Category Archives: Horror

Hugo Novella Roundup

Posted on 16/06/2025 by Roseanna

I’m not going to split out my Hugo Novella ballot discussion this year into separate posts, but handle it all as one. Part of that is because I’ve already reviewed several of them, another part because I cannot read one … Continue reading →

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Someone You Can Build a Nest In – John Wiswell

Posted on 24/05/2025 by Roseanna

This was a difficult review to write. Not because of any internal struggle with speaking my truth or anything – I’m sure we’d all be better off if I did a little less of that – but because uncomplicatedly good … Continue reading →

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Private Rites – Julia Armfield

Posted on 29/12/2024 by Roseanna

My overwhelming impression of this book is rain. Constant, undramatic, pervasive, it haunts the margins of the story so effectively that it has overwhelmed my memory of it, forming a damp sheen over the foregrounded aspects of the story. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Book Eaters – Sunyi Dean

Posted on 23/10/2022 by Roseanna

Amusingly, I read this book because I had just finished something I need to review for NoaF, and wanted to read something I didn’t plan to review, to tide me over until I had written that all up. Alas, I … Continue reading →

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A Lesson in Vengeance – Victoria Lee

Posted on 24/01/2022 by Roseanna

First review of 2022! I recently got onto Netgalley, and this one was an ARC that caught my eye. Witchy creepy dark academia seemed pretty fun, so I thought I’d give it a go. It turned out… not what I … Continue reading →

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Hugo Nominees 2021 (Reprise)

Posted on 23/11/2021 by Roseanna

I’ve had many extra months to read the Hugo nominees compared with a normal year. Have I used any of that extra time to do so? Nope! I have, as per usual, rushed through near the deadline and submitted on … Continue reading →

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The City We Became – N. K. Jemisin

Posted on 22/04/2021 by Roseanna

More Nebula (and now /Hugo, since they’ve been announced) shortlist reading. I read several books in between that I enjoyed, but aren’t getting their own blog posts… however if you want my opinion, Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf is great. … Continue reading →

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Two for One – Nebulas Continue

Posted on 12/04/2021 by Roseanna

A quick double bill (mainly because one of them was slightly cheating so doesn’t deserve a full post), as I continue to read this year’s Nebula nominees. This time, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and All Systems Red by Martha … Continue reading →

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Melmoth – Sarah Perry

Posted on 22/12/2018 by Roseanna

Apparently all of Sarah Perry’s books are beautiful. I bought The Essex Serpent mainly because I loved the cover, and that was a great decision, so I figured I couldn’t go too far wrong doing the same with Melmoth. Spoilers: I did … Continue reading →

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I Kill Giants – Joe Kelly, JM Ken Niimura

Posted on 07/04/2018 by Roseanna

It’s been a while since I read a book because I was going to see the film. I mean, I also read this because I was lent it and hey, free book-reading (and it sounded good – tiny girl with … Continue reading →

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