I don't have the patience to write much of an intro for this post because I just want to straight up say this book is incredible! I don't give five star ratings lightly (in fact the only other books I've given five stars to recently are Fonda Lee's The Green Bone Saga books - that's... 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: THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clark
Damn, P. Djèlí Clark is quickly becoming one of my favourite writers. I was introduced to his fiction through the short story A Dead Djinn in Cairo and knew that if his other stuff was that good then I had a new auto-buy author. THE BLACK GOD'S DRUMS was even better than Dead Djinn. Possibly... Continue Reading →
Review: A DEAD DJINN IN CAIRO by P. Djèlí Clark
Wow. I really need to read more P. Djèlí Clark! Picture the scene. It's Cairo, 1912. The pungent aroma of the spice markets wafts through the evening air amid the hustle and bustle of the al-Gezira district. Aerial trams transport their passengers to and from the bazaars and coffee shops of the city. And an... Continue Reading →
Review: PIMP MY AIRSHIP by Maurice Broaddus
Pimp. My. Airship. What a title. As someone with very little steampunk reading hours under my belt this was a book I was super excited to read, especially after how much I loved some of the other books put out by Apex, like SNOW OVER UTOPIA, COIL and ROSEWATER (originally published by small press Apex... Continue Reading →