There’s a lot of snobbery around books. People don’t like e-books, people don’t like audiobooks, people don’t like certain genres. It’s okay to have opinions, but some people wield them like facts, and this really bugs me. The target of much of this snobbery tends to be self-published authors. Why is this? Why are independent musicians or filmmakers lauded and […]
As I like to do things in weird order (arse about-face, as we say in Ireland), I read the sequel to this, The New Magic, back in 2018. I really enjoyed it, giving it four stars (in retrospect, I think it was worth five). Anyway, the author was so pleased with my review, he sent me an ARC of the […]
I love mythology. I love all mythology but growing up in Ireland, most of what I had access to as a kid was Greek/Roman and Norse, so forgive me for being a little partial. I also love Stephen Fry, having grown up with all things Python and enjoying his wit and social commentary even after that merry band, eh, disbanded. […]
I have come to the conclusion over the last year or so that the so-called sub-genre of Weird Fiction has been hiding in the shadows for too long and many square books have been hammered into the round genres of horror, fantasy and so forth. While enough hammering will get said book into said hole, it never quite fits. To […]
While poking through Netgalley one day, I noticed this book. It was published by 47 North, which is Amazon’s spec-fiction publishing arm, and I’ve had good experiences with their publications in the past (Jeff Wheeler, Craig Schaefer, Mitchell Hogan and so forth), so I thought I’d give it a blast. There was one caveat – while I had heard plenty […]
This is my first ever Grady Hendrix novel. I’ve heard his name bandied about on the internet, seen his cool book titles and read some rave reviews, but I’ve been putting them on the long finger due to too many books and too little time. Then I discovered we had the e-audio of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying […]
Obligatory Star Wars reference – the author was inspired to write this book by his love of Star Wars. He says it in the book. Every review, even a one-word-review will mention this, so I feel obliged to. Job done. Format: E-Book Obtained from: PublisherPrint length: 592 pagesPublisher: OrbitISBN: 9780316519540 You will read many great novels this year. Some will […]
Format: AudibleObtained from: AuthorListening time: 17 hours 13 minutesPublisher: ASIN: B084B8DPWJNarrator: William L Hahn I like historical fiction. A lot. In fact, I probably like HF better than fantasy (and I love fantasy), but there seems to be less around to sate my need. Seriously, look up best historical fiction and it’s predominately romance. Anyway, Marcus Takes Command has all […]
Format: PaperbackObtained from: Library (support your public library people)Print length: 116 pagesPublisher: New Direction BooksISBN: 9780811228855Translated by: David Boyd Fact #1 – I have never read a Japanese book before, Sure I can’t speak or read Japanese, but I don’t believe I’ve ever read a book that was written in Japanese and then translated. I’ve certainly read books set in […]
The Living Dead by George A Romero and Daniel Kraus
I often start these reviews with something trite like “this is the first book I have read by this author” and while this is true in this case, I wouldn’t imagine there are a lot of people (at least in “Western” society) who can lay claim to being unfamiliar with George A Romero, who is often accredited with taking the […]
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