Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
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 →
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 →
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 →
