Category Archives: Weird

What I read last week – 10th to 16th of March

Posted on 18/03/2023 by Roseanna

Last week, I went on holiday! Specifically, on a reading holiday. From Friday to Monday, I was in a shepherd’s hut near Windermere, listening to the rain on the roof, snuggling under blankets, drinking my body weight in tea and, … Continue reading →

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Exhalation – Ted Chiang

Posted on 16/12/2019 by Roseanna

I adored Stories of Your Life and Others. And it wasn’t just because Story of Your Life is both brilliant and perfectly designed to appeal to me (although that is true). I felt a connection or a sympathy or a fascination for several … Continue reading →

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Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on 31/12/2018 by Roseanna

This was so fucking weird. I don’t know what I was expecting – maybe something fairly standard golden age SF? – but this… was not it. It’s a tiny, tiny book and yet it produced so many questions. Primarily “what?”. … Continue reading →

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Folk – Zoe Gilbert

Posted on 02/04/2018 by Roseanna

I maaaay have bought this partially on the strength of the cover. It’s just so pretty! And when you have as little blurb as I did when I first came across it, the cover does make a huge difference… to … Continue reading →

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Ghostwritten – David Mitchell

Posted on 24/10/2017 by Roseanna

I really rather love David Mitchell. No real qualification to that, he just writes really well and it pleases me. However, this was his first book, and often that is a bit of a disappointment compared to a favourite author’s … Continue reading →

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The Last Days of New Paris – China Miéville

Posted on 08/04/2017 by Roseanna

A brief deviation from the award nominee schedule into a novella I had faith would be amazing (and could borrow from boyfriend without having to buy it myself…). I’m at the point now where I’m just going to start anything … Continue reading →

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This Census Taker – China Miéville

Posted on 16/03/2017 by Roseanna

It’s like China Miéville got distilled into one tiny, 140 page, concentrated form. It’s a stunningly beautiful little piece of writing – you really feel the trees and the damp and the cold and the fear – and at the … Continue reading →

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Paper Girls Volume 1 – Vaughan, Chiang, Wilson, Fletcher (Contains Spoilers)

Posted on 09/11/2016 by Roseanna

Graphic novel double bill! Because it turns out I’d forgotten about three more graphic novels I haven’t read yet so I need to get a shuffle on and read them before they breed and I’m found dead among the books … Continue reading →

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Sex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick – Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky

Posted on 08/11/2016 by Roseanna

I have a stack of graphic novels to get through. All of them have either been recommended to me for a long time, or worse, been languishing on my desk for ages. Pretty Deadly was one, and this it two… with Paper … 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 Roseanna

[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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