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A perfect late autumn read: atmospheric with a twist

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

December 12, 2020 by Aquillia Leave a Comment

I realized, when it came time to do my best-of lists, that I hadn’t actually written reviews for two of my favourite books this year. Mexican Gothic is one of these. I read it a few weeks after Halloween, when everything in Denmark can best be described as ‘grey’ and I was in the perfect mood for Gothic. (Plus, look at that AMAZING and GORGEOUS cover; how can you resist?) Boy, did Silvia Moreno-Garcia deliver. Mexican Gothic is the story of Noemi, a young woman […]

My childhood #Gateway into the genre I love most

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

October 7, 2020 by Aquillia 19 Comments

Bingo Square: Gateway Bingo #1! Red/Gateway/Fresh Start/Cannonballer Says/Money I have loved fantasy since I can remember. I don’t actually remember when I started reading it, but I credit it to my deep and abiding love for Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles. Although I have no vivid memories of the first time I read it (aside from one shocking moment in The Black Cauldron), I reread the series regularly throughout my childhood and my teenage years. I loved them every time. Aside from The Book of Three, which […]

Hate at first sight #Adaptation

Dune by Frank Herbert

October 6, 2020 by Aquillia Leave a Comment

This might be the first review I’ve ever written for a DNF (I got about 20% through). My fantasy book club chose Dune because of the adaptation that was originally coming out later this year (even though it’s actually sci fi). (I’m going to skip the blurb because at this point, I think everyone knows vaguely what it’s about. If not, I’m sure there are many more lovingly written reviews here that can blurb it for you.) I have possibly never hated a book so […]

A Terry Pratchett Roundup! #Happy

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett

Snuff by Terry Pratchett

October 6, 2020 by Aquillia Leave a Comment

I am continuing on my quest reading through Terry Pratchett’s oeuvre, especially audiobooks–they provide a nice break from other reading, especially when I’m cooking or cleaning or on short walks. I’ve also started listening to some with my husband during evenings when we just want to relax, so I have his thoughts on some of them (we have moved on from Poirot, at least for now). This combined review inclides a long rant on Snuff. I’m counting these as a combined entry for Bingo under Happy […]

Absolutely and wonderfully bonkers read

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

September 15, 2020 by Aquillia 2 Comments

Bolstered by all the delightful comments on my Gideon the Ninth review, I thought I should try to put my thoughts together about Harrow the Ninth, the sequel. SPOILERS FOR GIDEON THE NINTH FOLLOW! Really. It’s impossible to talk about Harrow without talking about the end of Gideon. It doesn’t just follow chronologically (sort of), but the impact of the ending on Harrow informs the entirety of her story. So… wow. I am so impressed by author Tamsyn Muir, who took her sure-fire hit–where one of the main things […]

The best #Pandemic read I could ask for

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

September 13, 2020 by Aquillia 12 Comments

Bingo Square: Pandemic This pandemic period, I did a great thing for my happiness: I read Gideon the Ninth. I’m going to eschew a plot description/blurb here and just say what everyone else has been saying: lesbian necromancers in space. Need a little more? Fine. Gideon is not a necromancer (but she is into girls). She hits things with swords so she’s recruited (unwillingly) to go to a big possibly haunted space castle/research facility with her worst enemy, her planet’s only surviving necromancer (who is into bones). […]

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