Micro Reviews: June

In which I review the books I've finished reading this month in one sentence. Covers link to Goodreads.   All That is Lost Between Us by Sara Foster  I really enjoyed this as a family drama, but it's not as psychologically thrilling as it promised. Rolling with the Punchlines...

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May Wrap Up

Life I've hardly blogged this month because I've been so damn busy. But I haven't seen many stand-out posts from other bloggers either, so I guess it's been a quiet month for some of us. Back to uni for the second half of semester. Man, it's been exhausting. So. Many. Assignments. I have my...

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Review: Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Jamaica? No, she wanted to. This is possibly the grittiest and most "literary" book I'll read this year. I mean it. It's the kind of book you study in high school and hate, but read on your own and love. It's one powerful piece of writing, and it reminded me of The Color Purple but even bleaker. Here...

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Micro Reviews: May Edition

In which I review the books I've finished reading this month in one sentence. Covers link to Goodreads. The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction edited by Mike Ashley  A fun (albeit long) sci-fi anthology, although it needed more diversity and women writers and I enjoyed the...

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Film Review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

I'm feeling pretty hipster because I went to an advance screening of this last night (its official release here in NZ was today). I'm not a film critic, but I had enough thoughts to share and I wanted to post something a bit different, so here we go. Not a spoiler-free review.   Director:...

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10 Things I Need More of in Books

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is Ten Things On Our Reading Wishlist - things you want to see more of in books ie. tropes, a time period, a specific type of character, an issue tackled, a certain plot, etc. 1. Main characters who stay...

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