ReviewFantasy
The Girl by Victory Witherkeigh (book review).
‘The Girl’ is an odd book. There’s no other way to describe it really. It is written by Victory Witherkeigh for a YA…
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AndyWhitaker
I live in deepest darkest Essex where I enjoy photography, real ales, walking my dog, cooking and a really good book. I own an e-book reader which goes with me everywhere but still enjoy the traditional paper based varieties.
My oriental studies have earned me a black belt in Suduko and I'm considered a master in deadly Bonsai (there are very few survivors).
December 2022
September 2022
ReviewFantasy
Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa (book review).
The author Desideria Mesa helpfully provides an Epigraph that explains ‘Bin-dal Punk’. It’s an early twentieth century term for what we would probably…
ReviewHorror
Krazyland by Mar Romasco-Moore (book review).
Lets be clear, this book is aimed at the US middle-grade cohort of readers which I think is in the 11-13 age…
July 2022
ReviewScifi
Aces High, Jokers Wild book 6: Deuces Are Wild by O. E. Tearmann (book review).
‘Deuces Are Wild is the 6th book in the ‘Aces High, Joker Wild’ series written by O. E. Tearmann. This is my first…
ReviewScifi
Nineteen Eighty-Four (TV play review)
Most people’s knowledge of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece ‘Nineteen Eighty Four will be the phrase ‘Big Brother Is Watching You!’ and that’s…
May 2022
ReviewHorror
Quantum Of Nightmares (a Laundry Files novel) by Charles Stross (book review).
It has been almost two years since my last review of a Laundry Files book, ‘The Delirium Brief’. That one was number 8…
ReviewScifi
Escape From Yokai Land (a Laundry Files novella) by Charles Stross (book review).
What we have here is an 81 page novella from Charles Stross which explains in some respect Bob Howard’s absence from books 6…
ReviewFilms
Venom (2018) (blu-ray film review).
Tom Hardy really was an inspired choice for the lead role of this particular Marvel franchise. The main character, Eddie Brock, has…
April 2022
ReviewScifi
Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer by James S. Murray & Carson Smith (book review).
‘Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer’ is the first in what looks as though it will become a series of novels aimed at…
ReviewMusic/Audio
The Batman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Michael Giacchino (CD review).
There has been a lot of Batman films over the years. Some were better than others but regardless of their cinematic qualities they…
March 2022
ReviewMagazines
Jack Kirby Collector #81 (magazine review).
The ‘Jack Kirby Collector’ is a magazine published quarterly that celebrates the life and work of Jack Kirby. What I’m reviewing here is…
February 2022
ReviewScifi
Stone Heart Deep by Paul Bassett Davies (book review).
This is my second voyage into the murky realm of author Paul Bassett Davies fertile imagination. Sometime ago, I reviewed his SF tale…