Tag Archives: Awesome

Whoaah… we’re half way the-ere!

Posted on 31/05/2023 by Roseanna

Whoah-oh… no I can’t think of a funny way to continue that. Maybe if I’d read Spare? As of a couple of hours ago – I’m half way through my reading goal for the year, a whole month early. I’m … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Honey – Kai Ashante Wilson

Posted on 07/01/2023 by Roseanna

I realised, a while ago, that almost none of the books I had read with gay male protagonists/major characters was written by men (gay or otherwise)*. Given that in the other direction, I’d be a bit wary of books about … Continue reading →

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Ithaca – Claire North

Posted on 13/12/2022 by Roseanna

There are a lot of Greek myth retellings floating around now. And not just Greek myth retellings, but feminist ones specifically. In many ways, I am the targetest of target markets for the subgenre, and I have to admit, even … Continue reading →

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Gingerbread – Helen Oyeyemi

Posted on 20/02/2021 by Roseanna

It’s been rather a while since I’ve written a blog post. Some of this is pandemic-induced inertia, but most of it is down to the fact that my laptop has died, and so I have two choices for writing anything … Continue reading →

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Paladin’s Grace – T. Kingfisher

Posted on 13/09/2020 by Roseanna

My short review is simply: It’s like Terry Pratchett wrote Dragon Age fanfic for a female-gaze audience. My long review obviously has a lot more words. Comparing things to Terry Pratchett is… not something I do lightly. I know it … Continue reading →

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Harrow the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir

Posted on 30/08/2020 by Roseanna

Alix E. Harrow provided the most accurate possible summary of Harrow the Ninth (henceforth simply Harrow) with the following gif: Here does not endeth the review, because I clearly like the sound of my own voice enough to have a blog, but … Continue reading →

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A Memory Called Empire – Arkady Martine (reread)

Posted on 18/02/2020 by Roseanna

This is a post for people who’ve already read the book, without question. But it’s also not really a post for anyone at all, except myself. If you’re interested in my more general thoughts, I posted about it when I … Continue reading →

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Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir

Posted on 28/12/2019 by Roseanna

I loved it. This is about the fourth draft of this post, trying to find some vaguely amusing way of starting it, but honestly, cutting right to it – this book is fucking phenomenal. I kept coming across it on … Continue reading →

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Die Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker – Gillen, Hans, Cowles

Posted on 14/12/2019 by Roseanna

Occasionally, circumstances conspire in a good way. You might, for instance, decide that today is the day to read this graphic novel, but you’re a bit sleepy, so you’re going to do it in bed. And it’s a bit noisy … Continue reading →

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The Emperor’s Winding Sheet – Jill Paton Walsh

Posted on 14/12/2019 by Roseanna

For my birthday, I got several (but not actually that many) books. Most of them were new, but then I also got one that came slightly later than the rest, and obviously second hand. It had no note, but I … Continue reading →

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