Year: 2024
The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time #4) by Robert Jordan
The Dragon has been reborn, but the Shadow is equally growing in power. Nynaeve and Elayne go to Tanchico to hunt for Black Sisters, with Nynaeve encountering and dueling one of the Forsaken, Moghedien, in the process. Perrin Aybara has to grow into his new identity as Wolfbrother
The Trouble With Peace (The Age of Madness #2) by Joe Abercrombie
It’s a real-life lesson in leadership, an allusion to pretentious saviour-Stalins and Christ-Hitlers who believe that they can change the world by breaking it first.
Movie Review: Dune
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain
Wole Soyinka: A Legend or an Overrated Grammarian?
Except if you have been living under a rock or in outer space since the beginning of time, there is no way you wouldn’t have heard of Wole Soyinka.
Reaper’s Gale (Malazan Book of The Fallen) by Steven Erikson #7)
There are a number of connections to be made, between different characters, historical events, peoples, and gods, the deciphering of which proves a puzzling delight for readers.
The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of The Fallen) by Steven Erikson
It’s conflict on a scale never before seen in fantasy. The sheer scope is staggering.
Midnight Tides (Malazan Book of The Fallen #5) by Steven Erikson
There are new characters, histories, mysteries, plots and schemes, and worlds. It’s terrifying in its complexity, and you almost heave a sigh of relief when things become a little clearer at the end.
House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen #4)
I mean, Karsa is the badass-est protagonist in the history of badass protagonists! Expertly done!
Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu
The idea of a virtual game that goes beyond mere gaming pleasure, extending into the very lives and thoughts of people, is quite astounding.
10 Bookish Habits of Bibliophiles
Well, if you don’t read books and you happen to overhear a couple of us raving passionately about how hot Celaena Sardothien is or how daft Perrin Aybara is or isn’t, you need not call 911. Just leave us in peace, will you, eh?
Dawn of Wonder (The Wakening #1) by Jonathan Renshaw
It’s unfortunate the second book isn’t out yet. But when it does, it’s jumping straight to the top of my tbr list!
Knight’s Shadow (Greatcoats #2) by Sebastien de Castell
It’s writers like you that make me want to do nothing but read all-day
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic #1) by Suyi Davies Okungbowa.
For the first time since Zahrah the Wind seeker, I have discovered another well-researched, thoughtfully analyzed, and planned history in an African Epic Fantasy that [continue reading]
Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes
Great read, this was. Faultless, in my opinion.
YOU Season 3 Review: The Fascination with Movie Psychopaths and Serial Killers
If you haven’t seen the third season of YOU, you need to stop reading now. Unless you have a thing for spoilers, or couldn’t care [continue reading]
YOU Recap: The Bloody Rise of TV’s Next Favorite Serial Killers
Oh, and Joe is also a stalker and serial killer who believes he’s helping his ‘love interests’ by killing people he thinks are a threat or bad influence to them
Squid Game, Or the Bizarre Imagination of a Sadist?
The story is upsetting. Seeing and meeting different humans and knowing that only one person will get out alive is painful.
Hawkwood’s Voyage (Monarchies of God #1) by Paul Kearney
The setting is straight from the Middle Ages.
