2019 Mid-Year Wrap-Up

Sorry, can we all just take a collective minute to deal with the fact that it's officially July already...? 2019 is literally flashing before my eyes and I am NOT OKAY. Existential crises aside, today's post is a fun one! I decided that the midpoint of the year would be a good time to review...

Christina Dalcher – Vox

Every time we go to the supermarket, I have a prowl down the books aisle, on the hunt for hitherto-underdiscovered gems at dirt-cheap prices. Yes, even if we're just popping in to buy milk. There have been a few books in the past that I've liked the look of, bought, read, and thought "ugh, it's...

#6 – Randall Munroe – What If?

Today's post is a review of my absolute favourite book of the year so far (whoops, spoiler alert). What If? is the sixth book on my list, and is the brainchild of Internet cartoonist Randall Munroe. Formerly a NASA roboticist, Munroe now makes a living writing his hugely popular webcomic 'XKCD'. In addition, he's also published...

#5 – Terry Pratchett – Wyrd Sisters

Okay, so the subject of today's review is number 5 on the 52-strong list for 2016. Given that we're I-don't-even-know-how-many weeks through the year, I think it's probably safe to say that this 52-book target is seeming  more and more unrealistic as the weeks pass by. While this is mostly down to the fact that...

#4 – Baxter & Pratchett – The Long Earth

So, number 4 on the reading list was Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett's "The Long Earth". I've known of Baxter and Pratchett's collaborative works for some time now but up until recently I've made a conscious effort to avoid reading them. I've been a huge Terry Pratchett fan for years (we're talking since I was...

#3 – Moïra Fowley-Doyle – The Accident Season

The Accident Season, debut novel from Irish author Moïra Fowley-Doyle, didn't have the most auspicious start on its journey to the #3 blog post spot. I first picked it up off the shelf in the bookshop some time last year and bought it because it just happened to fit the "has a buy-one-get-one-half-price sticker on it and...

#2 – Chris Hadfield – An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

So, the second book on my list for 2016 is Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, an autobiography detailing Hadfield's experiences as an astronaut with the CSA (Canadian Space Agency). Hadfield has become something of a champion for space exploration in recent years; his popular YouTube channel first began to gain traction after...

#1 – Maria V. Snyder – Shadow Study

So, the first book I decided to read to kick off 2016 was Maria V. Snyder's Shadow Study.  First, some background. Shadow Study is the fourth installment in Snyder's Study trilogy (yes, fourth, yes, trilogy - we'll come back to that). Snyder's first run of novels - Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study - are set in two fictional lands...