Monthly Archives: February 2026

A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 10 – Two Beardy Bois

Posted on 28/02/2026 by Roseanna

Only two chapters today, IV – Treebeard and V – The White Rider, but still plenty to mull over (harum barum), so we shouldn’t be hasty. Joking aside, while Chapter IV at least is pretty sizeable, for me at least, … Continue reading →

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On the Calculation of Volume II – Solvej Balle (tr. Barbara J. Haveland)

Posted on 16/02/2026 by Roseanna

I didn’t review the first book of On the Calculation of Volume, and that was a mistake. It was exceptionally good, following an antiquarian bookseller called Tara Selter as she finds herself trapped in a timeloop, reliving one November day … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 9 – People and Peoples

Posted on 15/02/2026 by Roseanna

After a little yuletide gap of mulling things over (or loafing about eating cheese, delete as appropriate), Ed and I have come back to our The Lord of the Rings reread, picking up now with The Two Towers. In the … Continue reading →

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Hav – Jan Morris

Posted on 14/02/2026 by Roseanna

Did I write a whole ass essay on genre for Strange Horizons? Perhaps. But that hasn’t stopped me thinking about it. And only more so since I read Hav by Jan Morris, for which any decisions I make about genre … Continue reading →

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What I Read On My Holiday – 2026

Posted on 11/02/2026 by Roseanna

Reading holiday has once again been and gone in triumph. This year, we booked a cottage in the middle of nowhere in Wales and it was more precipitously in the middle of nowhere than we necessarily bargained for. However, after … Continue reading →

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