Tag Archives: Fantasy

A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 5 – Proper Noun, Place Name, Backstory Stuff

Posted on 28/10/2025 by Roseanna

The fifth section of our close reading brings us into the start of Book 2, with chapters I – Many Meetings and II – The Council of Elrond. We just tackled two this time, because the second one is a … Continue reading →

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Things to read if you loved Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

Posted on 26/10/2025 by Roseanna

First up, congrats on your amazing taste in books! High five. But alas, assuming you have already burned through Fellman’s back catalogue (if you haven’t, why not, fix that, and then come flail at me about The Breath of the … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 4 – Intrusion of the Epic

Posted on 09/10/2025 by Roseanna

In this fourth section we cover another three chapters: X – Strider, XI – A Knife in the Dark and XII – Flight to the Ford, bringing us to the end of Book 1. One sixth of the way through … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 3 – Blurring Boundaries and Scanning Songs

Posted on 30/09/2025 by Roseanna

Our third session of close reading The Fellowship of the Ring takes us through four chapters: VI – The Old Forest, VII – In the House of Tom Bombadil, VIII – Fog on the Barrow-downs and IX – At the … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 2 – A Very Efficient Conspiracy

Posted on 18/09/2025 by Roseanna

The next section of our close reading takes us through Chapter III – Three is Company, Chapter IV – A Short Cut to Mushrooms and Chapter V – A Conspiracy Unmasked, a total of 44 pages in my edition. We … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 1

Posted on 31/08/2025 by Roseanna

My partner and I decided a little while ago it would be a fun project (because we know how to party) to read The Lord of the Rings together, in small chunks and discuss it in detail over a number … Continue reading →

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A Path Through the Landscape: A Journey Into Fantasy

Posted on 20/07/2025 by Roseanna

This is a story of my route through fantasy. It’s not the only story I could tell – there are so many books I’ve read, and so many narratives I could choose to impose on them. But this is the … Continue reading →

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Six from Six – First Half of 2025

Posted on 29/06/2025 by Roseanna

The halfway point of 2025 approaches! Of the forty-nine books I’ve read in 2025 so far, there have been seven 5 star reads – this is, for me, unusual (though it does make it easier to cut down for a … Continue reading →

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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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