Inspired by @Tracy King’s tweet (and that I also did this last year which is still valid), here’s a list of the books that I loved this year. Continue reading
Category Archives: Book reviews
Book review: Rosewater
The idea and the world the author created are great. The novel takes place in a city called Rosewater in Nigeria. The events span between about 2040 to 2066. Basically, the life of the main character Kaaro. Rosewater comes into being because an alien entity emerges from the ground. Continue reading
Book review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The novel’s central premise is that there are doors between worlds, they appear in thin places between worlds and people can cross the Threshold and end up in another world. And in these words are vampires, witches, normal people, magic or terrible things. Continue reading
Book review: The Narrow Corridor
I know you don’t often have sequels to non-fiction, but The Narrow Corridor feels like a sequel to Why Nations Fail. It expands on the themes in the first book, why nations do or don’t manage to have stable democracies. Continue reading
Book review: Grave Importance
We once again follow the exploits of our favourite humans and vampires (and occasionally some demons as well). Greta is filling in as medical director at a mummy wellness spa in France, where a strange phenomenon is making the mummies weak and dizzy. When the intrepid characters find out what is going on, it’s on a scale that no one can handle, not even all the denizens of Hell itself. Continue reading
Book review: The Library Book
The book’s hook is the fire that broke out in the library in 1986. Interwoven is the story of Harry Peak, the only ever suspect in the case. Harry Peak really isn’t a sympathetic character (to me, at least) Continue reading
Book review: Queens of Geek
And lo! The penultimate Read Harder book: number 13 – a book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse. Continue reading
