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Book Review: Nova Sapiens: The Believers

Book Review: Nova Sapiens: The Believers

Nova Sapiens: The Believers by David J.A. Cooper | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I’m not a huge reader of military sci-fi in general, though I don’t necessarily dislike it. This particular book involves a lot of military language, as well as a lot of political themes, war strategies, and so on. Personally, I’m not overly keen on this sort of thing. I felt like I got a little lost and…

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Book Review: Foretold

Foretold by Violet Lumani | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I just have to say, first of all, that I love this cover. I’m generally not into anything to do with scrying or psychics or mystics or even really astrology, but something about that delicate violet cloud of smoke and the golden lettering… It just really screams magic and fantasy, doesn’t it? It definitely drew me in…

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Book Review: The Iron Sword (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #2)

Book Review: The Iron Sword (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #2)

The Iron Sword (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #2) by Julie Kagawa | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository So this is the sequel to The Iron Raven which I recently wrote a review of. These books are part of Kagawa’s Iron Fey series, but in their own trilogy: Evenfall. This is good for me as I didn’t read any of the Iron Fey novels before The Iron Raven, and luckily you don’t need to. However, as I…

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Book Review: Version Zero

Book Review: Version Zero

Version Zero by David Yoon | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository There are a lot of technological thrillers and sci-fi novels based in a dystopian world, but this was certainly one of the most plausible, relatable ones I’ve experienced. Max loses his job working at social media giant Wren (think Facebook) when he questions their use of the personal data they collect from users. This sends…

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Audiobook Review: Pride and Prejudice

Audiobook Review: Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice (Audiobook) by Jane Austen, Narrated by Adjoa Andoh | View on Amazon I don’t want to write a review of Pride and Prejudice here because, well, there are enough essays and analyses on that already. Instead, I’m just going to give some brief feedback on this specific audio adaptation. Thank you to the author/publisher for providing me the opportunity to read and review this…

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Comic/Graphic Novel Review: We Live, Volume #1

Comic/Graphic Novel Review: We Live, Volume #1

We Live, Volume #1 by Inaki Miranda and Roy Miranda | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I was really quite surprised by the varied reviews I’ve seen for this. It was now quite some time ago that I read it, but my overall memory of it is that I really liked it. The art was lovely – stunning in places – and the story was great. It was touching, the relationship between Ta-La and her little…

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Book Review: Virtually Gone

Book Review: Virtually Gone

Virtually Gone by Simon Carr | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository When I saw this book, I expected some futuristic sci-fi novel. In some ways, it was that. It’s got cool tech and robots and string physics – it’s really quite clever. But it also has a lot of crazy stuff like unicorns that look like dragons and dragons that look like unicorns, and a lot more humour than I had anticipated. It…

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Book Review: Bees: Heroes of the Garden

Book Review: Bees: Heroes of the Garden

Bees: Heroes of the Garden by Tom Jackson | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I’m always trying to read more non-fiction outside of my studies, and I find it hard to go wrong with anything to do with animals or nature. Bees are fascinating creatures, and I was really excited to read this book. I can tell you, I was not disappointed! The book is mostly comprised of photographs, all of…

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Book Review: I Love Dick

Book Review: I Love Dick

I Love Dick by Chris Kraus | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I wanted to like this, or at the very least appreciate its artistic merit and/or feminist narrative. But I just didn’t. Like some other readers I’ve seen, I don’t quite understand why this is seen as so radically feminist. A woman – Chris – and her husband become rather obsessed with a man named Dick after one ordinary…

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Book Review: This Land is No Stranger

Book Review: This Land is No Stranger

This Land is No Stranger by Sarah Hollister & Gil Reavill | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I have to be honest, I read this book in June 2021 and can’t really remember all that much about it. Usually, I’m able to recall details of a book I’ve read several months or even a year earlier, but this just didn’t particularly stick in my mind. I suppose that in itself says something about…

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Book Review: A Hundred Years to Arras

Book Review: A Hundred Years to Arras

A Hundred Years to Arras by J.M. Cobley | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I can’t say I’ve read many war novels before (if any at all) so this was a wholly unique experience for me. I was immediately immersed in Private Robert ‘Bob’ Henson’s life as a soldier; Cobley’s writing is incredibly graphic and paints a vivid picture of wartime. It is not all about the fighting and combat side…

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Book Review: Gone (A Search for What Remains of the World's Extinct Creatures)

Book Review: Gone (A Search for What Remains of the World’s Extinct Creatures)

Gone by Michael Blencowe | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I’m a huge fan of anything about nature or animals, but I’m not so keen on books focusing on history. As the subject of this book is extinct creatures, it inevitably talks about the past a lot. I found this far more interesting than I had expected to. It did not read like a textbook or long-winded journal article; it was…

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Book Review: The Devil's Whispers

Book Review: The Devil’s Whispers

The Devil’s Whispers by Lucas Hault | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I love anything creepy or scary, but I haven’t read half as many horror novels as I’d have liked. So when the opportunity arose for me to read this, I was more than happy to do so! It’s an epistolary novel, formed of a collection of letters and journal entries from various characters. I found the writing to be rather…

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Book Review: The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1)

Book Review: The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1)

The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1) by Julie Kagawa | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository It’s about time I finally got round to writing this review as I’m now halfway through the second book of the Evenfall series. I read this first one back in June 2021! Before reading this, I had not read any of Kagawa’s works. I did not read any of the other Iron Fey series and so I was not…

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Book Review: The Man Who Vanished and the Dog Who Waited

Book Review: The Man Who Vanished and the Dog Who Waited

The Man Who Vanished and the Dog Who Waited by Kate High | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I love crime novels, mysteries and thrillers, and I adore animals. This cosy mystery was therefore the perfect combination for me! The title drew me in immediately, and I enjoyed reading it even more than I expected to. Clarice is approached by a friend whose son has gone missing. As the owner of…

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Book Review: When I Was Ten

Book Review: When I Was Ten

When I Was Ten by Fiona Cummins | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository It’s always hard to review a mystery or thriller novel without describing the plot too much, but I will try my best not to reveal too many details. This may result in a bit of a vague review so I apologise for that. The novel is set several years after the murder of a couple, a husband and wife, known as the ‘Hill Top…

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Book Review: The Midnight Library

Book Review: The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository I was given a copy of this as a Christmas gift, so I don’t want to write a too in-depth review of it. I think I was quite late to the party with this one; everyone seemed to have read it already by the time I got round to it! I’d heard a lot of good things and was eager to read it myself. I wasn’t sure what I expected,…

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