"Footsteps rescued me from my nightmare." This book threw me from the get-go, as it starts off on a sailing ship, the Demeter, in the 1800s, following the coast of Norway northwards to find a mysterious 'Edifice'. We're introduced to Dr Silas Coade, who splits his time between tending to the crew - including a trepanning treatment, … Continue reading Eversion – Alastair Reynolds
Mexican food is one of my absolutely favourite cuisines, but also one that I'm not great at cooking. Sure, I can rustle up some fajitas, but there's a whole lot more than that! This book isn't just about Mexican food, but strongly leans into the 'healthy' part of the title. In fact, the first section … Continue reading Healthy Easy Mexican – Velda de la Garza
"Get the f*ck up, Fetch." I've enjoyed our journey so far with Fetch Philips, Man for Hire, but this one was a little difficult to get into. (Last Smile in) Sunder City is almost fully under the control of the industrialists, and reading about a population slaving for 'the man' at the cost of their … Continue reading One Foot in the Fade – Luke Arnold
"'There are at least three dead bodies in there.'" Tess Harrow is a successful thriller writer. This means that her first glimpse of her grandfather's old cabin is met with thoughts about where the dead bodies might be hidden - her mind just works like that, much to the dismay of her teenage daughter, Gertrude. … Continue reading Buried in a Good Book – Tamara Berry
"How to develop a drawing practice and embrace the art of imperfection." It's been a while since I reviewed an art book, but I'm forever looking for ways back into the hobby, the creative part of myself. I'm also a big fan of meditation and mindfulness, so the title of this book sounded perfect. It turned … Continue reading Mindful Sketching – Peggy Dean
Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) is my kind of person. A writer, struggling with her new novel, reclusive until her publicist drags her on a book tour. Worse, the cover model (Channing Tatum) from her hugely popular bonk-lit series has been booked for the tour, too. However, Loretta isn't just a 'women's fiction' writer: she's in … Continue reading The Lost City (2022)
"Dead centre on the Biedermeier table below Monet's lilies lay a largish white pill stamped with a pink sickle moon and an amber star." Fogg is a museum curator, watching over mankind's greatest artefacts. He also has a photographic memory and can draw any painting he's ever seen before. What he doesn't have is any … Continue reading Momenticon – Andrew Caldecott
Museum gift shop worker, Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) has problems. He's rubbish with romance, his boss won't give him a promotion despite his encyclopaedic knowledge of all things Ancient Egyptian, and he has to cuff himself to the bedpost every night to stop some quite extreme sleep-walking. As in, wake up in a different country … Continue reading Moon Knight (season 1)
"Yaz had walked on water her entire life, and now in this place where it fell molten from the skies they planned to drown her in the stuff." And finally, the end not just of the Book of the Ice trilogy, but a story begun in Red Sister that, according to the author, ties in with no fewer … Continue reading The Girl and the Moon – Mark Lawrence
I joined the Wyrd & Wonder clan either last year or the year before, but to my shame I never managed to participate much - for no good reason! Because W&W is all about celebrating all things fantasy and bookish, and those are very much 'me' 🙂 So this year I'm trying harder and have … Continue reading It’s Wyrd & Wonder time!
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