How I Finished 7 Book Series in 2018
At the beginning of the year I made some reading resolutions, one of them was to focus my reading on finishing series that I had begun. I am a serial offender o...
Review: ‘Children of the New World’ – Alexander Weinstein 2016
My rating: 2 of 5 stars Just another straight-white-male sci-fi collection. Though I did finish all the stories, none of them really stood out to me as bringing...
Review: ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ – Patrick Ness 2008
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Overall I loved this book! Patrick Ness has crafted an interesting science fiction world; on a distant planet a young boy lives in an is...
Review: ‘The City of Woven Streets’ – Emmi Itäranta 2015
My rating: 5 of 5 stars An enchanting tale of love and resistance. Unexpectedly tender and heartfelt, the story swept me away. Itaranta has crafted a world of i...
‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ January Book Club Discussion
2017 is off to a flying start with the fast-paced sci-fi adventure from Patrick Ness. It wasn’t a short book by any measure but for many of your it seemed...
1Q84 – Book 1 – August Book Club Discussion
Let’s discuss Book 1 of 1Q84! Read through my discussion prompts below, then add your thoughts on those or anything else you felt was important to you. Feel fre...
Review: ‘The Water Knife’ – Paolo Bacigalupi 2015
4.5 stars. Brutal, unforgiving and raw. The Water Knife plunges you into action and doesn’t let up until the very last sentence. This novel is a speculative sci...
‘The Water Knife’ June Book Club Discussion
Let’s discuss The Water Knife! Read through my discussion prompts below, then add your thoughts on those or anything else you felt was important to you. If you ...
Review: ‘Feed’ – M T Anderson 2002
My rating: 4 of 5 stars A tale of consumerism gone mad, and a terrific twist on the YA dystopian genre. Feed blends the realities of teenage friendships with a ...
‘V for Vendetta’ – Alan Moore 1982
My rating: 3 of 5 stars V for Vendetta is, to me, a series of excellent quotes with illustrations I could mostly do without. The story is interesting, but the p...