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 ...
Review: ‘Uprooted’ – Naomi Novik 2015
Rating 4.5 stars. This story enchanted me, like all good fairy-tales should. It’s a modern, grown-up take on traditional fairy-tales from Eastern and Cent...
Guest review: ‘Golden Son’ – Pierce Brown 2015
My rating: 5 of 5 stars The fact that I’m already a third of the way into the final book in the series after finishing Golden Son two days ago should tell you e...
Why I Read: Translated Literature (And How You Can Too)
I love to read because it makes my world a bigger and smaller place at the same time. Bigger because it broadens my horizons, takes me to places both real and i...
Review: ‘These Broken Stars’ – Amie Kaufman 2013
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman My rating: 2.5 stars. Heavy on the love story, light on the science fiction. This novel would be perfect if you’ve neve...
Review: ‘Illuminae’ – Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 2015
My rating: 5 of 5 stars 4.5 stars. Illuminae is YA sci-fi done right. It’s a funny, smart, sassy outer layer wrapped around a core of questions about morality 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...
‘Red Rising’ – Pierce Brown 2014
My rating: 5 of 5 stars There are books that you can call rollercoasters, and there are books you can call boring. There are books that you can call entertainin...
‘Passenger’ – Alexandra Bracken 2016
My rating: 2 of 5 stars Adequate. When that’s the best word you can think of to describe a novel you know you haven’t enjoyed it. Passenger had all ...
‘Annihilation’ – Jeff VanderMeer 2014
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Annihilation is a very creepy novel. With a pervading atmosphere of tension it really gets under your skin. It doesn’t stand well on its...