Tag: loved
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Staying in Your Lane
The variance of this collection, and of Harris’ work, got me thinking about the limitations or boxes authors find themselves getting pushed into.
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The Flying Temeraire
Basically the best dragon-fantasy ever written. Imagine a dragon with a crew of airmen fighting in the Napoleoic wars. And if that doesn’t interest you I don’t know what will.
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Unconditional Love
Oleander by Scarlett Drake This book was such an unexpected pleasure. It was written as a modern retelling of Great Expectations (Charles Dickens). I am afraid I have to admit to having never read GE (or in fact any Dickens novels) so I can’t really tell you how well it did as an adaptation. But…
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Pirates and Female Autonomy
So much more than a swashbuckling tale of Mary Read, pirate. This book explores identity, gender and female autonomy with a detailed and compassionate eye.
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Subversions and Systemic Inequality
This book took the magic-school premise, walked it over to the dark side and then dialled it up to 11. Its a book about systemic inequality, racism, and being f*** angry at the world.
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Occult Dreaming
If you have ever found yourself wondering what happened with all that Satanic Panic stuff of the 90s, or why SA still has so many occult crimes, then this the book for you.
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Taking Period Romance Seriously
The historical intensity of a Georgette Heyer, a complex plot which feels more serious than it is, and brilliantly lived characters. Takes gay period romance to the next level.
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A Mother’s Love Song
The Whale’s Last Song by Joanne Fedler It’s a new year, fresh and shiny with potential, so I thought we could start off with one of the most gorgeous, hopeful books. Something whose influence carried me through the last few months of last year. I have found it very hard to describe what this book…
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Oblique Conversations
Nuanced, immersive, and macabre. This book delivers so much more than the first. Settle down for a long discussion of what it all meant and why I loved it.
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The Great War in Context
An eye-opening investigation of the Great War, arguing that nearly everything we think about it is misleading at best.