Hello all! Party time! It’s the end of the summer, but the beginning of my favourite time of year! And that makes it super appropriate to share my new CELEBRATIONS and PARTY ANIMAL designs! I… More| the orang-utan librarian
Maybe it’s more like 20 years- I can’t remember- which is why it was the perfect time to reread it. Because, as you can imagine, when you leave a reread that long, the experience is wildly differen…| the orang-utan librarian
I was born in 1967 in Chalmette, Louisiana (St. Bernard Parish), a suburb of New Orleans so close to the city that is is the actual site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. I did not know that my father moved to Chalmette in the mid-1950s as part of the “white flight” from New […]| deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog
The Psychic Art of Tarot by Mat Auryn Published by Llewellyn for release in the UK, October 2024 and in the US, September 2024 Recommended Pricing: UK £17.99/ US$19.99 ISBN-13: 978-0738768342 Revie…| TABI
Romance, Iceland, found family| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
A swashbuckling adventure set in a version of Alexandre Dumas’s world haunted by vampires… Morgane grew up at sea, daughter of the fierce pirate captain of the Vengeance, raised to follow in her footsteps as scourge of the Four Chains Trading Company. But when Anna-Marie is mortally wounded in battle, she confesses to Morgane that she […]| The Bookworm's Feast
In the tradition of The Alienist and A Love Story, a decadently macabre, dark and twisty gothic debut set in 19th century Scotland – when real-life serial killers Burke and Hare terrorized the streets of Edinburgh – as a young medical student is lured into the illicit underworld of body snatching. Historical fiction, true crime, […]| The Bookworm's Feast
For fans of Bookshops & Bonedust and Our Flag Means Death – A Pirate’s Life for Tea is a cozy fantasy steeped in rum. Here lesbian pirates find out if enemies actually can become lovers! Kianthe and Reyna are on the hunt for dragon eggs to save their hometown. But they must strike a deal […]| The Bookworm's Feast
In this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin. A demon. An angel. A city that burns at the heart o…| The Bookworm's Feast
How is this an August reading wrap up? This month went by way too fast. I was overwhelmed by job hunting. Often, I did not feel like reading. But when I did feel like reading, I could not pick a book. In the end, I read only three books in August. I don’t know … Continue reading The Three Books I Read in August of 2025| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
I love this time of the year for a lot of reasons. The first? Back to school season. No, I don’t have any plans, or interest, to go back to school. With my final semester of grad school, my schooling wrapped up in 2020. But the end of August and early September always brings … Continue reading Books That Feel Like Going Back to School| Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog
Jonathan review A. Rushby's dark historical fantasy with twists of horror SLASHED BEAUTIES: "the perfect mix of old school horror chills and thoughtful social commentary, all delivered through compelling characters and unforgettable monsters."| Fantasy-Hive
Alice Roberts’ history of the late Roman empire dispels the notion of a faith for the poor and oppressed – but lacks an appreciation of why Christ appealed to so many.| New Statesman
The 20th-century Greek-Alexandrian poet wrote of a faded grandeur that stood for all humanity.| New Statesman
This original, interactive thriller from debut author Jay Martel follows a brilliant teenage girl as she races across D.C. to decode the clues her father left behind, which may just be the key to s…| Books and Such
Hello, everyone! Today I’m reviewing The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D’Amato. I picked up this eARC on a whim because I love a good vampire romance, especially if its queer. The blurb made this one sounded really fun. Did I love it? Read on to find out! Heartstopper meets Buffy […] The post The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends – ARC Review appeared first on Biblio Nerd Reflections.| Biblio Nerd Reflections
Hello, everyone! Today I’m reviewing a book that has been on my NetGalley shelf for ages, He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan. I’m not sure why I kept putting this book off. I loved the first book, She Who Became the Sun. So, I was stoked to see how the duology wrapped up. […] The post He Who Drowned the World – Book Review appeared first on Biblio Nerd Reflections.| Biblio Nerd Reflections
Biblio Nerd Reflections reviews THE LAVENDER BLADE by E.L. Deards, a fantasy romance with demonic influences & exorcism.| Biblio Nerd Reflections
Travel, railways, race, gender, motherhood| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
The nomination stats for the 2025 Hugo Awards have been posted by the Seattle Worldcon Hugo team after an excruciating several months wait since the winners were announced (you’re telling me …| Mr. Philip's Library
