Category: Book reviews by me
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A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L’Engle
A WRINKLE IN TIME | Madeleine L’Engle Kindle edition | YA | Fantasy | 228 pages First published in 1962 It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of…
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Clichė | Allison Rose and Aerin S. Grey
CLICHE | Allison Rose & Aerin S. Grey Kindle Edition | YA | Satire | Fantasy | 116 pages Released 17th June 2018 Handsome rogue Xander Portmanteau has a problem. He’s the only chauvinist left in the feminist fantasy realm of Landria, whose problematically patriarchal tendencies have not been smashed. Why? Because his authoress, Jen…
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Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | YA Sci-fi Thriller | Book Review
READY PLAYER ONE | Ernest ClineKindle edition | YA | Sci-fi | Thriller | 386 pagesReleased 18 August 2011 In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade’s devoted his life to studying…
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Artemis | Andy Weir | Sci-fi Thriller | Book Review
ARTEMIS| Andy Weir Kindle edition | Sci-fi | Thriller | 322 pages Released 14 November 2017 Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you’re not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of…
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Ark of Blood (Arkane 3) | J.F. Penn | Thriller | Book Review
ARK OF BLOOD | J.F. Penn Kindle edition | Action | Thriller | 256 pages Released 16 April 2015 A desperate race to find the Ark of the Covenant – and save the world from a devastating Holy War. Cairo, Egypt. When the curator of the Museum of Antiquities is slaughtered in a horrific ritual…
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2017 in Reviews
Let’s just say that this year has gone faster than the last donut on the Simpsons. It’s that time of year to summarise all of the reviews that I’ve posted this year. My 25ish reading selections have been a bit hit and miss this year, so the number of reviews I’ve done is less than…
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