The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Considering I am such a vocal fan of Terry Pratchett, it’s odd that it has taken me such a long time to get to this book. I think that I am saving each book of his, like a fussy collector. Anxious...
View ArticleOne Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
The Young Adult thriller is becoming a respected genre, and there shouldn’t be anything surprising about that. After all passions run high in teen years and sometimes those passions run over sense....
View ArticleHarry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling
We are fast approaching the 26th June, which is officially the 20th (!!) anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. And our fond review of the series is coming towards...
View ArticleThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy had a huge success with her first book back in 1997, it won the Booker Prize and the love of the nation as it stayed on the bestseller list for month after month.But since then she has...
View ArticleThose Left Behind by Various
One of the greatest (superficial) disappointments of my life was the cancellation of the TV series Firefly written by Joss Whedon. It was a a space western drama series set in 2517 and concerned the...
View ArticleImpossible Views of the World by Lucy Ives
Stella Krakus is a curator at Manhattan’s renowned Central Museum of Art and is having the roughest week. Her soon-to-be ex-husband is stalking her and a workplace romance with “a fascinating,...
View ArticleRotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
The town of Rotherweird was cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I. Now it stands alone – there are no guidebooks, and only a few from the outside are ever allowed in. Despite this it is...
View ArticleMoonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón
As you may know, I’m actively trying to read more authors from other countries. I’ve also recently developed a bit of a fascination with Iceland for a book I’m attempting to write. So this winner of...
View ArticleThe Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
“One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a...
View ArticleFolk by Zoe Gilbert
On a remote and unforgiving island lies a village unlike any other: Neverness, Folk is a collection of tales circling the lives of one generation, those coming of age. Every year they gather, while...
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