Welcome back to the Discworld Project! I am back at a regular read of one book in the series in a month. Today we are back in Ankh-Morpork at a pivotal moment in the city’s evolution, newspapers have come to the Disc. William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld’s first newspaper. Now…
Tag: fantasy
Review: The Magician’s Daughter by H.G Parry
One of my favourite films in more recent years has been Howl’s Moving Castle. I have read and loved the book also, Diana Wynne Jones is a genius for a reason. But there is something in the Ghibli movie that resonates in my heart. When I tell you this book gave me that same feeling,…
Review: Soulstar by C.L Polk
***Content warning for captivity in asylums, forced pregnancy, racism, coercion, medical experimentation, torture, political assassination, death, mentions of genocide and loss of family.*** Mild spoilers possible for the previous two books in the series. Another goal of mine this reading year was to finish some selected trilogies. The fantastic Kingston Cycle was one of those…
Review: The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne
***Content warnings for blood, murder, miscarriage, death of a parent and infant, murder, mentions of rape and torture, and ableism.*** Fairytale retelling, villain perspective, dark forests with forbidden magic. If ye know me by know ye also know that this is very up my alley. One story though I never thought about was that of…
Review: Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
*** Content warnings for domestic abuse, death of a sibling, animal death, implied cannibalism, injury, violence, suicide ideation, plague, miscarriage, child death and murder*** I love discovering a new author. New to me specifically. Or even more so, an author I’ve had on my radar for a while and I discover on reading their books…
Review: The Witches Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
So as a lot of you may have guessed by now, I’m a retellings kinda gal. Basically that kid in school who was slightly too much into Ancient Egypt. Yeah you remember the one in your class. So it was only a matter of time before I got to this one. When a banished witch…
Review: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Full disclosure, the author sent me a copy of this for review and I also read the audio book copy that I bought myself so this review covers both. Can I just say, I know we’re all suckers for gorgeous covers and that the surface level ‘judging a book by its cover’ is something we…
Review: Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham
***Content warnings for death of a sibling, violence, injury, murder, poverty, bloodletting, self harm and neglect (mentions)*** I love me a good city. Especially in a fantasy setting. One of my favourite tropes/devices an author can use is making the a city setting a character of it’s own. N.K Jemisin and New York as one…
Review: Priest of Bones by Peter Mclean
***Content warnings for war, death, gore, murder, rape (off and on page), PTSD, child abuse, homophobia, genital mutilation, sexual abuse, substance and alcohol abuse, plague, death of a parent and torture*** Something that’s becoming more and more obivous about my taste is that I will always root for a morally grey, messy character. I don’t…
Review: Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Welcome back to the Discworld Project! So fun fact about me today, I have a long, emotional connection to various genres of rock music. I went through a very distinct punk/emo/goth part of my teenage years obsessing over Kerrang!, music videos and getting band merch as gifts. I at one point wanted to study music…
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