Easter has brought an unexpectedly wintry weekend in the north: the sun is out and the snow is down, inviting us outdoors for adventures. But first let’s look ahead to what’s coming in May, when we embark on this year’s Wyrd & Wonder. We are in planning mode to help inspire a month of fantastical adventures as we delight in sharing our love for the realms of fantasy. What should you expect this year?
With all the travel in February, we were a week into March before I knew it and I was still trying to adjust to having gained hours and hours of daylight. No complaints: this means it’s sunrise season, with a month or so of glorious views to wake up to each morning. And now the clocks have changed, we’re back to wonderful long evenings. The weather doesn’t agree, but winter is over!
While I don’t feel like I’ve been watching a lot of films recently, I seem to have watched a lot of films recently (as well as rewatching some favourites). Let’s see if I can make a habit of talking about them more often than twice a year while I’m on a roll!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It’s all about books, lists and sharing the love we have of both with our bookish friends. This week we’re considering our spring TBRs and I’m looking to combine mood reading with reading challenges.
The calendrical clock is ticking. We have passed the spring equinox and the moon is just starting to show her face: a good time to make plans and launch new endeavours. The only better time to announce this year’s Wyrd & Wonder would have been sooner, but would that have been as auspicious? Yes, we’re BACK this May for a month of delighting in fantasy under the light of not one but two full moons. Will you join us?
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It’s all about books, lists and sharing the love we have of both with our bookish friends. In honour of St Patrick’s day, we’re sharing books with green covers.
I’m considering two novels about the haunting of unlikeable women today: Jennifer Thorne’s Diavola and The Witch In The Well by Camilla Bruce. I liked one of these far more than the other, but which? Clue: one has cover art to give you nightmares, the other has hashtags #IYKNK
There are several series that showcase how bad I am at finishing things. I blame ARCs for constantly pulling attention away from buying and reading books even when I’m already invested in them. Enter Melissa Caruso, whose debut trilogy Swords and Fire is an all-time favourite, but whose second series Rooks and Ruin languished on my shelf for no fault of its own. It has taken me five years to slowly read this trilogy, which does it a major disservice: it’s fast, fun, dramatic, self-assured and delightfully queer.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It’s all about books, lists and sharing the love we have of both with our bookish friends. This week is a genre freebie, and I’m dwelling on the delights of archaeology and antiquities in science fiction and fantasy.
The journey we began during ScifiMonth has ended: our little crew has completed our read-along of the Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie. The inevitable confrontation with Anaander Mianaai is at hand. Can Breq and her allies defeat the ruthless manipulator who has ruled the Radch for thousands of years?
Wait, where did February go. Hey, you there, bring that month back before it gets away! I often find time disappears on me when I travel as if days away from home aren’t real …and I spent a third of this month in London (for my birthday) and Zagreb (for work). I squeezed in a long hike and wrecked my knees (oops) and more reading than you might expect…
It’s time to inflict as much damage as possible – but with Breq badly injured, she’ll have to rely on her lieutenants to lead the charge against Anaander Mianaai. Has Breq won enough local influence to garner the support they will need to succeed in Tisarwat’s desperate plan?
The Great Series Read Project is an acknowledgement that many of us are better at starting series than we are at finishing them. When I signed up, I was in denial – historically, I was very focused on finishing series! – and I’ve slowly admitted that I’ve become terrible at it. Six years in, I’m considering which of the series I’ve started I actually want to finish.
If Breq has learned anything over her long life, it’s shoot first – especially when you own a gun your enemies can’t see that fires ammunition they can’t shrug off. If those who love Breq have learned anything during their association with her, it’s that she cares about their safety a good deal more than her own. As we head towards the end of the trilogy, who will be left to fight Anaander Mianaai?
We’re not pausing for breath before we find out what lies beyond the Ghost Gate. Our read-along barrels straight into Ancillary Mercy this week as Breq returns to Athoek Station. Justice is complicated, propriety is teaching your guests to distinguish fish you eat and fish you look at, and everyone is looking for some benefits…
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