I had thoughts about all of these at the time; but I've it off too long to have anything meaningful to say.

41. The Wylde Hunt by Gunnar Roxen
Bought this from the author at BristolCon last year. It's a far-future hardboiled detective/scifi adventure. The London in it is so far-future and alternative that I think it would have been better ( Read more... )

36. Kraken by China Miéville

I'd been putting this one off because I heard it wasn't very good.

I then made the mistake of taking it as holiday reading, on a holiday where I was exhausted all the time.  Which means there's tons in there, especially about the nature of belief, that I'm sure I missed.  But it's about religious nutcases using magic to ( Read more... )

23. The City and The City by China MiévilleThis month's bibliogoths selection. It appears I liked it better than everybody else as I got so wrapped up in the psychogeography and the parallels with real-world situations to be bored with the less exciting bits ( Read more... )

27. The House at Riverton by Kate MortonI keep seeing this in charity shops and am not convinced as the blurb on the back makes it sound good but it's packaged in a really girly way, so when I saw it in the library I grabbed it ( Read more... )

25. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

Was today's bibliogoth selection and a re-read. Liked it just as much, if not more, the second time around.

26. Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey CampbellThis is a selection of Ramsey Campbell's short stories from 1961-1991, selected by the man himself. I've been working my way through it since ( Read more... )