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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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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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Too Much Positivity

Posted on 11/07/2023 by Roseanna

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the need for and place of negatives reviews in the SFF sphere (and bookish sphere more generally), but I want to come at it from a different side today, specifically – when being … Continue reading →

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Perilous Times – Thomas D. Lee

Posted on 30/05/2023 by Roseanna

I have been super excited about Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee coming out for months. I saw people talking about it on twitter, about how it was an interesting new take on the Arthurian mythos in a modern setting, … Continue reading →

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The Saint of Bright Doors – Vajra Chandrasekera

Posted on 22/05/2023 by Roseanna

I didn’t really know what to expect when I started reading this, but honestly, I think that was the best plan I could have had. Expectations would have only held me back (and/or been absolutely useless to me). The Saint … Continue reading →

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All the Hollow of the Sky – Kit Whitfield

Posted on 10/05/2023 by Roseanna

FAIRIES. I love fairies. I am five times more likely to read a book with fairies in… well, maybe not the ACOTAR kind, but otherwise. I was promised fairies here, and it absolutely delivered on that score. All the Hollow … Continue reading →

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What I read last week – 10th to 16th of March

Posted on 18/03/2023 by Roseanna

Last week, I went on holiday! Specifically, on a reading holiday. From Friday to Monday, I was in a shepherd’s hut near Windermere, listening to the rain on the roof, snuggling under blankets, drinking my body weight in tea and, … Continue reading →

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