Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Erm, hi? So, I took another unplanned break there. A 6 month... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week is a freebie, so I'm revisiting a topic I skipped... Continue Reading →
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard ★★★ Fire burns bright and has a long memory…. Quiet, thoughtful princess Thanh was sent away as a hostage to the powerful faraway country of Ephteria as a child. Now she’s returned to her mother’s imperial court, haunted not only by memories of her first romance, but by worrying... Continue Reading →
Wyrd & Wonder is a month long celebration of all things Fantasy that runs from 1st-31st May; it is hosted by @deargeekplace, @Imyril & @joriestory It's day 5 of Wyrd & Wonder and I've just managed to squeak my post in under the wire.... What have you been reading? Before W&W began I crossed two non SFF... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Wyrd & Wonder is a month long celebration of all things Fantasy... Continue Reading →
I was struggling to think what to post for this one, there were just too many options! Do I go classic with Tolkein's Middle Earth or do I go current with Crows' Ketterdam map? So I've settled on one of my top titles from yesterday's post: The Priory of the Orange Tree. So here's a... Continue Reading →
Wyrd & Wonder is a month long celebration of all things Fantasy that runs from 1st-31st May; it is hosted by @deargeekplace, @Imyril & @joriestory The prompt for Day 2 of Wyrd & Wonder 'Pop this in your bag of holding'; it asks us what one book that we've read in the last year we'd... Continue Reading →
Whilst W&W has been running for a few years now, this is the first time I've been able to take part in it. May is often a difficult reading month for me, I'm usually handing university work in and/or buried under a pile of creative writing portfolios for the seminars I'm teaching. But not this year!
I'm still working my way through my backlog of draft tag posts. So this week's book tag is one I filched from my friend Jess over @jessticulates some time ago. You can find Jess' original post here Flour A book that was a little slow to start but really picked up pace as it went... Continue Reading →
What Have You Been Reading? Thud is my second Discworld book of the year and it remains one of my favourites. It's one of Pratchett's later Discworld publications and I think it really captures a lot of the themes that concerned him towards the end of his life whilst still being a really fun mystery.... Continue Reading →
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