Following on from Sunday afternoon/evening’s successful first Twitter chat for the Sci-Fi Month readalong for this book, I decided to recap and expand on the excellent questions put forth by @joriestory, as well as revisiting the reasons why I love this book so much. There will be spoilers aplenty, though, so if you haven’t read this book, please be warned! This post will cover the beginning through to the end of “Port Coriol”.
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It’s time for another List of Awesome Things, and today I’m taking a short rest away from all the Sci-Fi Month madness to share a few items from my wishlist. Today’s prompt is “bookish merch I’d like to own”, and for once I have actually been picky! (Translation: I didn’t make it to ten items! Let’s hear it for being particular, for once, heh!) Let’s go shopping.
It’s finally time for my first Sci-Fi Month review! I feel like I’ve been slow in getting started, but I definitely started with a winner…
Hello! So this year’s #RRSciFiMonth has gotten off to an absolutely tremendous start, and while I haven’t gotten my first review in yet, plans are coming along quite neatly! Meanwhile, I’m delighted by all the Twitter activity from the rest of you guys. So much great content! Anyway, yes! On to the point of this little post…
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. So this week’s prompt is “backlist books I want to read”, and after a somewhat prolonged bout of “how the hell do I choose only ten?!” I decided to fold this into my Sci-Fi Month output and stick with science fiction. … After another prolonged bout of indecision, here are the top 10 science fiction books currently jostling hardest for …
October is over, the weather has turned, and it’s time for the heavier blankets to come out of their drawers. But even though the season might be playing havoc with my moods, I have emerged from a reading slump – and not a moment too soon… Let’s recap.
November is here, and I’m happy to report that I’m no longer in Book Slump Land! BRING ME ALL THE SCIENCE FICTION. I will chew on it like a puppy with a slipper. But without the drool. Drool and paper don’t mix.
In this episode, NOTHING IS OKAY. Also, Diane meets her grandson for the first time! Let’s discuss Tremontaine.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s prompt is a freebie! And since it’s almost Halloween and the penultimate day of Spooktastic Reads, I’m going to share some seasonally appropriate books that are still (or have now been put) on my TBR list!
There are few places in the world more fitting as a setting for a ghost story than Edinburgh (yes, I’m biased, what of it?), and in City of Ghosts it’s clear to see that Ms Schwab not only agrees, but revels in the darker side of the city’s history. This book is a love letter to that history, and it’s appropriately chilling in itself. Let’s take a look at my first selection for Spooktastic Reads!
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