Books – Rivers of London, The Blade Itself
I recently read, back to back, Ben Aaranovitch’s Rivers of London and […]
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Books – Here
Here, by Richard McGuire, is no less than the zenith of the […]
Books – The City & The City
Hopefully all China Miéville’s novels are as original and engaging as this […]
Books – House of Leaves
If the horror genre is a journey, then House* of Leaves, by […]
Books – One Hundred Years of Solitude
Hearing that I hadn’t read any of Gabriel García Márquez’s work, when […]
Books – Replay
Replay, by Ken Grimwood, tackles the classic ‘What if…’ scenario: “What if […]
Books – Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, is a masterpiece. It is one of the […]
Books – Norwegian Wood
So, I’ve popped my Haruki Murakami cherry, having heard from a number […]
The deliciousness of hard-working prose
What would you say constitutes great writing? For a practising writer like […]
Books – Altered Carbon (veers into bonus thoughts on mental continuity and my nan!!)
Altered Carbon, by Richard Morgan, is a cyberpunk-noir detective thriller of the […]
Books – City of Saints and Madmen
City of Saints and Madmen, by Jeff Vandermeer, has been labelled ‘avant-garde […]
Books – Wool
Spoiler free. Rest easy… Hugh Howey is in the enviable position of […]
Books – The Old Ways
The Old Ways by Robert MacFarlane is a book about walking country paths. […]
Books – The Stress Of Her Regard & Sum
The Stress Of Her Regard – Tim Powers Byron, Keats and Shelley […]
Books – The Intellectuals and the Masses, The Dying Earth trilogy and Little, Big
I’ll share my thoughts and recommendations here of great books I’ve read. Here […]