It seems both forever ago and only yesterday we were announcing this year's Subjective Chaos nominees. Well, after seven months of reading the longlists, the panel have voted for our finalists! BEST FANTASY FINALISTS THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by Alix E. Harrow & THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN by C. L. Polk BEST SCIENCE FICTION FINALISTS... Continue Reading →
Reading Update 12/01/2021
Why oh why did I have to set myself Things To Do when it comes to reading? That review-a-day thing I'm planning for Wyrd & Wonder? Yeah I'm gonna have to get my read on if I'm to get up to speed with that. Of course this was always predictable for a committed mood reader... Continue Reading →
Review: FIREHEART TIGER by Aliette de Bodard
I go batshit crazy every time I hear there's a new Aliette de Bodard novella coming out. I went even more wild when I saw the cover art for FIREHEART TIGER, her latest release about a toxic sapphic romance that examines the impact of colonialism in a Vietnamese-inspired fantasy world. You know those writers that... Continue Reading →
Review: OF DRAGONS, FEASTS AND MURDERS by Aliette de Bodard
This is going to be such a fun review to write 🙂 OF DRAGONS, FEASTS AND MURDERS is Aliette de Bodard's latest addition to her Dominion of the Fallen universe and it contains everything I've come to love about her writing. Murder. Intrigue. Much stabbing. And that probably tells you all you need to know... Continue Reading →
Weekly Reading Update 17/06/2020
Welcome to Wednesday bookwyrms. I didn't have a weekly update last week cos I'd been moving house, so honestly just hadn't got much reading done. I'm on a novella-reading binge at the moment though and can I just say how happy I am that the novella is is making a comeback. Especially in genre fiction,... Continue Reading →
Review: IN THE VANISHERS’ PALACE by Aliette de Bodard
IN THE VANISHERS' PALACE is an f/f retelling of Beauty and the Beast, except 'beauty' is a failed village scholar, and 'the beast' is a shape-shifting dragon. That's it. That's the review. Presumably it's all anyone needs to know in order to instantly buy this book? It was for me at least, but if you... Continue Reading →