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Uprooted (book 1) by Naomi Novik (book review)
‘Uprooted’ is a standalone fantasy novel based very loosely on ‘The Beauty And The Beast’ fairy tale. In this version, there is a…
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July 2016
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Ruin And Rising (The Grisha Trilogy Book 3) by Leigh Bardugo (book/audio review).
Are you ready for the final instalment of The Grisha Trilogy? Following on from the previous book, ‘Siege And Storm’, the Apparat has…
June 2016
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Stalking The Zombie by Mike Resnick (book review).
One of the strengths of small, independent publishers is that they care about the books they produce. They know that they are not…
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A Shadow All Of Light by Fred Chappell (book review).
The stories of Falco the apprentice shadow thief first appeared in ‘The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction’ and I loved them. So…
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Teaching The Dog To Read by Jonathan Carroll (book review).
Once an author is established, with a number of novels, it becomes clear what kind of writer they are and who their books…
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Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction by Hannu Rajaniemi (book review).
I first came cross Hannu Rajaniemi when I read the story ‘His Master’s Voice’ in ‘Interzone’. I remember being struck by its original…
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Siege And Storm (The Grisha Trilogy book 2) by Leigh Bardugo (ebook review).
If you enjoyed ‘Shadow And Bone’, then Alina, Mal and the Grisha, are back with some more Grisha magic in ‘Siege And Storm’.…
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A Court Of Mist And Fury (A Court Of Thorns And Roses book 2) by Sarah J Maas (book review).
‘A Court Of Mist And Fury’ is book two in the ‘A Court Of Thorns And Roses’ trilogy by Sarah J Maas which…
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Shadow And Bone (The Grisha Trilogy Book 1) by Leigh Bardugo (audio book review).
Do you fancy following a witty yet intellectual teen, through a historical fantasy world brimming with magic? Well, ‘Shadow And Bone’ could be…
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Hitman Anders And The Meaning Of It All by Jonas Jonasson (book review).
‘Hitman Anders’ is a short and pleasing novel from Jonas Jonasson (‘The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared’). The…
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Game of Thrones episode nine (season six) trailer: a %^$^& big battle is coming
Here’s the new trailer from HBO for the Game of Thrones Season 6: Episode #9 – where not Winter is coming, so much, as…
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The Lobster (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
[WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD: This review tells some of the rules of the strange world the story is set in.] This is an absurdist…