Category Archives: Off-Topic

2025 in Books

Posted on 31/12/2025 by Roseanna

I’m writing this a day early, because I have plans for the last day of the year that aren’t sit and home under a blanket thinking about books and stats. Madness. Despite setting myself the slightly more achievable goal of … Continue reading →

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The Death of Stalin

Posted on 30/03/2025 by Roseanna

I don’t normally review films. Hell, I don’t normally watch films. But sometimes, a reason important enough comes along that forces my hand, and that reason is “for the bit”. So here we are. My previous awareness of Armando Ianucci’s … Continue reading →

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One Fool’s Whistlestop Tour Through 2024’s Speculative Poetry

Posted on 01/02/2025 by Roseanna

There’s a new Hugo Award this year, just for the once, as a special little treat – and it’s for Best Poem! As a long time poetry reader and insufferable snob, I couldn’t be happier about it. Or… well. That … Continue reading →

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2024 in Everything Except Books (Mainly Reviewing)

Posted on 03/01/2025 by Roseanna

This is a new addition to the annual roundup. I don’t know if I’ll do it every year, but this year was rather full on, in a number of ways I wanted to mark, so here we are. Firstly, and … Continue reading →

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2024 in Books

Posted on 31/12/2024 by Roseanna

New Year’s Eve arrives, and it is once again time for the traditional round up my year in reading. Except this year, I’ll actually be doing two. This will be the usual one, full of graphs, stats and silly awards, … Continue reading →

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What I Read on My Holiday – the reprisening

Posted on 07/05/2024 by Roseanna

Last year, I decided to take myself off to some remote(ish) part of England with a big stack of books for a long weekend of reading, quiet and generally ignoring the world. I had a great time, cannot recommend it … Continue reading →

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Signal Fire Books, or: how I tell if a reviewers tastes match mine, so their reading recommendations are of any relevance to my life and choices

Posted on 18/04/2024 by Roseanna

I consume a lot of reviewer content. Partly because I just like reading reviews, but in no small part because I like books and want people to tell me about books, quite possibly so I can decide if I want … Continue reading →

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Trans Rights Readathon – Recommendations and TBRs

Posted on 22/03/2024 by Roseanna

Last year, in response to the growing violence and oppression being faced by trans and NB people, particularly in the US but across the world, a number of creators on tiktok organised a trans rights readathon as a weeklong event … Continue reading →

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Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards

Posted on 11/02/2024 by Roseanna

Awards season is well underway, and once again I am thrilled to be a juror for the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards. As ever, this will mean several months of fantastic reading, interesting discussions with the other jurors, and of … Continue reading →

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Eligibility Post – Works from 2023

Posted on 27/01/2024 by Roseanna

Awards season rolls around again, despite it feeling like the last one only just ended*. 2023 was an amazing year – as part of the Nerds of a Feather team, I got to experience being a Hugo nominee and, bafflingly, … Continue reading →

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