Halfway through the year now, and I don't think I've made much headway on my new year reading resolutions . Oops. On the plus ...

Whilst picking up The Chaos Walking Trilogy from the library (see my review here ) I spotted A Monster Calls on the shelf. The Plot: Co...

These aren't necessarily the best first lines in books ever to be written, but I still think they're pretty accomplished and make yo...

After reading Wild Seed in April  I've been on the hunt for some more Octivia Butler. My local library is sadly lacking the patternister...

I went through a stage of reading lots of Chuck Palahniuk novels back to back, until I got burnt out and forgot about him. Last month, when ...

I picked up Baba Yaga Laid an Egg   as I have gradually been making my way through the canongate myth series.   Canongate have commissioned ...

Wimpole library  I've just created a new tab with an alphabetised list of all my book reviews. Click under the blog banner ' ...

I think I stumbled upon From the Fatherland, With Love during a search for speculative fiction. It instantly appealed as it is set in Japan ...

"Baba Yaga lives in a forest [...] in a cramped little hut that stands on hen's legs and turns around on the spot. She has one ske...

I ordered The Coldest Girl in Coldtown after reading a kindle sample  last month, and it lived up to my exceptions. Trash is the best way, ...