Tag: review
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Artemis review: Andy Weir’s worst book is still pretty good!
Artemis is not generally regarded as Weir’s best book out there. Artemis follows the story of the smuggler Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara, who lives in the first city on the Moon. This book is not supposed to be some kind of great space opera that requires a great character to get us through.
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King of Scars Duology by Leigh Bardugo – Review
A review of King of Scars Duology by Leigh Bardugo, exploring both books at once as a whole story rather than two separate volumes.
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My Grandmother Sends her Regards and Apologises
A nice refreshing book, written by a Swedish author, with a gentle yet really good humour. The book transports the reader to a block with multiple families whose stories are blended together by a single person with a big heart but a little crazy – a granny! Of course, in order to be a granny,…
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The Binding by Bridgett Collins
The binding was a dark fantasy tale, transporting you to a time and a world where people would use bookbinders to take their memories away. It is a practice associated with magic in the small communities, but in the larger one it’s already considered a business. People would take their memories out to sell the…
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E-readers vs Books
E-readers vs books… Delicate subject, I might say? Why so? Because it is kind of delicate for myself. I love books – I love the smell, the colours of the covers, and the textures of covers/paper inside. There is a lot of work put in book manufacturing – thinking about the design, the type of…
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La Belle Sauvage by Phillip Pullman
La Belle Sauvage ISBN: 0375815309 (ISBN13: 9780375815300) Edition Language: English Series: The Book of Dust #1 Characters: Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm Polstead, Nur Huda el-Wahabi setting: England Literary Awards: Odyssey Award Nominee (2018), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2017), Waterstones Book of the Year (2017), The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2018)…
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Remembering Childhood with Philip Pullman’s Help
Spoiler-Free! Phillip Pullman is one of those master-writers you can’t miss. He is one of those who did have a great impact on many’s childhood, and it did for a good reason. There are not so many books that you can read as an adult while feeling your heart beating faster than it normally would,…