Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Fantasy

  • 100 Books in 2011: The Left Hand of God

    The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman is the first of a trilogy following the life of Thomas Cale, a strange boy with a dent in his head and…


  • 100 Books in 2011: New Moon

    The second book of the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer is New Moon. In this part Edward leaves Bella, for her own good natch, and she goes into a big…


  • 100 Books in 2011: Irons in the Fire

    I picked up Irons in the Fire by Juliet E. McKenna at Alt.com a couple of years ago. Juliet McKenna does quite a few writing conferences and I’d heard a…


  • 100 Books in 2011: All the Windwracked Stars

    All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear is a bit genre-busting. It is heavily grounded in Norse mythology with liberal sprinklings of sci-fi, steampunk and high fantasy. After Ragnarok, of…


  • 100 Books in 2011 Challenge: Wolfsangel

    I’ve been on blog hiatus for a little while as I was on holiday in Vienna. Which was lovely. You may also have noticed from the sidebar that I’m running…


  • Announcing a read of A Dance with Dragons!

    Inspired by Leigh Butler’s fabulous A Read of Ice and Fire blog on Tor.com, I am going to do a chapter by chapter commentary of A Dance with Dragons. When…


  • 100 Books in 2011 Challenge: Mistral’s Kiss

    The first third of Mistral’s Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton is basically one long sex scene with the protagonist, Merry Gentry having sex with some of her guard. After a while it…


  • 100 Books in 2011 Review: The Painted Man

    I was excited to read The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett. There’s been a lot of buzz around it and I like the cover a lot. There are three…


  • 100 Books in 2011 Review: Reaper’s Gale

    I’m now behind target with my 100 books challenge and this is the reason why. Reaper’s Gale by Steven Erikson is book 7 in the Malazan Book of the Fallen…


  • Becoming Human

    So, I just watched Becoming Human, the spin-off from the BBC’s excellent Being Human. Which takes a minor character (vampire) and adds a werewolf and ghost. New characters, but the…


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