The Best Books of 2021
Over the course of another very strange year, some rather special books came out. Join me as I discuss my ten favourite releases of 2021!
Tag: Dystopian
Book Review: Notes from the Burning Age, by Claire North
This week, I’m finally reviewing the latest novel from the prolific Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age. I managed to get a review out before she published another book, hooray! Read on for my thoughts on this post-climate-change-reckoning set tale. This review contains an affiliate link to Bookshop.org, which will earn me a commission… Read More Book Review: Notes from the Burning Age, by Claire North
Book Review: Kings of a Dead World, by Jamie Mollart
This week, things are getting all dystopian with Jamie Mollart’s new novel Kings of a Dead World, published by Sandstone Press. This fair and unbiased review was conducted with gratitude for the free copy of the book which I received from the author. This review contains an affiliate link to Bookshop.org, which will earn me… Read More Book Review: Kings of a Dead World, by Jamie Mollart
Book Review: Sweet Harmony, by Claire North
This week, the subject of my review is Claire North’s dystopian novella Sweet Harmony, set in a near-future world where humanity has lovingly embraced nano-technology. But is the beauty it engineers only skin-deep?
Reading Challenges: March Progress Update
March is finished, and with it, plenty of books! This time I managed to complete some prompts from the Hodderscape 2021 reading challenge and earn a Spells and Spaceships badge, so I’m feeling like I’m back on track. You could almost say I’ve been marching on, but you shouldn’t, because that’s terrible. Shame on you… Read More Reading Challenges: March Progress Update
Book Review: Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
Depicting a horrific, dystopian future where humanity consume one another in the very literal sense, Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh is the subject of today’s review. Published in the UK by Pushkin Press and translated by Sarah Moses, this Argentinian novel has a reputation that precedes it. Let’s see why. This review contains an… Read More Book Review: Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
Book Review: The Phlebotomist, by Chris Panatier
This week, I’m reviewing the debut novel from Chris Panatier, The Phlebotomist. This fair and unbiased review (of this fabulously pink novel) was conducted with gratitude for the free electronic copy of the book which I received from the publisher, Angry Robot. This review contains an affiliate link to Bookshop.org, which will earn me a… Read More Book Review: The Phlebotomist, by Chris Panatier
Book Review: Why Visit America, by Matthew Baker
For this week’s review, I explored the landscape of a vividly imagined and subtly altered United States, in Matthew Baker’s short story collection Why Visit America. This fair and unbiased review was conducted with gratitude for the free electronic copy of the book which I received. This review contains an affiliate link to Bookshop.org, which… Read More Book Review: Why Visit America, by Matthew Baker
Book Review: Doggerland, by Ben Smith
Ben Smith’s Doggerland was a Guardian Book of the Year on its publication in 2019, earning praise from seemingly everyone who read it. Will it impress me as much as it did them? Let’s dive in and find out. This review contains an affiliate link to Bookshop.org, which will earn me a commission if used,… Read More Book Review: Doggerland, by Ben Smith
Infinite Speculation 