The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
To reference the title, it took a few days to absorb this novel and fully appreciate the plot, the characters, the life and death challenges…
Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
How to review this extraordinary book? You will find it in the Science Fiction section of the library/bookshop but that is misleading. Yes, the plot…
A Catalogue of Catastrophe (Chronicles of St. Mary’s #13) by Jodi Taylor
Previous reviews of this British author’s Chronicles of St Mary’s series have recommended her works to those readers who adore the mayhem of St Trinians,…
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
To be Taught if Fortunate takes us to the 22nd century. In this future, space exploration is citizen-funded, ‘exploration for exploration’s sake. Apolitical, international, non-profit.’…
The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson
The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson is a slap-in-the-face call to curb our excesses before the earth says “enough” and turns on us; and it’s…
Doing Time by Jodi Taylor
Doing Time by Jodi Taylor is the 13th instalment in The Chronicles of St Marys series,
The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
The Toymakers is filled with history. There is magic, there is tragedy and grief, there is finding a home and, eventually, everlasting love.
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Just One Damned Thing After Another, the first book in the highly entertaining Chronicles of St Mary’s series, wastes no time in getting to the…
The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
The Tethered Mage is the first of a trilogy by a new author, and is easy to read, quite embarrassingly engrossing (the reviewer admits to…
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence compels the reader’s attention from the first few paragraphs.
