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About Roseanna

A London-based reviewer mainly interested in scifi and fantasy, but occasionally prone to dabble in historical and mythological fiction. Currently an editor at Hugo and Ignyte award-winning fanzine Nerds of a Feather. When not reading, can be found playing rugby, collecting too many crafting hobbies or attempting to learn how to fight with a longsword.

Trans Rights Readathon – Recommendations and TBRs

Posted on 22/03/2024 by Roseanna

Last year, in response to the growing violence and oppression being faced by trans and NB people, particularly in the US but across the world, a number of creators on tiktok organised a trans rights readathon as a weeklong event … Continue reading →

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Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards

Posted on 11/02/2024 by Roseanna

Awards season is well underway, and once again I am thrilled to be a juror for the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards. As ever, this will mean several months of fantastic reading, interesting discussions with the other jurors, and of … Continue reading →

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Eligibility Post – Works from 2023

Posted on 27/01/2024 by Roseanna

Awards season rolls around again, despite it feeling like the last one only just ended*. 2023 was an amazing year – as part of the Nerds of a Feather team, I got to experience being a Hugo nominee and, bafflingly, … Continue reading →

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Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe by Emma Törzs

Posted on 14/01/2024 by Roseanna

I have been trying to be more open to consuming books as audio recently. I’ve been doing a lot of sewing and knitting, and being able to listen to a story while my hands are busy is such a great … Continue reading →

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2023 in Books

Posted on 31/12/2023 by Roseanna

So it turns out, I didn’t do one of these for 2022. Shockingly lax. I can’t even remember why. But what it means is – I close out 2023 goalless and free, unfettered by whether I succeeded or failed at … Continue reading →

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The Hands of the Emperor – Victoria Goddard

Posted on 27/10/2023 by Roseanna

Eight separate people told me that I, me specifically, should read this book. I don’t honestly get recommended a tonne of books anyway (possibly not unreasonably, a lot of my friends assume I’ve heard of the books I’ll want to … Continue reading →

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I voted in the Hugos! Now what…?

Posted on 02/10/2023 by Roseanna

Hugo voting is officially closed! And I even finished reading all the categories I planned to on the day before the deadline, not the day of, so where is my gold star please and thank? Like apparently a fair number … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Books on Societal Lies

Posted on 20/09/2023 by Roseanna

I read two novellas recently that struck me as incredibly similar (while being totally different). There might be spoilers in this one, depending on your definition of spoilers. The first is Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky, one of this year’s Hugo … Continue reading →

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SCKA 2023 – Winners Announced

Posted on 18/09/2023 by Roseanna

This year I got the chance to participate in the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards as a juror! I had a fantastic time, read some amazing books I would never have otherwise picked up, and got to discuss them with … Continue reading →

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Labyrinth’s Heart – M. A. Carrick

Posted on 15/08/2023 by Roseanna

I never actually wrote a review of The Mask of Mirrors by M. A. Carrick (which is the combined forces of Alyc Helms and Marie Brennan), but I loved it. It gave us a beautifully crafted, complex world of multi-layered, … Continue reading →

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