Monthly Archives: September 2016

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers

Posted on 30/09/2016 by readerofelse

Book club book number four. I’d vaguely heard that this was meant to be good, but hadn’t really engaged with it or read anything about it. There are a lot of books, and I waste quite a lot of my … Continue reading →

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Smoke – Dan Vyleta

Posted on 29/09/2016 by readerofelse

Judging books by their covers – totally a legitimate decision. This opinion has once more been confirmed, so I’ll carry on doing it. I was wandering around Foyle’s, looking for All the Birds in the Sky, which I had fully intended … Continue reading →

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Ody-C Volume 2: Sons of the Wolf – Matt Fraction and Christian Ward

Posted on 21/09/2016 by readerofelse

[As with previous post, FYI rape mentioned] Distressingly late to the party, I’ve finally got around to reading Ody-C Volume 2. My initial delay was a determination to buy it, rather than borrow, but insufficient funds to do so… then it … Continue reading →

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The Philosopher Kings – Jo Walton

Posted on 18/09/2016 by readerofelse

(FYI, as with The Just City, some discussion of the less than tasteful aspects of Bronze Age and Classical life, including rape and torture) I find it odd to read two very good books in quick succession. Maybe this means I … Continue reading →

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All the Birds in the Sky – Charlie Jane Anders

Posted on 16/09/2016 by readerofelse

Sometimes, for reasons I don’t really understand, I get a bit fixated on a book I plan to read. I’ll just… have it in my mind whenever I go into a bookshop or search Amazon. I won’t necessarily buy it, … Continue reading →

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Shadow – K. J. Parker

Posted on 12/09/2016 by readerofelse

I don’t think I have ever been so infuriated by a fiction book. Genuinely, I am filled with impotent rage right now. Because this book is damned confusing, and it kept on being confusing, and then it resolved some of … Continue reading →

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Excession – Iain M. Banks

Posted on 08/09/2016 by readerofelse

This was a weird one. My main impression having finished it is that the story it told isn’t the story I was expecting in the first quarter of the book. And it kept not being the story I was expecting … Continue reading →

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