Tag: Books
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The (im)plausibility of Dragons
I don’t know why my brain decided 3 minutes after putting my head on the pillow the other night, to suddenly start thinking about dragons, but it did. Specifically, the implausibility of them, as in, just how do dragons breathe fire? That question, among many that popped like little soda bubbles, drove me nuts all…
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SciFi Books: The Golden Oldies
Once again, this is my territory, discussing books and authors from way back when the dinosaurs still roam the Earth … B.C. yes, before covid, and well before twitter, computers, and any kind of social media. Back in the days when I could read 3-4 SFF books a week. Mostly because they were all between…
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Great British Bake Off
I absolutely love the Great British Bake Off so, when I saw this book challenge I though ‘yeah, sign me up for that one.’ ON YOUR MARKS – A Book You Can’t Wait To Read I can’t wait to read The Last Mandarin, a fast-paced, all-too-real thriller co-written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny…
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Q&A with author, Steph Broadribb
The first question has to be, how did a girl from Birmingham (in the UK) end up training as a bounty hunter, in the US? It was all in the name of research! Once I knew that Lori Anderson would be a bounty hunter I knew I needed to find out as much as I…
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Bring on the Fantasy
Not all fantasy has to be grim. After having a back and forth chat with an online friend about fantasy reads, I admitted I had never read GRRM and was not likely too, ever. The truth is I’ve not read a great deal of fantasy over the last 4-5 years and it took the likes…
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SF Sub-genres
Following on from an earlier post, Celebrating Military SF, and for those of you who are looking for something different, why not try one or two of the novels mentioned below. Each offers an alternate perspective and narrative to the category it is listed under. Of course, this is by no means a definite list but…
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Celebrating Military SF
military science fiction There is one thing you can be sure of, modern science fiction gives us plenty of choice to choose from when it comes to sub-genres. Of course, it all depends on who you speak to about what may, or may not, make it onto the list but, for arguments sake, here are…
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6 Degrees of Separation
Following on from a recent post I read in which readers create a chain of six books leading from a monthly title, The Tipping Point (2002) by Malcolm Gladwell — I thought I would join in, but, of course, having never read this title, nor knowing the author, I hit my first hurdle. Then I gave it…
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I’ve Turned to a Life of Crime
follow the clues Or, to be exact, a life of crime reading, all of which began several years ago. Up until then, I would say I read a mixed bag and cross section of genre. And, up until then, I was probably reading close to 80% speculative fiction. I say speculative because at one point…
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The 5 Ws
As I didn’t have a post for today, I thought I would do something book related! And, of course, if you would like to do your own version of this, steal away. WHO — Name an author you would love to have a ‘One to One’ with. It would have to be Louise Penny. I…