Monthly Archives: January 2018

Provenance – Ann Leckie

Posted on 28/01/2018 by readerofelse

I’m both comforted and disappointed by the new Leckie book. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it. It was decent, readable, well-balanced and clever political space opera. I can get behind that. But the Ancillary series is such a … Continue reading →

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The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 5: Imperial Phase Part 1 – Gillen, McKelvie, Wilson, Cowles

Posted on 13/01/2018 by readerofelse

I’m not 100% sure what keeps pulling me back to this series. I’ve said before how I’m not super in love with it, I’ve critiqued it, I’ve said how I’ve read much better comics than this… but I do keep … Continue reading →

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Pantheon – Hamish Steele

Posted on 13/01/2018 by readerofelse

Reading this book was like having a chat with a Classicist. Which sounds daft, I know, but hear me out. One of the things I loved about my Classics friends at uni (and still do, however we may not see … Continue reading →

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Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World – Lyndall Gordon

Posted on 13/01/2018 by readerofelse

I don’t often read biography. I’m not sure why; it just mostly doesn’t appeal to me, though I do treasure my biography of Michael Ventris* somewhat. And I’m assuming historical fiction based on the life of Cicero doesn’t count. So … Continue reading →

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Sex Criminal Volume 3: Three the Hard Way – Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Posted on 08/01/2018 by readerofelse

Ehhhhhh. I mean, I liked volumes 1 and 2. I did. And part of that was that the premise was funny and clever, and part of that was the characters and storyline. But now… the cleverness of the premise has … Continue reading →

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The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy

Posted on 07/01/2018 by readerofelse

Shockingly, given it won the Booker Prize, I was expecting this to be good. And, doubly shockingly, it didn’t disappoint. This isn’t going to be a shocking review, all told. You know sometimes you get that feeling with something – … Continue reading →

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Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why – Wilson, Alphona, Wyatt

Posted on 03/01/2018 by readerofelse

First book of the year, three days in! Go me, fully on schedule and everything. I’ve been meaning to get round to this for a while, a I was very kindly lent it by the husband of a friend (who … Continue reading →

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2017 in Books

Posted on 01/01/2018 by readerofelse

It has been a year! With books in! So I’m going to ramble on about that and someone might even read it. Truly, we live in an age of wonders. First thing’s first, I did… not manage to complete my … Continue reading →

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Altered Carbon – Richard Morgan

Posted on 01/01/2018 by readerofelse

What an unutterably execrable piece of absolute shite. I’ve been puzzling over precisely how to express my views of this book since about 15% of the way through. I’ve even been live-tweeting it (mainly as an outlet for bafflement and … Continue reading →

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