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Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Pretty cool story about demons and grimoires. There's a romance in there, too, because it turns out it's a YA novel, which I did not realise when I bought it because I sometimes don't pay a lot of attention. It was imaginative and exciting and I enjoyed it.

Huh, been a while since I've posted here. Let's go. Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff The final part of the 'Nevernight Chronicle'. It's good, but... There's something that just didn't click with me here. It gets a bit full on towards the end with magic so spectacular that Kristoff kind of glosses over...

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames I enjoyed this, for the most part. Eames is good at writing action scenes, and he has a good imagination on display, but there are plenty of times when it feels like he's almost afraid to try and establish setting or mood. For example, late in the book the...

The Bloodbaths by Steve Libby Bit of a mixed bag, this one. I like plenty about it but there's an overall amateurish quality that holds it back. There are some parts that feel rushed or glossed over, and there are parts that could benefit from more description and mood setting. The climax in...

You know, between the slavery, the sexual blackmail, the dead dog, and the murders, there wasn't much time for jolliness :P

Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson Murder mystery set in 1781 that focuses on the horrors of the slave trade. It was Shepherd-Robinson's debut novel, and it was a strong start. I feel as though she's still developing her own literary voice, but it was a good read. It also showcased an...

Cursed, ed. by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane Collection of short stories all revolving around curses. Very varied bunch of stories. Some are lyrical and trying too hard, some are simple and light-hearted. 'As Red as Blood, As White as Snow' by Christina Henry, 'Listen' by Jen Williams, and 'Haza...

I've been reading some old stuff on my Kindle recently. The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft I read some Lovecraft years ago and didn't really like it. Everything felt slow and expositional, but having read some 19th century stuff in the recent weeks I went back...

We were meant to watch that in English in Year 10 but I was off the day we watched the first half and when we were meant to watch the second half we were sat at the back drawing maps of Halo and talking about the best strats to cap flags lmao

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Having never read this before, and having never seen any of the movies, my only understanding of this story was "Big Monster" and "First sci-fi book" and "This is why the West lags behind Asia in the field of robotics". It was very different to what I was expecting...

:keese: Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu :keese: This is my second time reading this. Another seminal vampire novel, but this one came out a quater of a century before Dracula. And it deals with something far more terrifying than an immortal blood-sucking fiend. LeSbIaNs oOoOoOoOoOoOo :eek...

Lethal White by Robert 'JK, It's Really J.K.' Galbraith The forth in her Strike detective series. It's been a while since I read the last one so I'd forgotten some of the details, but I enjoyed this as much as the others. Nothing spectacuar — it certainly isn't ahem "unputdownable" as the Sunday...

:keese: Dracula by Bram Stoker :keese: Read this for the second time. One thing I like about older books is that the language is archaic enough that you really have to stay focused, but because you're paying closer attention you take in so much more detail. Maybe that's just me and I'm just an...

The Morganville Vampires Omnibus - Rachel Caine This was a single volume containing the first three books in the Morganville series. I'd never heard of it before but found this in WHSmiths for £3 (three vampire books for £3?! Sold!). It was alright. I mean, it's kind of like Twilight but not...

Yeah, lmao. They trick a giant into thinking he's Freya and Thor eats a whole ox and loads of fish, all while trying to hide his big beard under a veil. As soon as he gets his hammer back he kills the giants because, like I said, Thor loves killing a giant :rosa:

Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman Tell you what, Thor loves killing a giant.

Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Pretty good. Feels a bit rushed in places, and it meanders a little (insert river joke here) but not to the point of distraction. There's two main plot threads going on that aren't related to each other and the book basically drops one while it focuses on the...

Seventeen - Hideo Yokoyama The last book I read was very fancy with its language and vivid with its imagery. This was the exact opposite, being very direct and to-the-point, even reiterating things again and again as reminders. It could come off as dry but it draws you into the newspaper office...

Nevernight - Jay Kristoff This is such a wonderfully indulgent, adolescent, edgelord book. It kicks off with parallel scenes of the protagonist's first time having sex and first time killing, and then goes on with a school of assassins, a burning hunger for revenge, dozens of bloody, violent...

Nightmare Scenario - Hazel Clarke This was written by a friend of mine from uni :rosa: In all honesty, it's not really my kind of thing. It's a YA dystopian romance, and it's not bad for what it is. The romantic leads actually have scenes where they develop their relationship. It's aimed at a...

The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray's second book and it's a bit of a mess. His first, 'The Strange Death of Europe', was much better researched and much more coherently structured, but this one feels like a rant masquerading as an essay. First up, it's not about crowds at all. I assumed it...

