The End of Year Novella Rush At the start of the year, I set myself a reading challenge on Goodreads. 50 books in one year seemed doable in January, but towards the start of December, less so. Which meant I turned my attention to all those novellas I’d been putting aside in favour of full-length …
Author: Jayde Holmes
Review – The Winter Tide
The Winter Tide By Ruthanna Emrys Published April 2017 (Tor.com) Score: 7.5/10 There have been a lot of Lovecraft-related stories recently. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson and The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle were both finalists for this years Hugo Award for best Novella. 2016 also saw the release …
Review – The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales
The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales By Yoon Ha Lee Published June 2015 Score: 9.5/10 I purchased this collection after I first read Ninefox Gambit and then forgot about it. The Fox’s Tower is a collection of Yoon Ha Lee’s fairytale-inspired flash fiction, which is not my usual thing, but I love Yoon Ha …
Review – Sleeping Beauties
Sleeping Beauties By Stephen King and Owen King Published September 2017 (Orbit) Score: 8.5/10 Oh wow, this was a huge book. 700 pages, but I listened to it as an audiobook, so nearly 24 hours of narration there. I’m not sure why I’m so surprised. After all, it’s a Stephen King book; it is …
Review – Provenance
Provenance By Ann Leckie Published September 2017 (Orbit) Score: 9.5/10 I love the Imperial Radch trilogy. I love it so much, that when I heard that Ann Leckie was writing a new book set in the same universe I added it to my Goodreads shelf before I learnt anything else. Then back in June …
The Sore Shoulder Read-a-Thon
Last week, I went to sleep and woke up barely able to move. I’d somehow managed to pull a muscle in my shoulder while sleeping, and therefore had to spend a couple of days in bed. This situation hasn’t been conductive to writing, but I managed to finish a few books. Let me tell you …
Review – Cycle of Fire
Cycle of Fire By Hal Clement Published 1957 Score: 7/10 I have in the past labelled some science fiction stories as ‘hard’, without fully explaining what that means. To quote Wikipedia; “Hard Science Fiction is a category of science fiction categorised by an emphasis on scientific accuracy.” Originally terms like ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ differentiated …
Double Review – The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden and Frost by M. P. Kozlowsky. Also, I Love Audiobooks.
No real reason to review these two stories together to be honest. I’ve just been falling behind with my reviews, as my followers may have noticed. I enjoyed both novels, but don’t feel like they were anything super special. I did listen to both these books on Audible, making them my first non-Ada Palmer audiobooks. …
Review – The Stone Sky
The Stone Sky By N.K. Jemisin Published 15/8/2017 (Orbit) Score: 10/10 I’ve been trying to avoid doing reviews of sequel to books I’ve already reviewed, since that usually sees me repeating myself a lot. I gave The Obelisk Gate a brief mention when I finished that, but now that I have completed the series …
Review – 2084
2084 By Mason Engel Published June 2017 (Self Published) Score: 7.5 Engel credits the inspiration of this book to George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. As the title suggests, it’s a story more inspired by 1984 than Brave New World. 2084 could almost be considered a modern, YA re-imagining of 1984. …
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