The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin Image Credit: Goodreads Review By Debbie Phillips The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin is a Hugo award winning novel, which takes place on a planet with a single supercontinent called the Stillness. Every few centuries, its inhabitants endure what they call a "fifth season" of catastrophic climate change.Continue reading “The Broken Earth Series”
Category Archives: Novel
Infomocracy
Malka Ann Older Image Credit: Tor Review By Kris Vyas-Myall This is a book I absolutely adored, in fact it is in the running to be my favourite book of the year, but I am not sure I would necessarily recommend it for everyone. I spend all day working with big data, I volunteer withContinue reading “Infomocracy”
Dozey’s Journeys Through The Meowtiverse – There’s A Star Cat Sleeping In The Sky
Recommendations by Dozey Hello, I am Dozey! I am travelling the Meowtiverse having great adventures, exploring great writings. Why should humans have all the fun? Being out in space is rather fun you get to zip around between the stars and sleep in zero gravity. It is most relaxing…. PURRRRR! Here are some of theContinue reading “Dozey’s Journeys Through The Meowtiverse – There’s A Star Cat Sleeping In The Sky”
The Ultra-Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World Again
A. C. Wise Image Credit: Goodreads Review By Kris “Today they are twelve; they are together and strong, operating like a smoothly oiled machine. But they have all at various times been afraid and alone, less perfect they are now. And they will be again. Their numbers may fluctuate, members coming and going, but alwaysContinue reading “The Ultra-Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World Again”
Alif The Unseen
G. Willow Wilson Image Credit: ISFDB Review by Kris "Metaphors: knowledge existing in several states simultaneously and without contradiction…I think it changes, I mean the book itself, depending on who reads it.""The words you use, how you use them, how you type them, when you send them. You can’t hide those things…The unseen is unseen.Continue reading “Alif The Unseen”
The Mediator Series
Meg Cabot (also published as Jenny Carroll) Image credit: Amazon, compiled by Nisha Additional note to the images: These are the editions that I own and I wanted to pay homage to the original covers, which I love. They have been released in a more uniform format for those who are into that sort ofContinue reading “The Mediator Series”
Dozey’s Journeys Through The Meowtiverse – Knights In Shiny Floof
Recommendations From Dozey Hello, I am Dozey! I am travelling the Meowtiverse having great adventures, exploring great writings. Why should humans have all the fun? I have always like the idea of being a knight. Having another creature take you places, wearing a suit of armour, being applauded for hitting humans…. Ah The Life!Continue reading “Dozey’s Journeys Through The Meowtiverse – Knights In Shiny Floof”
The Terracotta Bride
Zen Cho Image Credit: zencho.org Review by Kris Note: As this tale is very short, any analysis requires spoilers. Therefore, this will contain spoilers for all parts of the novella This is a story that is so brilliant I have severe worries about the limits of my abilities to fully review it. One paragraph containsContinue reading “The Terracotta Bride”
All The Birds In The Sky
Charlie Jane Anders Image Credt: MacMillan Review by Kris Warning: Reviewing This Requires A Few Unavoidable Minor Spoilers. I Have Tried To Keep These To A Minimum But To Be Completely Unspoiled Do Not Read This, The Book Cover Or Any Promotional Materials As They All Have Similar Levels Of Information If there wasContinue reading “All The Birds In The Sky”
A Stranger In Olondria
Sofia Samatar Image Credit: Small Beer Press Review by Kris Like an Iconoclast of the fantasy genre, Samatar tears down the usual trappings of these stories and builds something which is actually much truer to the spirit of the enterprise. This does not contain the classes and races of a D&D adventure nor the chosenContinue reading “A Stranger In Olondria”
Cloaked Creators 