Well that was an absolute blast! My first Wyrd & Wonder is over and I read some great books and met some even better people 🙂 I did have a tentative TBR I aimed to get to, which included nine books. That was kind of ambitious to begin with to be honest, as nine books... Continue Reading →
Get to know the fantasy reader – Wyrd & Wonder 2020
This would have been a great introductory post if I'd had the foresight to actually plan any of my Wyrd & Wonder posts, but if we met through Wyrd & Wonder and have exchanged a few words, I'm hoping this is a fun little way for you folks to get to know me as a... Continue Reading →
Review: AMBERLOUGH by Lara Elena Donnelly
AMBERLOUGH is a fantasy political spy thriller described as John Le CarrĂ© meets Cabaret. I was sold instantly. Put this book in my face, as I'm fond of saying. I came to it pretty soon after reading Jade City and Jade War by Fonda Lee and I've come to realise I'm so here for these... Continue Reading →
Weekly Reading Update 27/05/2020
Welcome to Wednesday bookwyrms. The more discerning and long-reading among you may have noticed that I've dropped the Hey! Watcha Readin' tagline from today's post. That's because I realised I was referencing something that a lot of you probably aren't familiar with, and even if you are the reference isn't particularly obvious haha. Anyone familiar... Continue Reading →
Hey! Watcha Readin’: Weekly Reading Update 20/05/2020
Welcome to Wednesday bookwyrms. I'm actually starting to get consistent with these weekly updates now; makes me feel like I'm starting to get the hang of this book blogging thing after...oh, eight months. Anyway, I have quite an eclectic collection this week. Everything I'm reading feels so different from the thing that preceded it. We've... Continue Reading →
Review: JADE WAR by Fonda Lee
This book. Is a masterpiece. Hands down some of the best fiction I've ever read in my life. JADE WAR is the second book in Fonda Lee's The Green Bone Saga, a family drama and gangland fantasy epic that began with Jade City. There'll be no overt spoilers in this review, but if you haven't... Continue Reading →
Hey! Watcha Readin’: Weekly Reading Update 13/05/2020
Welcome to another Wednesday bookwyrms. This week the update is actually on time. Not much in the way of an intro today, so let's just dive in to what I've had my nose in this past week. Recently Finished: FOUNDRYSIDE by Robert Jackson BennettSo this isn't strictly true. I never got to the point of... Continue Reading →
Review: STORM FRONT by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files #1)
Can you believe I didn't actually know what The Dresden Files books were even about until a few weeks ago? Like, I hear people talking about them all the time, but for whatever reason they never pierced my consciousness and I just didn't make the effort to find out. Imagine my sheer surprise and delight... Continue Reading →
Review: THE TETHERED MAGE by Melissa Caruso
Empire politics! Court drama! Intrigue! In a renaissance-era fantasy Venetian setting? All the ticks to so much stuff I love. I feel like I talk about this book too much without having a review up. In truth I've been planning on posting a review of THE TETHERED MAGE for a while, I just wanted to... Continue Reading →
Books I Can’t Wait To Read (Wyrd & Wonder Day 8)
Um...so today's Wyrd & Wonder prompt is 'Can't Wait To Read'. Now reader, as a fellow bookwyrm I'm sure you can appreciate the pickle this puts me in because OMG THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY! *Ahem*. So just a heads up, there's gonna be... Continue Reading →