#Bookreview 2/4

Feb 22, 20182 min read

A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami - a review

I’ve raved about Haruki Murakami before, but I can’t help it. I’m a fan girl. “A Wild Sheep Chase” was the first of Murakami’s novels...

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Brief thoughts on "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami

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Feb 16, 20183 min read

Brief thoughts on "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami

After finishing Philip Pullman’s book about writing I returned to Haruki Murakami’s. Either I misremember picking up this book and...

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Daemon Voices, by Philip Pullman - a review

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Feb 13, 20182 min read

Daemon Voices, by Philip Pullman - a review

I have a soft spot for books about the craft of writing, so when I saw “Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling” by Philip Pullman I knew I...

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Thirteen Ways To Midnight, by Rue Volley - a review

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Jan 27, 20183 min read

Thirteen Ways To Midnight, by Rue Volley - a review

I hadn’t planned to start reading this book until next month, but Schopenhauer pissed me off and it was a welcome distraction. 13 Ways to...

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Witches Sluts Feminists, by Kristen J Sollee - a review

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Jan 3, 20182 min read

Witches Sluts Feminists, by Kristen J Sollee - a review

Witches Sluts Feminists is a slender volume. It positions itself as a primer on the connections between the three subjects in the title...

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Dec 29, 20172 min read

Ark of Souls, by Paul Grover - a review

My final book for 2017, a year in which I read and reviewed eighty books on Goodreads and a fair number here on my blog. So did the year...

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The Willow Tree, by Bekki Pate - a review

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Dec 26, 20172 min read

The Willow Tree, by Bekki Pate - a review

It’s a fascinating book, although I suspect I know barely a fraction of what the story is about at the end of part one of the trilogy....

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The Twenty Days of Turin, by Giorgio de Maria - a review

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Dec 21, 20173 min read

The Twenty Days of Turin, by Giorgio de Maria - a review

Originally published in the 1970s and recently translated into English, Giorgio de Maria’s short novel “The Twenty Days of Turin” is...

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Teatro Grottesco, by Thomas Ligotti - a review

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Dec 15, 20171 min read

Teatro Grottesco, by Thomas Ligotti - a review

“He showed them the way into the nightmare, but he could not show them the way out…” Thomas Ligotti. “More a singer than a writer,” was...

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Dance of the Butterfly, by Scott Carruba - a review

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Dec 4, 20172 min read

Dance of the Butterfly, by Scott Carruba - a review

Dance of the Butterfly is set in an unnamed city in central Europe. It is a place where organised crime, represented by the cruel and...

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Consider Her Ways and Others, by John Wyndham, a review

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Nov 18, 20172 min read

Consider Her Ways and Others, by John Wyndham, a review

A friend of mine, a fellow author, on learning about the concept of my work in progress – Venus Virus, sent me this book – just in case....

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Nov 14, 20171 min read

Frostbite, by Claire Marta, a review

After my recent lament about poor editing in indie books, it was a delight to read Claire Marta’s book. Not only was the story...

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The Grays Anatomy, by Rob Shepherd, a review, and a moan about poor editing

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Nov 8, 20172 min read

The Grays Anatomy, by Rob Shepherd, a review, and a moan about poor editing

Indie authors have the enviable freedom to write something so unique that it would be considered unmarketable to mainstream publishers....

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Madame Two Swords, by Tanith Lee, a review

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Nov 3, 20171 min read

Madame Two Swords, by Tanith Lee, a review

Madame Two Swords is a beautifully written tale set in an alternate France, 200 years after their failed revolution. Things seemed to...

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Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, a review

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Nov 1, 20173 min read

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, a review

I have a soft spot for classic literature. Even so I felt nervous before tackling “Crime and Punishment”. Its reputation preceded it....

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Hasty for the Dark, by Adam Nevill, a review

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Oct 19, 20173 min read

Hasty for the Dark, by Adam Nevill, a review

It was with great pleasure that I received a review copy of Adam Nevill’s latest release - “Hasty For the Dark”. The collection is...

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Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a review

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Oct 14, 20171 min read

Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a review

Why did I know nothing about Biafra? In the late 1960s there were terrible acts of genocide against the Igbo people in Nigeria....

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Adam Nevill, six days of October Frights, day three

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Oct 12, 20173 min read

Adam Nevill, six days of October Frights, day three

That wonderful feeling when someone you’ve thought of as a contemporary and peer makes it to the big time. With the release on Friday...

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Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk - a review

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Sep 16, 20175 min read

Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk - a review

Fight Club packs a lot into a very short read. It critiques class and masculinity in America. It looks at mental illness in the forms of...

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The Paying Guests, by Sarah Waters - a review

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Sep 15, 20171 min read

The Paying Guests, by Sarah Waters - a review

"The Barbers had said they would arrive by three. It was like waiting to begin a journey." The Paying Guests is about a love triangle...

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