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The month started with an ARC approval on the 1st, promising good things for February 😉 ARCs I'm going to call this a really nice haul, and manageable - how unlike me 😉 Juliet E McKenna's The Cleaving is a 'feminist retelling of the Arthurian legends', which promises to be high on historical detail giving characters … Continue reading Stacking the Shelves – February 2023
I always enjoy seeing these posts on other blogs, but to be honest didn't feel I 'acquired' (ahem) enough books in a week to make it worth while. Why did it take me so long to think about a monthly haul post, instead?! This month has been very generous on the book-buying, hurrah, so suddenly the … Continue reading Stacking the Shelves – January 2023
def. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory ... as Martha Wells put it, which is highly appropriate given the wonderful Murderbot books (starting with All Systems Red) are very much fitting this prompt for me. My reading comfort zone probably tends more towards fantasy, really, because it's a little easier to do 'cosy' in that genre. … Continue reading SciFiMonth: Home Sweet Home
When I saw this prompt in the schedule I had one instant thought: Mr Iain M Banks. Fantasy was my first love of spec-fic, but science fiction came hot on its heels. One of the keys to that was the work of this quirky, off-beat Scottish writer, who tantalised my teenage imagination with out there … Continue reading SciFiMonth: Gone But Not Forgotten
(banner artwork by the amazing Simon Fetscher) First off, huge, HUGE congratulations to the folks at SciFiMonth on the occasion of this TENTH anniversary! How fabulous is that?! So of course I want to help celebrate with all things sci-fi, my (joint) favourite genre and topic of some of my favourite reads of all time. … Continue reading SciFi Month 2022: TBR
I joined the Wyrd & Wonder clan either last year or the year before, but to my shame I never managed to participate much - for no good reason! Because W&W is all about celebrating all things fantasy and bookish, and those are very much 'me' 🙂 So this year I'm trying harder and have … Continue reading It’s Wyrd & Wonder time!
Following on from the A-Z challenge the next idea was to have a brief stroll through a decade of movies. Well, actually, I was going to do a 'deep dive' into single year and watch several movies (much like the Best Movie Year Ever! - and still might), but then some friends asked to tag … Continue reading Movie decades challenge: 80s
You can read the background to this in the Part 1 post. The second half of the alphabet went much slower, mainly as I had less time in general, with life settling into a new kind of normal. But I was determined to finish, even though I struggled mightily to find an N, a Q, … Continue reading Lockdown A-Z challenge part 2
Ah, lockdown! The biggest thing to have shaken up all our lives pretty much ever. Hope you're all coping. I'm a huge introvert, so it's not been too bad. But, like most, I'm looking for ways to keep myself entertained. A challenge, you say? What kind of a challenge? Why, a movie-viewing challenge! Early on, … Continue reading Lockdown A-Z challenge part 1
I might not have been too enthused about my Year in Movies, but looking back over my reading is a much more interesting picture - to me, at any rate! 😉 Metrics According to my records, I've read 72 books over the year (okay, technically I finished 2 of them in the first days of … Continue reading 2017: A year in books
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