Book Reviews
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SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY by K. J. Parker (Book Review)
I leapt at this book with an enthusiasm born of an engineering background, an appreciation of historical sieges, a love of fantasy and a yearning for ... -
Readers without Borders – First Update
June Readathon – #ReadersWithoutBorders First Update – Macaque Attack! For those who missed it, I’ve joined the #ReadersWithoutBorders charity readathon for June, all in aid ... -
THE YEAR OF THE KNIFE by G. D. Penman (Book Review)
Urban Fantasy. I know. I’ve said in the past that urban fantasy isn’t really my thing. But G. D. Penman writes the Ask the Wizard feature ... -
RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark (Book Review)
I have been following the career of P. Djèlí Clark for some time (including a review and interview on this site) so when the e-ARC of ... -
DARK RIVER by Rym Kechacha (Book Review)
I’ve been keen to read Rym Kechacha’s debut novel “Dark River” from the moment I heard about its central premise, twin timelines set 8000 years apart ... -
Caves of Ice (Ciaphas Cain #02) by Sandy Mitchell – Book Review
Another one of The Ciaphas Cain series of Warhammer 40k novels has been translated to audiobook format and after enjoying For the Emperor to no end, ... -
The Lessons Never Learned (The War Eternal #02) by Rob J. Hayes – Book Review
The second act of a fantasy trilogy is the one a series lives or dies by. A first impression is important, but following up on the ... -
FRESHWATER by Akwaeke Emezi (Book Review)
“It was difficult to accept not being human but still being contained in a human body. For that one, though, the secret was in the situation. ... -
DEAD ASTRONAUTS by Jeff VanderMeer (Book Review)
“You want. Things to be words. That are not words. Could never be words. Your fox is some other construct. We did not agree to that. ... -
The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019) by R. A. Lafferty (Book Review)
“’There is only one story in the world,’ he said, ‘and it pulls two ways. There is the reason part that says “Hell, it can’t be” ...