"Bitter Creek: An Epic Poem" by Teow Lim Goh tells the story of Chinese immigration and how it affected the American West. The post Poets and Poems: Teow Lim Goh and “Bitter Creek” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In her new chapbook "Incompleteness Theory," poet Danelle Lejeune successfully mixes poetry, science, and humor. The post Poets and Poems: Danelle Lejeune and “Incompleteness Theory” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Stephen Foster was America's first professional songwriter, and his songs helped to frame mid-19th century culture. The post Stephen Foster: How Song Opened a Door on History appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"Fluent in Blue" and "Human Resources," the most recent collections by Erin Murphy, continue her focus on form and order. The post Poets and Poems: Four Collections by Erin Murphy, Part 2 appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Two collections, "Taxonomies" and "Fields of Ache," by poet Erin Murphy reveal a focus on form, order, and classification. The post Poets and Poems: Four Collections by Erin Murphy, Part 1 appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
I first came across Steve Cavanagh‘s books when I went to Harrogate Crime Writing Festival and attended an author dinner there. We each were given one of the books which was up for their book of the year. Steve’s book Thirteen actually won and I was fortunate to receive that particular book. Well, that was […]| Esther Chilton
I first met Lauren North at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival and I’ve been fortunate to meet her a few times now. I have to say she’s one of the loveliest, most supportive authors IR…| Esther Chilton
Bruce M. Beehler’s 20th book, Flight of the Godwit: Tracking Epic Shorebird Migrations, is not only a study on the Hudsonian Godwits’ migration, but a journey through North America’s lesser-traveled roads. Though the title... The post Shorebird Supermigrators appeared first on American Birding Association.| American Birding Association
REVIEW BY COLLEEN BATEY The arrival of the Great Army on the shores of East Anglia in AD 865 was a seminal moment in English history. This marked the move away from| The Past
It’s not my habit to read nor review short stories. They are, as it says on the tin, a tad too short. Nonetheless, I really wanted to read The Comet, which is not only considered as a sci-fi classic but also written by one of the earliest Black American sci-fi writers–W.E.B. DuBois. I wasn’t disappointed.… The post W.E.B. Dubois’ Afrofuturistic short story ‘The Comet’ withstands the test of time appeared first on Black Girl Nerds.| Black Girl Nerds
FROM THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE FINERY’ COMES A BLAZING FEMINIST TALE OF PERSECUTION AND MAGIC… In medieval Locklear, Agnes harbours a dangerous secret—she can touch fire without being burned. As war rages beyond the town and whispers of witchcraft echo through its streets, Agnes navigates arranged marriages, rivals’ schemes, and the threat of the hangman’s noose. When a desperate bargain with a local widow goes awry, Agnes’s world erupts in flames—she is accused of witchcraft. In a s...| Fantasy-Hive
I read this back in May! Can you believe it? I’m so behind on things. My friend who I buddy-read it with is even more behind — she still hasn’t finished it yet, and we… More| Zezee With Books
If you follow Nora (Pear Jelly) on Bluesky or Instagram, you’ll know that she’s been gearing up to host #SpinsterSeptember, a brilliant reading event showcasing books featuring spinsters, from the …| JacquiWine's Journal
Now in its second edition, Applied Exercise Psychology edited by Selen Razon and Michael L. Sachs (Routledge) emphasizes the application of evidence-based knowledge drawn from the fields of exercise psychology, health psychology, clinical and counseling psychology, and exercise physiology for physical activity behavior change. Our reviewer is Peter Carlman, and he would have liked a clearer structure of this extensive tome, 34 chapters over 540 pages, but still concludes by underlining its us...| idrottsforum.org
Presenting case studies from around the world, including from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Mariann Vaczi & Alan Bairner’s edited collection Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports: Contesting Modernities draws on multidisciplinary work from sociology, anthropology, history, cultural studies, and political science. Our knowledgeable reviewer Helge Chr. Pedersen finds theoretical ambiguities and inconsistencies, but still concludes that the book is a valuable and wide-ranging cont...| idrottsforum.org
New technology. New battlefield. Old enemies In the stunning sequel to The Hawk Enigma, Voodoo and his team of special operators are thrust back into the heart of a global conflict. The stakes have never been higher as China’s Belt and Road Initiative pushes into Central Asia, exposing dark ambitions and a secret lab advancing ... Read more| Norfolk Family Life
