Speculative
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THE GRAY HOUSE by Mariam Petrosyan (BOOK REVIEW)
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan (translated by Yuri Machkasov) is the story of a residential house for physically disabled children, the speculative elements that spawn ... -
BOY WITH A BLACK ROOSTER by Stefanie Vor Schulte, translated by Alexandra Roesch (BOOK REVIEW)
Stefanie Vor Schulte – Boy With A Black Rooster (2021, translated by Alexandra Roesch 2024) “There is something so wrong about the fact that the boy, ... -
ANY HUMAN POWER by Manda Scott (BOOK REVIEW)
From Sunday Times bestselling author Manda Scott comes a visionary new fantasy thriller f or the cli-fi generation, about a family at the centre of a ... -
THE SECRET LIFE OF INSECTS by Bernardo Esquinca (BOOK REVIEW)
Bernardo Esquinca – The Secret Life Of Insects (2024, translated by James D. Jenkins, illustrations by Luis Pérez Ochando) “Don’t knock liars: they’re great storytellers. In ... -
THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Stuart Turton (BUDDY READ REVIEW)
It’s time for another buddy read from Nils and Beth! The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton was a highly-anticipated book ... -
BLOOD RED by Gabriela Ponce translated by Sarah Booker (BOOK REVIEW)
“I wallow on the bathroom tiles, a red dot in this white universe. My solitude is writhing in a pain I never understood. I think about ... -
THREE EIGHT ONE by Aliya Whiteley (BOOK REVIEW)
“Are these the kinds of decisions people from the Age of Riches had to make all the time? To abandon what’s best for the world and ... -
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL by Anne Brontë (BOOK REVIEW)
“I am so determined to love him – so intensely anxious to excuse his errors, that I am continually dwelling upon them, and labouring to extenuate ... -
LAMB by Matt Hill (BOOK REVIEW)
“Leigh, finally noticing Boyd, turned and smiled absently. But she couldn’t find a way to shed her startled expression, and her eyes were bloodshot. There were ... -
DESERT CREATURE by Kay Chronister (BOOK REVIEW)
“The high desert was as she remembered. All the vegetation looking either hungry or glutted, plants with ribs and collarbones and heavy, pendulous bellies … Only ...
