Gossamer Obsessions

I was a bit ashamed to pick this novel up from my shelf, only to realize it was an ARC dated back to 2011. Oops. I was busy, okay! Amy G...

Lair of Dreams  is the long-awaited sequel to Libba Bray's absolutely mah-velous  1920s-set fantasy, The Diviners . The characters are...

I used to think of Ryan Reynolds as the Sriracha of comedic actors. A small amount of hot sauce can improve and even save a meal, but yo...

I've been a writer my entire life. It is a lifelong vocation. It comes easily to me, I like doing it, and I can do it just about anywhe...

Starship Troopers  is my dad's absolute favourite book of all time by one of his favourite authors of all time. So of course I had to ...

Carnival 's plot is wildly and enjoyably convoluted, but I'll try to convey the gist: Michelangelo and Vincent are two diplomats (...

So I'm back to reviewing! Sort of! Basically to get myself back in the habit of both reading and writing critically, I'm going...

Yeah, sequels are rarely as good as the original story. I could pretty much end my review of Little Men  (the sequel to the classic Litt...

There are three stages to reading Louisa May Alcott's Little Women . Stage One   is when you read it for the first time because your...

You've probably heard the expression, "resting on your laurels." It means to milk a singular success instead of going out and ...

Okay, so I'm going to start this review with two warnings: Warning the First: I had no interest in reading this book, no desire to p...

The Chick: Lady Lydia Reeve. A genteel lady whose family has traditionally held a high political interest in the town of Lively St. Lemest...

The Protagonist: Cassel Sharpe. The only non-magical dud in a family of curse workers, he ought to be able to live a normal life. The Rub...

The Protagonists: Lord Scott Oken and Professor-Prince Mikel Mabruke. Two princes from different nations under the mighty Egyptian Empire,...

At 5:00 am on the morning of our final day in NYC, I was woken up by the ringing of my hotel room's phone. I picked it up, blearily thin...

The Protagonist: Kestral Trajan. The daughter of Valorian's most celebrated general, she's under extreme pressure to either marry ...

(Sorry for the lateness, I've been very lazy - I now have a second  trip to New York with my mum to write about so I'd better hurry ...

For my last reread pick, I went with a book from my childhood - A Little Princess , by Frances Hodgson Burnett. While I remember enjoyin...