Every night, Voodoo’s nightmares force him to relive the past until suddenly they start predicting the future. He soon learns the danger of those predictions when his team of special operatives is tasked to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of two scientists and something called the “Good Algorithm”. Full of fast-paced military action, this ... Read more| Norfolk Family Life
The Inspiring True Story of Eric Liddell by Tim Challies 2025 / 128 pages Eric Liddell is probably best known as the man who refused to run the 100 meters at the 1924 Olympics because the finals were going to take place on a Sunday. He wanted to obey his LORD, and God’s 4th Commandment: […]| Reformed Perspective
Capitalism and Its Critics: A History From the Industrial Revolution to AI, John Cassidy (Farrar Straus, New York: 2025). Cassidy is a British-American financial journalist and a New Yorker staff writer who has published two previous books, “Dot.Con, the greatest story ever sold” (2003) and “How Markets Fail: The logic of economic calamities” (2021). I have read neither of these earlier two books, but it seems a safe assumption that Cassidy has a dominant skeptical gene when it come...| Adam Smith, Esq.
Here’s the last of the monthly updates on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes. Next week we return to a weekly schedule. (If we’ve missed anything, please let us know.) SEP New: Edmund Husserl by Dan Zahavi. Algorithmic Fairness by Deborah Hellman. Gauge Theories in Physics by John Dougherty. Preference Logic by Fenrong Liu and Leon van der Torre. Revised: Feminist Moral Psychology by Anita Superson. Non-Deducti...| Daily Nous
Neil R. Storey's UFOs Over Britain blends military history and the unexplained in a captivating journey through a century of sightings and secrets, writes DAVID SAUNDERSON| Spooky Isles
TBR pile, books to read, book confessions| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Ali Terese: writing mayhem full of hilarity and heart! She's my new fav and should be yours, too.| Teen Librarian Toolbox
Hot Cars and Homicide is Book 7 in the Sweetwater Springs Southern mysteries by SC Merritt, a mystery series set in a small Alabama town.| book frolic
Is there anything better to do in summer than relax outdoors with a good book? As I continue my road to 1000 books, one of my summer goals was to take a break from non-fiction and read more fiction. In today’s post, find out what I’ve been reading and top recommendations from my summer reads. The post My favourite summer reads on the road to 1000 books appeared first on Boomer Eco Crusader.| Boomer Eco Crusader
on reading The Dawn of Everything| Winnie Lim
Paul Gottfried is a great man, and you should read this book. He has spent decades offering a consistent political message, paleoconservatism, a name he coined. Of itself, his philosophy would certainly be of interest, an important thread in decades of ferment on the Right. What makes Gottfried and his thought unique, however, is that […] The post The Essential Paul Gottfried: Essays from 1984–2024 (Paul Gottfried) first appeared on The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past.| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past
Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn’t leaving the Blackwoods alone. And when Cousin Charles arrives, armed with overtures… Continue reading Book Review: We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson| Bewitching Books, Ravenous Reads
Kids may be little, but they have very big emotions. Sometimes those emotions get SO big they explode into anger. Sometimes they just sizzle at grumpiness. Either way, it helps if they have the words to discuss their feelings, and actionable suggestions for helping them find their way out of a bad mood. These are […]| Roaming Rosie
pop music, biography, autobiography| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
If you’re looking for something fantastical in scope, yet gritty in execution, you’re not going to go wrong picking this one up.| Lightspeed MagazineRSS - Lightspeed Magazine
Here I go, finally steaming through the last of my 20 Books of Summer 2025 project! As we know by now, I’ve used this year’s 20 Books to get a load of hardbacks off my shelves before the paperbacks come out (unsuccessfully in this one’s case as the paperback was published at the start of […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Working my way through my large August NetGalley selection, all non-fiction, I always intended to read these together, and I’m hoping to put together a good disability section for my “Paired Readings” for Nonfiction November later this year. Both of these authors have MBEs, which is a nice touch and a Bookish Beck Serendipity Moment, and […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Having been feeling a bit under the weather with an infection and the attendant antibiotics (I’m feeling quite a bit brighter now, thank you), I am not now sure I’m going to finish the 1.5 books I have left for my 20 Books of Summer project! However, I did at least manage to pick up […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Two books that both discuss the future of Africa and are anti-colonial today, both from NetGalley in my rush of nonfiction from there. