After rereading the three previous books, I read
Winterkeep by Kirsten Cashore.

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I started reading 'Winterkeep' last night, so I'm posting this now, although I'm sure I could come up with a leaner, more polished edit.

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I don't do What I'm Reading Wednesday, and I'm not doing it properly now. What I'm currently reading is 'Between Two Thorns' by Emma Newman, the first of the Split Worlds series. It's an English-set urban fantasy with elements of historical fiction and mystery. So far, it's a cracking story. What I'll be (re)reading next is 'Bitterblue' by Kristin ( Read more... )

Out of Sight is on iPlayer at the moment. I don’t think I’ve watched it since it was first shown on TV (or possibly I rented it out on video. It is about 23 years old.) If my life was cool, I’d want David Holmes to soundtrack it.

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Due to carelessness on my part, the post about The Widow will be much later, not that I think anyone else is watching it.

MotherFatherSon 1.7

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Among the blurb for 'Lethal White' is the word ‘unputdownable’ which I’d argue isn’t strictly true - it’s a whopper, so physically reading it is a challenge, but I was a touch resentful of real life demands getting in the way of finding out what would happen next. Anyway, after living with Cormoran and Robin for a weekend and a bit (you know what I ( Read more... )

‘Phases’ is a collection of speculative fiction short stories by Elizabeth Moon, each introduced with a short paragraph ( Read more... )

With several fics from Yuletide, fanvids from Festivids and all sorts.

( 10 Things I Hate About You, Arrival, The Bourne movies, Dark City, Dirty Dancing, Enchanted, Galaxy Quest, Ghostbusters (2016), Haywire, Let the Right One In, Pacific Rim, Snow White and The Huntsman/Huntsman: Winter's War, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Veronica Mars )

( Career of Evil: Robert Galbraith )

How come I’d never heard of ‘The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet’ by Becky Chambers? I only came across it by picking it up off a shelf in a bricks and mortar bookshop because of the title. (Oldschool.) Consider yourself informed if you like female-centric science fiction that takes place in the great expanse that is space, love crews that become ( Read more... )