‘The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet’ – Becky Chambers 2015
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Stars! I loved this book. Definitely one of the most interesting strict sci-fi novels that I have read in years. There are about a hundr...
‘Soft Apocalypse’ Will McIntosh 2011
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars A slow burning novel about the end of the world. I didn’t think I was going to like this book. I thought it was going to be slow and d...
Banned Books Week
It’s Banned Books week this week. And while I couldn’t count the number of times a book was removed from my clutching hands as a child because I was reading at ...
‘The Martian’ – Andy Weir 2011
The Martian by Andy Weir My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Fast-paced, nail-biting sci-fi with a huge helping of self-deprecating humour. The Martian is easily one of t...
‘Zone One’ – Colson Whitehead 2011
Zone One by Colson Whitehead My rating: 3 of 5 stars The best I can give this book is a half-hearted ‘meh’. I’m so disappointed, because I do ...
‘Station Eleven’ – Emily St. John Mandel 2014
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel My rating: 5 of 5 stars Station Eleven reminds us of the fragility of our lives, our society and our civilization. How, ...
‘Romy (2250 Saga, #1)’ – Nirina Stone 2015
Romy is an interesting YA dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic imagining of Earth in 2255. The story is told by protagonist Romy, who is a teenager born in...
‘The Space Merchants’ – Frederick Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth 1953
I loved this book, and don’t know why I put off writing this review for so long. I finished this novel in Feb 2012, and it still comes to mind from time t...
‘The Day of the Triffids’- John Wyndham 1951
This book was a purchase from a quaint little second-hand bookshop in Yungaburra, whilst on holiday in North Queensland. I thought this novel would be similar t...