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – “Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas” (19 June 2025, NetGalley) Ireland, it has been observed, was England’s first settler colony. It became a kind of laboratory for other […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Now, the thing with this book is, my 20 Books of Summer 2025 project was supposed to get hardbacks off my shelf where the paperback might have already come out but I might beat it, setting the scene for me to be able to read hardbacks before I could have bought them in paperback. But […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
After a good weekend of reading, I’m inching slowly forward with my 20 Books of Summer 2025 project for August, the final month, and as of the time of this review being published I am part-way through Book 18. I acquired both these books in June 2024: “The Hard Way” was an Unbound subscription (yes, […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Two interesting non-fiction reads from NetGalley today; they don’t really have a lot in common but I’m conscious of keeping reviewing slots free for my 20 Books of Summer. Silvana Condemi and Francois Savatler – “The Secret World of Denisovans: The Epic Story of the Ancient Cousins to Sapiens and Neanderthals” (11 April 2025, NetGalley) […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Running, race, class, gender, education, poverty, Birmingham| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
A brief poem called “Lost Place” appears as the prologue to All These Ghosts, the first full-length poetry collection from former Kentucky poet laureate Silas House. This poem’s speaker approaches the past with a sense of mystery but also insists that this present moment in time be understood. “I recall the wild places, fecund, rich.… The post Poems for the Timesick first appeared on Chapter 16.| Chapter 16
To call someone a hothouse flower is to say they are particularly fragile and sensitive. They might need to be sheltered in a controlled environment since suboptimal conditions threaten their ability to thrive — or even to survive. In her debut novel, Hothouse Bloom, Atlanta native Austyn Wohlers complicates the typically pejorative term by choosing… The post A Certain Way of Living first appeared on Chapter 16.| Chapter 16
In The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush, author Susan Gregg Gilmore sets the story of 12-year-old Leonard in rural Sweetwater, Tennessee, 1961. Leonard had his infected left leg amputated after stepping on a piece of glass while wading in the nearby Big Sugar River, and the novel opens as the leg is given the “proper… The post No Science to Explain It first appeared on Chapter 16.| Chapter 16
A fictionalized version of Alfred Hitchcock appears on the first page of Meg Waite Clayton’s latest novel, setting an appropriately eerie and atmospheric tone. Typewriter Beach revels in the morally gray areas of movies — and of life. In 1957, a young actress is sent to Carmel-by-the-Sea, an idyllic California beach town, but Isabella Giori’s… The post So Old Hollywood first appeared on Chapter 16.| Chapter 16
REVIEW BY SUNNY HARRISON The mounted knight remains one of the iconic images of England in the Middle Ages, evoking King Arthur, massed charges, and the very notion of chivalry – all| The Past
REVIEW BY ANDY CHAPMAN This monograph does everything that it says on the packaging in the quoted book review. It contains, ‘high quality data with extensive and thorough reporting by artefact/ecofact specialists’.| The Past
REVIEW BY MAGNUS ALEXANDER This is a fascinating landscape history of a medieval ‘watermilling powerhouse’, which demonstrates that over 1,000 years of watermilling has had a huge impact on an apparently natural| The Past
REVIEW BY RACHEL TYSON This study analyses the glass from 29 sites across Roman Britain to provide us with a picture of its consumption within different socio-economic groups and gain a better| The Past
REVIEW BY ADAM SUTTON Thanks to the Raunds Area Project of the 1980s and 1990s, the site discussed in this volume is located in one of central England’s most intensively studied archaeological| The Past
I have categorised The Star on the Grave as historical fiction because it is derived from historical events, but I read it more through a lens on the contemporary issues it explores. This is the book description: In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his own government and secretly […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
