Violet Sorrengail expected to live a quiet life surrounded by books, until she was forced onto the world’s deadliest training ground. Now she must fight to join the army’s elite: dragon riders. But dragons don’t choose fragile riders, they incinerate them, and when your body breaks as easily as Violet’s does – death is only…… Continue reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – A Book Review
A leading astronomer and gifted teacher takes readers on a wondrous tour of how science confronts the big questions—about the universe’s origins, destiny, and fundamental nature—and how it contends with the limits of our knowledge Humans have learned a lot about the world around us and the universe beyond. We have had powerful insights and…… Continue reading Into the Unknown by Kelsey Johnson – An Audio Book Review
Author: Sir Terry Pratchett Narrator: Alfred Enoch, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz Series: Discworld #7 Genre: Fantasy/Comedy Publisher: Transworld Digital Audio Release Date: 30th March 2023 Running Time: 9hrs 53mins (384 pages on Kindle) My Rating of ‘Pyramids’: 4 out of 5 Purchase: Audible, Kindle Review This is probably one of my favourite Discworld novels to…… Continue reading Pyramids by Terry Pratchett – An Audio Book Review
Anty travels to the Riviera to finally have that awkward “did you murder my father” conversation with his mother, but instead finds himself in the ticklish position of defending her and an innocent elephant against charges of a murder that no one could have committed. Like all Anty Boisjoly mysteries, Reckoning at the Riviera Royale is a…… Continue reading Reckoning at the Riviera Royale by P. J. Fitzsimmons – A Book Review
Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation that can win wars. As the world tips into a war for control of the mythical artifacts of power made from Shard, characters are…… Continue reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson – A Book Review
Welcome to the Gun Show! The top 10 list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly complicated subway system built out of the world’s subterranean railway systems, all combined and then…… Continue reading The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman- An Audio Book Review
Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are doors to new worlds. Alix Watson knows one thing: unlike people, books will never let her down. Working dead-end jobs to make ends meet, she takes nightly refuge in the reading room at the Boston Public Library, dreaming of far-off lands. Until she stumbles through a…… Continue reading The Astral Library by Kate Quinn – A Book Review
No man is above the law. The Empire of the Wolf simmers with unrest. Rebels, heretics and powerful patricians all challenge the power of the imperial throne. Only the Order of Justices stands in the way of chaos. Sir Konrad Vonvalt is the most feared Justice of all, upholding the law by way of…… Continue reading The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan – An Audio Book Review
Emmett Farmer is a binder’s apprentice. His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused. In a…… Continue reading The Binding by Bridget Collins – An Audio Book Review
‘Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It’s the other way around.’ Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A child heir and the royal crown, both missing. Witches don’t have these kinds of leadership problems themselves…… Continue reading Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett – An Audio Book Review
Swords & Spectres 