Okay, so I may have talked about Winter Reid’s fairy tale re-tellings in this video here, when I’d read The Lonely Crow and Rosie Waking. And I may have got a little fan-girly, and it’s entirely possible that she’s quite grateful for the ocean between us, which will probably dissuade me from turning up on her front…
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Farmer Giles of Ham – A Different Side to Tolkien
It may come as a surprise to hear that it took me until I was 40 to read Farmer Giles of Ham. I mean — Tolkien. Dragons. Tolkien and dragons. How did I miss this?? Honestly, I don’t know. I’m familiar with the same Tolkien I think a lot of us are – the gentle beauty…
Jack Gilmour, Wish Lawyer – Demonic Law in Vegas
I’m not a big reader of crime novels, by which I mean the often dark and brutal best-sellers that seem so popular at the moment. I was put off Karin Slaughter because the first book of hers I picked up started with a woman being raped then set on fire. I didn’t get past that…
Stephen King & the Joy of Scaring Myself Silly
In which I lead you on a convoluted tour through my not-very-impressive Stephen King collection (which is still big enough that I don’t dare to try holding them all on my lap, tempting through it is. There’s a lot of rambling about my old horror reading habits (quite intensive as a teenager and through my…
Winter Reid’s Dark & Beautiful Fairy Tale Retellings
In which I maybe-possibly get a little fan-girlish over the beautiful fairy tale retellings of Winter Reid. But seriously – they’re wonderfully dark. The female leads are strong without being either fearless or flawless. They’re filled with uneasy magic and bittersweet beauty. And some passages you have to go back and re-read, because they’re…
