Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
I've still got a review hangover from Wyrd and Wonder I think. I've written two reviews since the start of June and just can't seem to get in the right headspace for them. But I've realised not every review has to be an in-depth 3000 word essay and I can actually just write some more... Continue Reading →
What's that? A book tag that's a whole ton of fun and teaches me some excellent history at the same time? You son of a bitch, I'm in. This tag was made my one of my fave people in the blogosphere, Jess over at her blog Jessticulates. Go check out her post and if you... Continue Reading →
Oh hey, it me, your favourite fantasy period romance fan. Words I thought the world would never hear. But hey, appaz after reading The House In The Cerulean Sea and actually quite enjoying full on steamy post-apocalyptic sci-fi erotic romance Deal With The Devil, C. L. Polk's The Midnight Bargain is the latest romance story... Continue Reading →
I'm not known for my frequent partaking in book tags, but occasionally one catches my eye and this one looks super fun! Co-created by Ely @ Earl Grey Books and Chami @ Read Like Wildfire. Let's go! Best book you’ve read so far in 2021Ok so if we're being very literal, then it's got to... Continue Reading →
Ok so bleak might be a bit melodramatic, but I'll be the first to admit the blog was a bit barren in June. After how hectic I made Wyrd and Wonder for myself in May I think I just needed a blogging break last month. What I have been doing though is reading my way... Continue Reading →
Jesus fucking Christ I was not prepared for this book. In the best, most disturbingly unsettling way possible. THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE is a horror novella from small press Weirdpunk Books about two women who meet in an online forum in the early days of the internet. What begins as an... Continue Reading →
This is a post that does exactly what it says on the tin. But it also serves as my official announcement post that Parsecs & Parchment is reorienting! That's right bookwyrms, going forward I've decided I want to be championing and talking about and celebrating the diverse array of small press books out there. The... Continue Reading →
Weeeell May was a busy month here *collapses into a puddle of slime*. I somehow succeeded in my attempt to post a review every day during Wyrd and Wonder. Most of the reviews were grimdark novels, though towards the end it started feeling a bit too much like work so I shifted things up a... Continue Reading →
This is very much an unplanned and unexpected addition to my Wyrd & Wonder reading, though I dunno how much of a review of this particular story this is gonna be and how much it's just gonna be me talking about embarking on a new obsession with cosmic horror. In any case, in an attempt... Continue Reading →
Saffron is the royal taste tester, a position she was compelled to take up when the Traitor King, Duke Michal, usurped the throne and took her into his service. Saffron's husband Danny is a master baker who discovered a way to invoke the powerful and vivid reliving of memories in the people who eat his... Continue Reading →
