The Stories…

  • One Down, Twenty-Four to Go!

    And boy am I glad I started small! Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree is a lovely light-hearted fantasy about new-beginnings, new friends and living your dreams. The premise is… Read more

  • I’m always late to parties…

    Apparently, you can always find me in the kitchen at them, too… Reading, most likely. Or talking about reading. Or talking about books. Or something I’ve read about books. Or… Read more

  • Lost… in translation?

    I’m re-watching this iconic series after 20 years. I didn’t much understand it then; I most certainly don’t assume to do so now. But it’s an amazing series. Still. After… Read more

  • Are we really this depraved?

    Well, that’s a bit bleak. This book has been on my tbr for a while, but the other day (Monday) I was at work when I noticed a customer reading… Read more

  • The Beginning of Rebellion

    Poisoned Berries & the Benefits of Cliff-hangers I’ll be the first to admit that The Hunger Games (THG) isn’t much of a ‘new’ read for most – if you’ve not… Read more

  • Fat Bottomed Mages

    You make the Malaz’ world go round I am utterly in love with this story, and have completely fallen for Tattersail hook, line and sinker. My feelings for this book… Read more

  • Slaughters and Massacres

    Following on from the strange opening to the chapter, we return to someone we met earlier… And just when I thought I couldn’t get more distressed, we enter another battle… Read more

  • Mother’s Lament

    The further I go through this first book, the more I understand why many readers say that reading Malazan is a huge undertaking and requires commitment. That’s because from the… Read more

  • Foreshadowing

    The Emperor is dead!So too his right hand – now cold, now severed!But mark these dying shadows,twinned and flowing bloody and beaten,down and away from mortal sight…From sceptre’s rule dismissed,from… Read more

  • Gardens of the Moon

    Now these ashes have grown cold, we open the old book.These oil-stained pages recount the tales of the Fallen,a frayed empire, words without warmth. The hearthhas ebbed, its gleam and… Read more

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