"Children of the doors know about being mislaid." The previous book in this series, Lost in the Moment and Found, was my introduction to the Wayward Children and a full introduction to Antoinette aka Antsy. After finding herself in the shop where lost things go and spending her youth (literally) opening doors to all sorts of worlds, Antsy … Continue reading Mislaid in Parts Half-Known – Seanan McGuire
"Children have always been drawn to the doors." Right, I am *finally* going to finish reviewing the Wayward Children series!! 🙂 This is an odd-numbered instalment, and sticks to the pattern of picking up with the ongoing story from Every Heart a Doorway, following the group of students we met at Miss Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children. … Continue reading Where the Drowned Girls Go – Seanan McGuire
Well here's something new for 2024, even though it's looking back at 2023! But as well as reading and watching movies, there's been an awful lot of really, really good tv this year. Like films, I've sucked totally at getting any reviews written, so I'm going to cheat catch up with a 'best of' kind … Continue reading 2023: A year in tv
Gosh, how very last year this is 😉 But hey - let's finish the 12 months of posts! December was quite a restrained month - too busy buying pressies for other people rather than myself, I suppose? But looking at the annual stats a little (see the end of the post), it looks like I … Continue reading Stacking the Shelves – December 2023
It's been a goodly long while since I did one of these, but I've also been very lax on reviewing movies this past year. Following the interruptus maximus (y'know what I mean), I never did go back to having a cinema pass, so the whole movie experience is very different than with 2017's post. Cinema That said, … Continue reading 2023: A year in movies
"Princess Solenn of Braiz was but sixteen years of age, but as a student of diplomacy, she understood the delicacy of corresponding with foreign leaders." A Thousand Recipes for Revenge introduced us to a world where Chefs are 'God-Touched', able to sense the properties of food including magical 'epicurea'. As well as political assassinations, burgeoning … Continue reading A Feast for Starving Stone – Beth Cato
"At seven, Regan Lewis was perfectly normal according to every measurement she knew, which meant she was normal in every way that counted." Ah, let's see if I can finish my reviews of the Wayward Children series (so far!) before the year's out! 🙂 As I said in my last post, even-numbered instalments of the series … Continue reading Across The Green Grass Fields – Seanan McGuire
"Eleanor West was fond of saying - inasmuch as she was fond of saying anything predictable, sensible, or more than once - that her school had no graduates, only students who found somewhere else to do their learning for a time." We first met Jack and Jill Wolcott in the series opener, Every Heart a Doorway, … Continue reading Come Tumbling Down – Seanan McGuire
"I consider myself to be a practical woman." The Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mysteries continues to be one of my favourite bookish cosy mystery series. Lead Gemma Doyle is whip smart, slightly clueless on the social side, but very likeable. She's very much not the kind to believe in psychics, but is manipulated into joining a séance … Continue reading The Sign of Four Spirits – Vicki Delany
Sometimes life doesn't quite go to plan, and so instead of Sci-Fi Month, I found myself having 'surprise' surgery that left me with limited use of my hand/arm, and not a huge amount of concentration either. Oof. eBooks I thoroughly enjoyed the first trilogy of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series, although I've yet to start … Continue reading Stacking the Shelves – November 2023
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