Monthly Archives: November 2019

Blood, Water, Paint – Joy McCullough

Posted on 22/11/2019 by Roseanna

I’ve mentioned before that I don’t really read YA, and it’s not like my last foray into it was… without regret. But I had Blood, Water, Paint recommended to me by someone whose taste I trust, and it was in … Continue reading →

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Period Piece – Gwen Raverat

Posted on 19/11/2019 by Roseanna

Another birthday present – and another one I’d never have picked up for myself but am really glad to have read. Although it had the downside of MAJOR NOSTALGIA. I had to intersperse it with reading something else because of … Continue reading →

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Monstress Vol. 4: The Chosen – Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

Posted on 05/11/2019 by Roseanna

Gonna be a short one. Tl;dr version – still amazing, still beautiful, still fascinating. Storywise, I think they’re doing a great job of balancing providing answers and asking more questions. They haven’t got into the soggy middle-ground of keeping on … Continue reading →

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The Mythic Dream – edited by Dominik Parisien, Navah Wolfe

Posted on 05/11/2019 by Roseanna

It’s been aaages since I read a short story collection, but what better way to draw me back than a bunch of authors I think are great writing their takes on myths? I mean, how better were you going to … Continue reading →

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Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

Posted on 05/11/2019 by Roseanna

Something of a change of pace. This one was a book club book, for our theme “literary authors doing SFF”. I nominated it, so entirely my fault, but I’m not certain in hindsight I’d have picked it for that theme. … Continue reading →

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