
Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution #1) by Genevieve Cogman
A fan of the author’s previous (and initial) series The Invisible Library, this reader eagerly picked up Scarlet, hastening home to immerse oneself in the…
Celebrating 190 years 1833 – 2023
A fan of the author’s previous (and initial) series The Invisible Library, this reader eagerly picked up Scarlet, hastening home to immerse oneself in the…
When his daughter is falsely accused of murder, Sam accepts the chargers instead. But in the future, murderers aren’t sent to prison. They’re sent to…
In this island paradise, Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire…
When seventy year old knitter Joyce Campbell steps onto an alien spaceship for the first time, her lifelong dream is fulfilled. But when the ship…
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…
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…
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 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 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 is the 13th instalment in The Chronicles of St Marys series,
The Toymakers is filled with history. There is magic, there is tragedy and grief, there is finding a home and, eventually, everlasting love.