Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
Awards season is upon us and I'm honoured and humbled to have been asked to be a judge on the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards panel this year. After much chaotic discussion the nominees have been chosen. Readers, feast your eyes on the shortlists: BEST FANTASY THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by Alix E. HarrowTHE... Continue Reading →
Vampires on a steamboat. I don't need to say anything else really. This is the first non-A Song of Ice and Fire GRRM book I've read (and it's not even fantasy) so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, but those books are so unbelievably good that I trusted Georgie boy to spin a good... Continue Reading →
I adapted this tag from a Booktube video Justine from I Should Read That did over a year ago (I'm still watching my way through her entire back catalogue of videos) cos her video was fun and I found myself coming up with my own answers as I watched, so I thought why not write... Continue Reading →
Whoa-oh this story is dark. Nasty, brutish and short. Very Hobbesian in more ways that one. PROSPER'S DEMON is a little fantasy horror novella about a demon exorcist in what feels like a low fantasy analogue of the Holy Roman Empire around the 17th century and follows him as he works his way into the... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday bookwyrms. Got a bit of a bumper update this week cos I've been doing a fair bit of reading. You might be aware by now that I've given myself the rather hefty task of writing a grimdark review for every single day of Wyrd & Wonder (that's 31 grimdark fantasy books alone I've... Continue Reading →
I overhauled the blog! Finally (FINALLY!) you can browse all the latest posts on the homepage. This has been my dream ever since I launched the site and now I've lived to see it become reality. I'm weeping with joy here, it's the most emotional I've been since the end of the Vox Machina Critical... Continue Reading →
Happy November bookwyrms! October is over and that means it's time for the first of my revamped wrap up posts. Looking back, I haven't done one of these since April (jeez) so I'm excited to dive back in. Funnily enough I didn't actually do much reading in October cos I spent a good chunk of... Continue Reading →
Hey bookwyrms, it's been a few weeks since a good reading update cos I've been playing through The Last Of Us parts one and two for a good chunk of October and that had me utterly hooked and absorbed for a good week and a half. Very much back into the reading rhythm now though... Continue Reading →
I do love a good haunted house tale, and what better time to disturb the ghouls, ghosts and spirits than the height of spooky season? THE PATIENCE OF A DEAD MAN has that nice, simple premise - a haunted house with a dark mystery to solve before the spooks and scares get out of hand... Continue Reading →
Ok so a while ago I mentioned I was embarking on a project to read Stephen King's entire back catalogue in order. I'm making very slow progress to be honest, other shiny books keep capturing my attention and keeping me from moving forward. I have read his first few though, and instead of writing full... Continue Reading →
