Dystopia isn’t a new trend in YA. It’s been exploited successfully over the past decade, spawning series and movies that are, for the most part, forgettable. I have avoided most of it because I often don’t find YA fiction challenging enough, despite the fact the books usually explore my favourite themes. There are always exceptions,ContinueContinue reading “Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown”
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Review: The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord
The Galaxy Game is not a traditional sequel. It’s set in the same world as The Best of All Possible Worlds and a thread of that story continues in Karen Lord’s newest novel. But the focus this time is on Grace Delarua’s nephew, Rafi. For years, Rafi watched his family suffer abuse at the psionicContinueContinue reading “Review: The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord”
My Favourite Things: 2014
It’s time to collect all my favourite things and play show and tell! Highlighted entries point to reviews and rambles on this blog. Books I read 292 books this year. That’s a lot. Consequently, I awarded many five-star ratings. 72, to be exact. Narrowing down a list of favourites that wouldn’t make your eyes bleed was really,ContinueContinue reading “My Favourite Things: 2014”
Reading Challenge Update (December)
Of the fourteen titles I chose for the 2014 TBR Pile Challenge (one book a month, plus two alternates), I read seven. The seven books remaining are still on my shelf and I do plan to read them, but not any time soon. While I enjoyed the idea of the challenge, in practice I foundContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update (December)”
Review: The Fortress in Orion by Mike Resnick
Colonel Nathan Pretorius only just survived his last mission. Actually, if you take into account the couple of times he died during surgery, technically he didn’t, but the Democracy doctors have put him back together – prosthetic foot, cloned kidney and spleen and all. Now they want him to lead another mission. Seeing as heContinueContinue reading “Review: The Fortress in Orion by Mike Resnick”
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