some unpleasant and eerie secrets. At the beginning of the book, the main character has no memory of how she came to be pregnant and the book slowly unravels her repressed memories along with theContinue reading “The Ghost Woods – C.J. Cooke – 21.11.11”
Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan – 08.11.22
Set in Wexford in Ireland in 1985 this beautiful novella follows Bill, a loving husband and father who works hard selling coal and timber and making deliveries around the town. When he delivers coal to the Magdalen laundry (an institute run by the Catholic Church in Ireland and now famous for the horrible abuse toContinue reading “Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan – 08.11.22“
Once There Were Wolves – Charlotte McConaghy – (BOOKGROUP) – 07.11.22
This was my book group read for November, and as you will see if you look at the My Book Group Reads page of my website, the group had a great discussion based on this (in my opinion at least) fabulous book. Here’s part of what I wrote about it on my book group readsContinue reading “Once There Were Wolves – Charlotte McConaghy – (BOOKGROUP) – 07.11.22“
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It
Book 2 of 4: John Dies at the End – David Wong – 05.11.22 Book three in this series was in the audible £3 sale, and I had read and enjoyed book one, and owned book two on kindle so I bought book three and read this one to get caught up. I think DavidContinue reading “This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It“
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