A story of exile, Abdulrazak Gurnah’s fourth novel Paradise tells the story of Yusuf who was born in Tanzania at the turn of the 20th century. His family is poor, and it’s a treat when Yusuf finds a bone in his soup, but the family manages to put on a feast for the regular visits of Uncle […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People (1981) is a deeply unsettling book, as it was meant to be. This is the book description from the back cover: For years, it had been what is called a ‘deteriorating situation.’ Now all over South Africa the cities are are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family – liberal whites […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
First published in 1973, The Honorary Consul is a one of Graham Greene’s later works. It’s one of nine of his novels listed in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, and I’ve now read all of them except It’s a Battlefield. This is the book description from the back cover of my edition: […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Mary Barton (1848, revised edition 1854) is one of three books by Elizabeth Gaskell that are listed in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. The other two are Cranford, (1853, see my review) a…| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Whether Beethoven ought to be understood as a Catholic composer is no longer the difficult question, but how and when he is Catholic in his music will, I suspect, frame many discussions to come.| Public Discourse
Rob Clayton, Provision – Architecture of the Post-War Consensus (Stay Free Publishing, 2025) ‘Provision’ might seem, at first glance, a …Continue reading →| Municipal Dreams
My Review: I had been intending to read another mystery this week, but the one I had wasn’t working for me, and this had been recommended by my reading group, so I started this instead and it immediately grabbed me – and well, there you go and here we are. Where – and when – […]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
My Review: The story of Tomes and Tea could have been wrapped up at the end of the previous book, Tea You at the Altar. After all, the traditional ending of romances has always been the wedding – and the bedding that follows. But Reyna and Kianthe anticipated that long ago, because their world is […]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
My Review: This book was a surprise. As much as I loved Day Zero, it was just the kind of apocalypse-right-before-your-eyes end of the world story that doesn’t seem like it could possibly spawn an immediate sequel, because the way the world ended was the kind of ending that the world doesn’t come back from. […]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
My Review: I picked this up for three reasons. First and foremost, the first book in the series, the titular We’ll Prescribe You a Cat, was adorable. Second, the cover picture for this second book is just really, really cute, and two cats really are better than one. Third, I was looking for a bit […]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
My Review: There are, as there often are in this series, two things going on. The ‘A Plot’ tends to be the case that Dallas ends up working on, while the ‘B Plot’ is generally wrapped up in whatever is going on with the extended fam. And that’s the way this OMG 61st entry in […]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
My Review: The previous book in this series, Blood is Blood, while it takes place in Barker & Llewelyn’s present, is very much concerned with the past. Particularly Barker’s past. This book, while the events of the immediate past – particularly Barker’s injury at the opening of Blood and Llewelyn’s marriage at the end of it […]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
My Review: This is the romance we knew was coming at the end of the first book in the Langston Hotels series, Night and Day. And the title for this one is an even bigger clue to the characters and their story than it was in that first book. Both Allie Ford and Caden Castro […]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
My Review: There’s that old saying that goes, “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” But there’s another old saying, that “History is written by the victors.” Which leads to some really interesting questions about what went into the making of the history that we’re supposed to learn so we don’t [...]| Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
Jonathan reviews Daniela Catrileo's debut novel CHILCO, translated into English by Jacob Edelstein: "a remarkable work of near-future speculative fiction that grapples with the legacy of colonialism and the collapse of capitalism"| Fantasy-Hive
I bring you another book and a new author I’ve discovered through Rosie’s wonderful Book Review Team. This is a pretty twisted one. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! One of Them …| Just Olga
Title: Bunny Author: Mona Awad Series: Bunny, #1 Pages: 305 Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: June 9, 2020 TW: suicide ideation, animal death “‘We were just these innocent girls in…| A Kernel of Nonsense
