Monthly Archives: October 2019

Children of Earth and Sky – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on 13/10/2019 by Roseanna

In a shock twist, GGK can still write beautiful stories that make people, especially this person, deeply sad about big, grand themes and also about little individual lives. This time with a lot of references harking back to his previous … Continue reading →

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Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty – Nikita Gill

Posted on 13/10/2019 by Roseanna

Another poetry audiobook. Because this is clearly becoming a Thing. To some extent, it’s an annoying thing, because my choice is severely limited to whichever poetry collections audible has… and it’s surprisingly few. I’d have expected they’d be a great … Continue reading →

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Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng

Posted on 13/10/2019 by Roseanna

This was one of the exciting kind of books where you have no idea what it is before you read it. I’d seen the adverts on the tube (a while ago) but I’d never looked it up or come across … Continue reading →

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Milk and Honey – Rupi Kaur

Posted on 11/10/2019 by Roseanna

I decided I wanted to engage with some more poetry. And I had a load of audible credits to use… so hey, why not in audio form. Free books (not free books, but I already paid, so it feels like … Continue reading →

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Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi

Posted on 11/10/2019 by Roseanna

It’s been a while since I made a(nother) fruitless attempt to consume audiobooks, so I was due a new try. And this one I actually finished, so not even fruitless. I don’t think that’s happened since the summer I spent … Continue reading →

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Gods of Jade and Shadow – Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on 11/10/2019 by Roseanna

I was at least partly just attracted to how pretty this is. The cover is extremely attractive. But also, it got a lot of good social media publicity, I absolutely accept that marketing works, and the premise is very much … Continue reading →

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Reread: The Player of Games – Iain M. Banks

Posted on 06/10/2019 by Roseanna

This is a quick one, because my opinion basically hasn’t changed on rereading it, please pardon the… somewhat clunkier prose of the me of three years ago. I reread it for book club, but honestly, it was quite nice to … Continue reading →

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Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide – Kate Charlesworth

Posted on 06/10/2019 by Roseanna

I… may not have blogged for ages because I got stymied writing this post. Graphic novels are hard. I have to think of art words to say. But no, I shall persevere, because the book is great and deserves to be … Continue reading →

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