The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
You realllly need to sell the plus side of a crabby-Darcy character type, or my reaction to any reasonably nice woman ending up with him is gonna be "Ehhhh ... I don't get it." I enjoyed A Christmas Party earlier this year, the first time I'd read one of Georgette Heyer's mysteries, and the … [Read more]
Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus
I picked up this book from the library as I saw my friend reading it and I have read material from The Minimalists in the past. Having been a bit caught up in the 'decluttering craze' on and off for several years now, I am always looking for inspiration to free my home from useless and excess … [Read more]
Alien Dimensions #22 by Neil A. Hogan, Editor
When I write for an anthology, I frequently receive a contributor’s copy. I enjoy reading the stories by other writers, and Alien Dimensions #22 is no exception. In “The Voiceless City” by Elana Gomel, a spaceship commanded by an AI selects a crew for a first contact mission. The unusual crew is … [Read more]
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This is an interesting book told in epistolary (letter) form. It won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novella (!). Two agents, Red and Blue, working for different time-traveling agencies, start off as adversaries as they travel up and down multiple timelines to defeat each other’s organizations … [Read more]
Watching the English by Kate Fox
What a useful book, being reviewed months after I finished it but only weeks into my move to London, where I have been putting some of the lessons I learnt to use! First off kudos to my friend Britt, who gifted me this book from her perch in Jolly Ol Oxford (our uni is older than your country TM) as … [Read more]
Dark Minds by Michelle Diener
I very much enjoyed the last two books in the series, so when I needed a break from some heavier material, I picked this one up. Sure, it’s not particularly complicated in the plot or characterization department, but it’s fun and engrossing! This is the third in the series and I wouldn’t recommend … [Read more]
