Monthly Archives: June 2012

Prince of Thorns – Mark Lawrence

Posted on 25/06/2012 by readerofelse

This one is actually rather outside of what I normally read in fantasy. For all that I love fantasy as a genre, I tend to avoid what I consider the traditional bits of it (I won’t go into what that … Continue reading →

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The Road to Bedlam – Mike Shevdon

Posted on 24/06/2012 by readerofelse

Unfortunately, I haven’t got all that much to say about this book. It’s the sequel to Sixty-One Nails, and I started reading it about a week and a half ago… and then I had a visitor for a week, during … Continue reading →

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Ready, Steady, Dig! – Rosalind Winter

Posted on 11/06/2012 by readerofelse

I didn’t realise it was a children’s book when I started reading this. I’m not entirely sure, even now, that it is, truth be told. If it /is/ a kids’ book, it’s aimed quite high. Not that that’s a bad … Continue reading →

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The Cambridge List – Robert Clear

Posted on 09/06/2012 by readerofelse

I bought this on a whim, because it’s about Greek gods (I’m a sucker for anything with Greek mythology, no matter how odd it looks) and Cambridge and it looked a bit… well… mental, really. In the good way. I … Continue reading →

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Sixty-One Nails – Mike Shevdon

Posted on 09/06/2012 by readerofelse

As I realised earlier, when discussing this book with a friend, I believe it worthy of the title of “second best attempt at a book about fairies I’ve read as an adult”. It doesn’t sound like much, but when you … Continue reading →

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More on Johannes Cabal

Posted on 08/06/2012 by readerofelse

On further investigation, it appears that there exist at least two Johannes Cabal sequels, uninspiringly titled “Johannes Cabal the Detective” and “Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute”. I imagine that, after a while, my natural curiosity about what happens will overcome … Continue reading →

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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer – Jonathan L. Howard

Posted on 08/06/2012 by readerofelse

Wow. That’s all I can say. I wouldn’t have believe it twenty, fifty or a hundred pages in, but I am sold and sold again on this book. Wow. It began silly, darkly and self-consciously whimsical but it didn’t stay … Continue reading →

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Cursed: An Alex Verus Novel – Benedict Jacka

Posted on 07/06/2012 by readerofelse

So, one day later and I’ve read the sequel. The speed suggests I’ve spent all day focussed on it (I have) but that’s more a testament to how little I have to do at the moment than the quality of … Continue reading →

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Fated: An Alex Verus Novel – Benedict Jacka (Mild Spoilers)

Posted on 07/06/2012 by readerofelse

Slightly guilty admission now: I’m not sure I really understand what “urban fantasy” is meant to be, or why it’s different from any other sort of fantasy. Obviously, it’s set in a town… but is that really enough to distinguish … Continue reading →

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Monstrous Regiment – Terry Pratchett

Posted on 06/06/2012 by readerofelse

Most people who read any amount of fantasy have read at least a little bit of Terry Pratchett. If you haven’t, I strongly urge that you do, but, somewhat counter-intuitively, I equally strongly recommend that you don’t start with his … Continue reading →

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