The Witcher Series Finished the last of these last night. Started with The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny, then read the main novels, then read the prequel novel. They're good, but I suspect that I wouldn't have enjoyed them as much had I not played the games. The short stories are all fine...

Just finished Demon Seer by Kurtis Eckstein. I saw this advertised on Reddit and got it on my Kindle since it was free. I want my money back. It's similar to Twilight in that it's pure wish fulfillment for the author, only instead of being written by a repressed MILF it's written by some nerd...

Started reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson again. This is my third attempt and I'm going to finish it this time, I swear. Muppet Treasure Island is one of my favourite movies (and has my all-time favourite movie pirate, Tim Curry as Long John Silver) and I've always wnated to...

Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World by Niall Ferguson Just finished this last night. It's a fantastic book on one of the most important subjects in history. Like it or not, the British Empire is the most significant thing to happen in the last three hundred years (sorry France and America...

There's a "Rate the last TV Show" and a "Rate the last Movie" thread but no "Rate the last Book" thread. Finished Ready Player One the other day. It's... good, but flawed. Flawed so obviously and consistently that part of me doesn't want to say it's good, but good enough that I can't in all...

Let me known what you thought, I read it recently for the first time myself. Prisoners of Geography Tim Marshall This is a book about how geopolitics is shaped by the constraints and necessities of physical geography. This is a topic I find endlessly fascinating (there are some excellent...

I finished The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. It was really good and I'm looking forward to reading more Stephen King in the future. Since finishing it I have read The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender. It's a bit of a mixed bag as far as short story collections go. Some stories are great...

I recently finished a collection of Victorian vampire stories that was a lot better than I thought it would be. I don't usually like anything written before about 1972 but I really got my teeth into these stories chuckle chuckle Now I'm reading The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King. It's the...

Finished The Bone Dragon (it's good) and then read The Last of the Spirits by Chris Priestly. It's based on A Christmas Carol by Dickens and is a kids book. It's good, but I would have gotten a lot more out of it if I were younger. It did remind me a lot about A Muppets Christmas Carol, though...

The last couple of weeks I've read a few books including: Giant Thief by David Tallerman The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie Working For The Devil by Lilith Saintcrow Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw Savages by Don...

Been reading a bunch the last couple of weeks, including (but not limited to): The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom The Magicians by Lev Grossman The Sleeping Prince by Melinda Salisbury Counting Stars by Keris Stainton Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne Career of Evil by Robert 'I'm Totally...

I am currently reading Sex At Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships, by Christopher Ryan and Cacida Jethá. Friend of mine loves reading non-fiction and we have a little swap system going on were he lends me a non-fiction book for one of my fiction ones. He...

Currently I am reading Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice. As always with Fleming, it is exceptionally readable and I had to stop myself so I had some left to read today and tomorrow. So far the book is quite different to the film (not least because the book follows On Her Majesty's Secret...

I finished Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5 today. I enjoyed it. However, I was left with the hollow feeling I tend to get from books considered to be classics or whatever; that I was supposed to learn some kind of lesson, feel some kind of philosophical emotion, at the end, and, when I dont, I...

I'm just about to start reading Nation by Terry Pratchett because after finishing the entire Discworld series, Good Omens, and A Blink of the Screen I still find myself unable to read anyone else. Pratchett is the source of my power.

I am currently reading Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright - Dual Destinies. It's pretty dang good so far, lot of laughs and a lot of excitement.

I'm currently reading Mockingjay, the third book in The Hunger Games franchise. Got to say, after enjoying the first two, I am surprised by how little I like this one. It feels like the whole story has worked up to a scenario that Collins has absolutely no idea how to handle. None of the books...

Intrigued by your post, I looked this up and sweet Jesus, I am laughing all the way to the bank.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Can't say I'm particularly enjoying it so far.

Thunderball by Ian Fleming Gonna get this badboy read before I go out and buy every single Discworld book I do not yet own.

Well I just finished Night Watch and Thud! by Terry Pratchett so I'm thinking I should keep the Discworld thing going by reading Going Postal.

The Lonely Londoners was pretty rubbish (surprise, surprise). I have just now started The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. I'm only 8 pages in and I already enjoy it. Let's hope this continues :)

I'm about to start reading The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon. I seriously hope it's better than the last two books I read but I shan't hold my breath :dry:

Just started reading John Osborne's Look Back In Anger for Uni. It has an ironing board on the cover. I am very excited. Just started reading A Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. I hope it's better than Look Back In Anger. Lol, that was really, really terrible.

I've been reading Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse. It's really good, I haven't identified with a protagonist this much in a very long time.

I'm currently reading Thunderball by Ian Fleming. Gotta love James Bond :)