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Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
This is an exceedingly rich book. A depth of imagination married with a poetic turn of phrase and an engaging cast of characters (both ... -
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic is the first book in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, a series currently comprised of around 40 novels and still going strong. The series ... -
The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis
I was persuaded to read the first Milkweed novel, Bitter Seeds, a while ago, and although I found it a decent read it left me sceptical as ... -
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
Bitter Seeds is the first book in Ian Tregillis’ Milkweed Triptych, and tells of an attempt to uncover and foil a covert and mysterious Nazi operation during ... -
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
Wow. I opened this book prepared to be disappointed: I knew it had received literally thousands of perfect scores on Amazon and Goodreads, and ... -
The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks’ Lightbringer series was one of my favourite discoveries of 2013. The second book in the series, The Blinding Knife, won that year’s Legend award, and ... -
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
Back in 2013, The Blinding Knife beat King of Thorns and Red Country to win the Gemmell Legend award. Since Joe Abercrombie is one of my favourite authors and Mark ... -
Suldrun’s Garden by Jack Vance
I’ve had a very mixed experience with this book, which wasn’t entirely unexpected given that I’d heard glowing reviews about it from some people ... -
The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding
It’s been a year since I read the first Ketty Jay novel, Retribution Falls, and to be honest I can barely remember a thing about it. I re-read ... -
John Dies at the End by David Wong
This book has been on my radar for a while, and when I saw it in a charity chop for £2 I had to ...
