November was supposed to be SciFi Month. I mean, it still was for everyone else and, while I usually have a theme for events like this, I had opted for a chaotic lack of a plan this time round. In the end that turned out to mean not taking part at all cos of a... Continue Reading →
Review: BEST SERVED COLD by Joe Abercrombie
Hahaaaa I love this book! There's nothing more satisfying than a good revenge plot. Mix that with some top notch grimdark characters where no one is really in the right, add a smattering of Abercrombie's trademark cynicism and some good old-fashioned violence and you've got yourself a story! As the more discerning among you have... Continue Reading →
Review: LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS by Joe Abercrombie
And so we come to it, the final book of Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy. So I'm trying to start this review off with a quick summary of where all the major characters are at the beginning of book three and what they're setting out to do, but it's representative of my feelings about this... Continue Reading →
End Of The Year Book Tag
I just saw this tag on Imyril's blog There's Always Room For One More and thought it looked like fun. I don't often do tags and this is a very spur of the moment post, so strap in for some slapdash writing and poorly thought out answers. Is there a book that you started that... Continue Reading →
Reading Update 19/12/2020
Hello bookwyrms, nice to see you all again and nice of you to check in and have a look see what I'm reading at the mo. You might notice a bit of a theme in the books featured today. They're all a bit grim and a bit dark. Grimdark if you will. That's because I've... Continue Reading →
Review: BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED (THE FIRST LAW #2) by Joe Abercrombie
I'm just gonna say it folks: this book was a big disappointment for me. And that was a big surprise because I enjoyed The Blade Itself a lot. BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED picks up just after the events of the first book, with Sand dan Glokta taking up his position of Superior in the soon-to-be-besieged... Continue Reading →
Weekly Reading Update 25/06/2020
Welcome to Wednesday bookwyrms. Usually I do these weekly updates on a Wednesday (though I have on occasion been known to be less than consistent) but today is a day late simply cos it was so hot yesterday I felt like I was melting unless I was sat in my garden with a big ol'... Continue Reading →
Review: THE BLADE ITSELF by Joe Abercrombie
I'm fairly certain at this point I'm the only person left who hadn't already read it, but if THE BLADE ITSELF is still on your reading list, don't put it off another darn day! Crack that bad lad open right now and lose yourself in Joe Abercrombie's meticulously-crafted world and the shady, scheming, often despicable... Continue Reading →