I have issues with Tara Moss. I admire her greatly because of the things she’s done. As you know Moss was once in the modelling business but has since left that and starting writing books. She is one of those people who is very particular about her research making sure ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
I’ve written a lot about Ursula Le Guin over the years. What reason could there be to write again? To celebrate her writing in the wake of her death. Considering she died this week I think it only appropriate to start with a photo of the books of hers we ...
This book is yet another example of why I love anthologies. It has so much brilliant writing, some of it is from authors I’d already read before, other stories from authors I’ve only just encountered in this volume. I approached it with trepidation solely due to the size of the ...
Another of the books I was sent a while ago with the hope I’d give a review. I’ll try to be comprehensible or even understandable. This is a series of short stories written by Australian writer, Edwina Harvey. As always she aims to write an ending we’re not expecting. Not ...
My brilliantly aptly named new series continues. Where I randomly select two books from my shelves and attempt to find a link. I do not promise it will be a good link, only that it will be a link. It might be anything at all. One thing I do promise is that ...
I pinched this from Mum while she was moving. When I say ‘pinched’ I actually mean ‘requested’ and she was very happy to have it go to another home. It’s by one of those authors who was sort of rather knowledgeable about what he was writing about and this book is ...
Here I am, in my poetry class listening to my lecturer talking about the final assignment. I’m happily panicking about it until she says something about getting more marks for being creative. The options are to either write a 1,600 word critical essay or an 800 word poem with an ...
This is one of those books that fired my imagination. It is the sort of book that takes you by the coat tails, drags them through your brain and says ‘make a movie out of me’. I’m hoping this actually happens as it’s the sort of story that really needs to ...
I love fantasy: werewolves, vampires, and other fantastical characters, generally make me happy although I’m not overly excited by zombies. So when Aldin let me have his book for review purposes I was excited and when I realised the werewolf was not in the same vein as Twilight I was very ...
My brilliantly aptly named new series continues. Where I randomly select two books from my shelves and attempt to find a link. I do not promise it will be a good link, only that it will be a link. It might be anything at all. One thing I do promise is that ...
So much to say about this book but let’s start with the basics. It’s the first book in the two-part series set in the Dungeons and Dragons playverse. This book was first published in 1978 and was the first D&D book, the sequel Return to Quag’s Keep was published the year following ...
I’ve a lot of Tom Holt on my shelf, he’s an author I enjoy quite a bit but I didn’t feel the love with this book. It was quite a shock to be halfway through before I found any type of connection, I only persevered as it’s Holt and I ...
Robin of Sherwood – Richard Carpenter This book is the novelisation of the TV series, both written by the author of Catweazle, Richard Carpenter. If you haven’t seen or read Catweazle then you’re missing something fabulous. It’s a shame the same can’t be said about this book. Carpenter has included ...
My brilliantly named new series continues. Where I randomly select two books from my shelves and attempt to find a link. I do not promise it will be a good link, only that it will be a link. It might be anything at all. One thing I do promise is that the ...
Stories From the Penatmerone by Giambattista Basile You know, having kids means you get to read a lot of fairy stories and in some cases they examine them more carefully as they grow up and find them wanting. It’s not necessarily because the original fairy story has issues but because ...