I know that for some of us, epic fantasy has never left, but The Last Vigilant by Mark A. Latham might suggest that, for traditional publishing, epic fantasy is back. I’ve shoved the cover of this under lots of people’s noses, and everyone has oohed and aahed. It reminds me of the fantasy covers of […] The post REVIEW: The Last Vigilant by Mark A. Latham appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
When I tell you that To Touch a Silent Fury had me in an absolute chokehold, I mean that I burned through 300+ pages in a single day, stayed up too late to finish it, and then (lovingly) cursed R.A. Sandpiper for the brutal emotional rollercoaster that she just put me through. This is just […] The post REVIEW: To Touch a Silent Fury by R. A. Sandpiper appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
R.F. Kuang first teased readers back in 2023 with the announcement of her first love story. Come 2025, it has reached the top of countless anticipated reads lists (including ours here at Grimdark Magazine), and has received an immense amount of acclaim already. Katabasis is the story of two PhD students who travel to hell […] The post REVIEW: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk is, in Broadbent’s own words, ‘a big, epic, wild ride’, and I think that pretty much sums it up. On paper, this conclusion to The Shadowborn Duet features all the high stakes action, cutthroat intrigue, delicious angst, brutal sacrifices, and intense emotional turmoil that you’d expect from a […] The post REVIEW: The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
The town of Burnt Sparrow, setting for a new trilogy from Eric LaRocca and starting with We are Always Tender with our Dead, is a cursed place that doesn’t let go. Much like the townsfolk stuck there, you’ll find yourself returning to Burnt Sparrow long after you’ve put down the book. This is a queer, […] The post REVIEW: We Are Always Tender with Our Dead by Eric LaRocca appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
The Knight and the Moth, the latest dark fantasy from Rachel Gillig, has been everywhere I look on bookish social media for months.| Grimdark Magazine
Within the dazzling halls of London’s Crystal Palace, the event of the season has arrived: The Great Exhibition. An opportunity for the greatest minds of the century to come together under one roof…| Books and Such
Welcome to THE MONSTER BOTHERER! We are thrilled to welcome back Emma Penman, who exclusively reviews monster romance, and has returned for another week of Monster Bothering. We decided that as all her reviews have a specific aim, we’ll house them all in one handy feature-cage! Whilst not necessarily bothering many monsters herself, Emma will be letting us know which monster romance books are worth bothering with… Content warning: These books are usually explicit unless stated otherwise J...| Fantasy-Hive
“You must always look closer. The twists and turns of a life lived are written on men and women like script on parchment. In scars, in bearing, in the lines on the brow, the look in the eyes.” They say that Sargent Holt Hawley is cursed. They say that the old order of True Vigilants, along with their magical abilities, are gone. Yet when several children, including the son of General Tarasq of Sylvervain, disappear, Archduke Leoric of Scarfell tasks Hawley to take his men and find a True ...| Fantasy-Hive
“Protect you against Rot, Daughter. Shudder with the thought of it, that worst thing. Rot like the gone-bad-on-the-inside of fruit, like biting into an apple without checking for holes and my mouth filling up with a rancid brown mush. Worse than a foul mouthful of Rot that comes from outside the fence. If that kind of Rot got into me or Myma then we would be the gone-bad apples. Us Rotters. Everything inside us eaten away. I wouldn’t be Mud any more. I wouldn’t be any name at all. I wou...| Fantasy-Hive
All I know is that when I think about these things, I wind up afraid to pray for anything too specific, as if I’d be joggling the elbow of someone who is trying to run the universe… ‘Just… please send me wherever I can do the most good. That’s all.’ Hemlock & Silver is my sixth T. Kingfisher read of the year and hands down the most impressive so far (I have another two on my immediate TBR, it’s most definitely the Year of the Kingfisher). The first T. Kingfisher story I read was...| Fantasy-Hive
“Under the trees and the earth, under the roots of the towering spruce and the mighty fir, under strata of rich black loam and rocky clay, under the carcasses of ancient sequoias and redwoods, and finally under the worms and the slugs and the crawling things that ate them all, the Lord of the Forest sleeps. His veins pulse and throb in the dark earth. He does not like the men and the way they trample through his forest. He does not like when they pull his mushrooms from the earth and stupid...| Fantasy-Hive
TO Munro reviews Adrian Tchaikovsky's fantasy quest SPIDERLIGHT, publishing in the UK this September by Tor!| Fantasy-Hive
