Blurb: Sometimes being wrong is the right answer. Nick Hayes’s genius is in wringing out the universe’s secrets. It’s a talent that’s allowed him to carve paths through time. But the worst part is that he knows how his story will end. He’s seen it with his own eyes. And every year that passes, every…… Continue reading Dispel Illusion by Mark Lawrence: A Book Review
Blurb: Only when it’s darkest can you see the stars. East of the Black Rock, out on the ice, lies a hole down which broken children are thrown On the vastness of the ice there is no room for individuals. No one survives alone. To resist the cold, to endure the months of night when…… Continue reading The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence – A Book Review
As always on one of my haul posts I have a fairly even smattering of ebooks, audio books and physical books. Most of these will be arcs (well, except for the audio books … not quite figured out how to convince Audible it’s in their best interest to send me freebies yet.) Have you read…… Continue reading Book Haul
I haven’t done a monthly wrap-up post since May 2019 … I’m hoping to make it a bit more regular. Curse my laziness. Most of my reading, it seems, was actually done by Audio Book. It only seems that way because I read a couple of ARCs that won’t be released until February. So they…… Continue reading January 2020 Wrap-Up
Blurb: One choice. Two possible timelines. And a world hanging in the balance. It’s the summer of 1986 and reluctant prodigy Nick Hayes is a student at Cambridge University, working with world-renowned mathematician Professor Halligan. He just wants to be a regular student, but regular isn’t really an option for a boy-genius cancer survivor who’s…… Continue reading Limited Wish by Mark Lawrence – A Book Review
Much like yesterday’s post of my least favourite books I read this year, today’s post of my most favourite and highly recommended does not come in any particular order. They are just good, solid reads that I wish I could have erased from my mind so I could have the pleasure of experiencing again for…… Continue reading My Favourite Reads/Listens of 2019
Blurb: In January 1986, fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week. Nick and his Dungeons & Dragons-playing friends are used to living in their imaginations. But when a new girl, Mia, joins the group and reality becomes weirder than the fantasy…… Continue reading One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence – A Book Review
Blurb: Nona Grey’s story reaches its shattering conclusion in the third installment of Book of the Ancestor. They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere,…… Continue reading Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence – An Audio Book Review
I am just going into the busy period at my day job, so having any kind of goals in a reading or listening kind of sense is a bit ambitious, but I might as well set some anyway otherwise I’ll have nothing to keep me going. I remember last time I got super-busy at work…… Continue reading My Upcoming Reads & Listens
Publisher’s Summary: It’s not until you’re broken that you find your sharpest edge. A brilliant new series from the best-selling author of Prince of Thorns. ‘I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin.’ At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods…… Continue reading Red Sister by Mark Lawrence – An Audiobook Review
Swords & Spectres 