Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill - Book Review - Armed with A Book
In Audition for the Fox, Martin Cahill has build a world that worships Ninety-Nine Pillars of Heaven. Join on an adventure with the Fox.| Armed with A Book
In Audition for the Fox, Martin Cahill has build a world that worships Ninety-Nine Pillars of Heaven. Join on an adventure with the Fox.| Armed with A Book
What the hell is going on with publishing nowadays?! In the last year, as I’ve frequently complained about now, I’ve been observing a serious decline in the quality of traditionally published books. Obviously, this is… More| the orang-utan librarian
Sorry to post and run. Real life is determined to interrupt my bloggy fun right now, and I am equally determined not to let it, which is why I’m here mid-week, throwing up my thoughts on week…| bookforager
Happy Tuesday everyone! As it is Tuesday, it is time for a Top Ten Tuesday update. Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and is currently hosted by…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Last year, for Wyrd and Wonder, the fabulous Annemieke from A Dance with Books organised a read-along of the first two books in the Sunbolt Chronicles by Intisar Khanani, a series which follows the adventures of Hitomi, a street orphan with magical abilities. Hitomi’s world is one of light and dark mages, mythical creatures and […]| bookforager
I cannot put my finger on my current reading mood. When I’m in a situation where reading is the only option (on the bus or train, for example) I’m fully absorbed in whatever I’ve brought with me to read. Give me some spare time at home with a buttload of books, however, and I will […]| bookforager
Please note that there will be spoilers for the entire book. It having been published in 1962, I feel no need to withhold any details. Aldiss takes us into the far future of Earth where the sun is larger and hotter and our planet no longer turns, so that now there is a dark, cold […]| bookforager
There was many a hiccough on my way to finally reading The Fated Sky, not least Covid-19 and library cuts, but my sibling very kindly allowed me to borrow their copy and I picked it up one slumpy, fidgety Sunday last month. It didn’t grab me straight away (slumpy, as I said), and I found […]| bookforager
Read as a buddy-read in May on the Wyrd and Wonder Discord, I was a bit nervous of going into Ship of Magic after Robin Hobb nearly destroyed me with Assassin’s Apprentice. I needn’t have worried though, The Liveship Traders trilogy seems, so far, to be a very different sort of tale. It has a […]| bookforager
This was a reread so that I could continue with the series, which is available in audiobook on my library’s new BorrowBox app. I first read Rivers of London over ten years ago (who can really belie…| bookforager
In The Truth is in the Detours, Mara Williams writes a light romance with lovable characters and a life changing road trip.| Armed with A Book
In The Apollo Murders, Chris Hadfield presents a nail-bitting high stakes alternate history during the Cold War about a mission to the moon.| Armed with A Book
In The Harvey Girls, Juliette Fay takes us to 1920s America. This is a tale of two very different women becoming Harvey Girls.| Armed with A Book
I enjoyed How to Sell a Haunted House enough that I knew I wanted to try something else by Grady Hendrix, and I was chuffed when Jenna at Falling Letters floated the idea of a buddy-read. We chose …| bookforager
In just a few weeks we’ll be waving goodbye to 2024 and bracing ourselves for whatever 2025 might bring. For those of us who are so inclined, it’s time think about which reading challenges we plan …| bookforager
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Norse gods, Norse mythology, Asagard— everything is new to me. I started and finished the audiobook for Norse Mythology in a single sitting- it was great! This book is a modern retelling of Nordic folklore. It brings back to life the stories of gods, … Continue reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman→| rafagurrl
TL;DR: good premise, story was dragged out, the writing was good, plot twists truly came out of the blue. | 3/5 stars | The Housemaid is a thriller surrounding three main characters: Millie (the Housemaid™), the Wife Nina, and the Husband Andrew. Millie was living out of her car with barely any food eat, when … Continue reading The Housemaid by Freida McFadden→| rafagurrl
Happy Wednesday everyone! Wednesdays mean WWW Wednesday updates. WWW Wednesday is a bookish meme hosted originally by SAM@TAKING ON A WORLD OF WORDS. The mechanics for WWW Wednesday are q…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
This World Fantasy Award winning collection of five stories by C S E Cooney is absolutely glorious in every way – the kind of collection that feels like unearthed treasure – and has successfully su…| bookforager
This read-along is being hosted by the awesome Annemieke at A Dance With Books. You can find more details about it on Annemieke’s blog here and the first week’s questions here. As Sunbolt is a nove…| bookforager
After we blasted through the SciFiMonth read-along of K B Wager’s Behind the Throne plenty of us were keen to continue Hail’s post-gunrunning adventures (wait! What? The heir to the Indranan Empire…| bookforager
