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Category Archives: Genre: Fantasy
New short story acceptance!
I’ve been quiet on the blogging front because I’ve been overseas for a month (travelling Iceland, London and Spain. More on this in later posts). On the way overseas, in Heathrow airport in fact, I received an acceptance email for … Continue reading
Netflix A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 2 Review
If anyone knows me at all, they know I like A Series of Unfortunate Events. Obsessively so. I’ve blogged reviews of Snicket’s other series All The Wrong Questions twice on this blog. I once kept my partner up all night … Continue reading
Posted in Genre: Absurdism, Genre: Comedy, Genre: Crime, Genre: Fantasy, Genre: Horror, Genre: Speculative Fiction, Reviews
Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Count Olaf, Daniel Handler, Esme Squalor, Lemony Snicket, Lucy Punch, Neil Patrick Harris, Netflix, review, Season Two, The Austere Academy, The Carniverous Carnival, The Ersatz Elevator, The Hostile Hospital, The Vile Village
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Childhood Favorites: The Teenage Years
Last week I blogged about my childhood favorite stories and series. This week I bring you part 2 where I describe the novels that got to me in my teens. Again, in no order. 1. The Merlin trilogy by Mary … Continue reading
Posted in Genre: Absurdism, Genre: Allegory/Fable, Genre: Crime, Genre: Fairy Tale/Myth and Legend, Genre: Fantasy, Genre: Historical fiction, Genre: Speculative Fiction, Personal
Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None, books, crime, Daughter of the Forest, Dragon Prince, Dragon Star, Endless Night, fable, fairy story, fantasy, favourite books, Harry Potter, history, J K Rowling, Juliet Marillier, Katharine Kerr, King Arthur, Lemony Snicket, Mary Stewart, Melanie Rawn, romance, sevenwaters trilogy, The Crystal Cave, The Deverry Saga, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, The Merlin trilogy
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Childhood favourites: The tender years
My brother and I used to attend swimming lessons every Saturday morning. After class, we’d excitedly demand a trip to Sutherland Library (a place which still feels a bit like coming home even with recent changes to library lay-out). Once … Continue reading
Doctor Who Re-Watch: In The Forest of the Night Review
This review is very delayed, largely because I thought this episode was the worst of the season by far and I was putting off having to re-watch and partly because my family and I recently discovered the excellent (if depressing) crime drama, … Continue reading