Firstly, a huge thank you to Stevie and Gollancz for asking me to be a part of this blog tour. Secondly, can you believe this is the first Garth Nix book I've ever read? No neither can I. Especially as I own all the Sabriel novels and some of his standalones. Ah, the curse of a book collector...destined to buy books and then read them only years later...…
**I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for participation in the blog tour** As soon as the email came through to take part in the blog tour for The Ten Thousand Doors of January I jumped at the chance. I loved the sound of the plot, the cover was gorgeous and it was already getting a lot of attention. For good reason as it turns…
I finally read it! After months and months of being pestered by colleagues to read Good Omens, I finally did it, and I really enjoyed it. This is a work of comedic genius from start to finish and often I had to avoid reading it in public for fear of bursting out giggling. Haven't you noticed that it's perfectly fine to laugh at a film but laugh at…
Firstly, a huge thank you to Titan Books for sending over a copy of The Girl in Red*. Basically, I loved this. I've been interested in this title for ages, pretty much since I first heard about it at the start of the year. Mainly because my dissertation topic is the portrayal of gender within the Red Riding Hood fairytale and secondly I really love Christina Henry. I…
**I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for participation in the blog tour** What a truly unique and wonderful novel. I've never read a book like David Mogo Godhunter* and I likely never will again. I can't think of any other book that has a premise quite like this. It's utterly one on its own and it's glorious. Set in Lagos we follow David Mogo…