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I'm trying to catch up with my reading And my writing And my everything, really. Not actually a platypus (Learn more about this Cannonballer: LittlePlat's Quick Questions interview.)

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Take Me. I Am a Scientist. I Also Lift Things

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

October 28, 2022 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

This book was a bit of lighthearted fun. It was also a novel with fingerprints of the pandemic all over it. Like many others, Jamie Bell’s life was turned upside down by Covid-19. Dropped from their position as a marketing executive by a local start up, they finds themselves working as a delivery driver while trying to keep their flat-mates afloat. All this changes though with a chance run in with an old classmate named Tom. Tom works for an “animal rights organization” and his […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Covid-19, destination for my next scientific conference please?, escapism, john scalzi, Kaiju, Monster

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Covid-19, destination for my next scientific conference please?, escapism, john scalzi, Kaiju, Monster ·
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A Fine Juggling Act With Nary a Dropped Ball in Sight.

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

October 28, 2022 by LittlePlat 5 Comments

I am really, really shocked at how much I liked this one! I think I have mentioned previously that I am not exactly one of the most broad readers of the romance genre, and I am not a super huge fan of the more contrived plots the genre follows. But here I am, writing up a review on a book that who’s main premise is a fake dating/arranged marriage scenario—and confessing that I really, really enjoyed it? I think what really got me on board with Winter’s […]

Filed Under: Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr14bingo, Everina Maxwell, heart, politics, Romance, space opera, Trope overloaded!

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr14bingo, Everina Maxwell, heart, politics, Romance, space opera, Trope overloaded! ·
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“The important thing in running away is not how fast you run but simply that you run faster than the next man.”

Prince of Fools (Red Queen's War #1) by Mark Lawrence

The Liar's Key (Red Queen's War #2) by Mark Lawrence

Wheel of Osheim (Red Queen's War #3) by Mark Lawrence

October 16, 2022 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

Well, this is less ambitious of me than the time I tried to review an entire five-book series all in one go.  This is just a three book series this time! (Also, because I have chosen to review the books this way, there will be minor spoilers) I’ve started reading two of Mark Lawrence’s trilogies so far. Of those two, I would highly recommend The Book of the Ancestor series, starting off with Red Sister. They were one hell of a package: I loved both […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, elephant, Grimdark, magic, Mark Lawrence, Red Queens War, series creeeeeep, trilogies

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, elephant, Grimdark, magic, Mark Lawrence, Red Queens War, series creeeeeep, trilogies ·
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Oh Look—It’s a Payoff!

Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire

October 2, 2022 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

Same disclaimer as per usual; if you are reading a review of a long-running series—and Be the Serpent is entry number 16—you know what to expect spoiler-wise. I’ll try not to mention too much in this book, but the others are all fair game.  Another thing with long running book series is that there is a lot of potential for very long plot arcs. While most books in the October Daye series have a little surprise or two, there was something set up in A […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, faeries, October Daye, question, Seanan McGuire, the hell was that

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, faeries, October Daye, question, Seanan McGuire, the hell was that ·
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Happy Birthday Nona

Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series) by Tamsyn Muir

September 18, 2022 by LittlePlat 19 Comments

*Looks around sneakily*  Mild spoilers for the series in the review, more pressing ones have had the whiteout treatment. Yeah, split me Tipex.   Oh look, it’s a surprise book! When I first picked up Gideon the Ninth a few years back, it was advertised as being part one of a trilogy. And when Harrow The Ninth was released, we were all assured it was two down and one to go. But then just over a year ago, there was the announcement that we were […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: bodies, cbr14bingo, cows watch sunsets, IN SPAACE, Just what is Genre anyway, moira quirk, necromancers, tamsyn muir, The Locked Tomb Series, The Locked Tomb Trilogy

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: bodies, cbr14bingo, cows watch sunsets, IN SPAACE, Just what is Genre anyway, moira quirk, necromancers, tamsyn muir, The Locked Tomb Series, The Locked Tomb Trilogy ·
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In Pursuit of Destiny and Desire

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

September 7, 2022 by LittlePlat 5 Comments

I felt like a bit of a dumb-arse after picking up She Who Became the Sun. I don’t know if it was just me stumbling around blindly perhaps, but it took me a good long time to realise that the this book was a reimagining of the Ming Dynasty’s rise to power. The ebook version of the book didn’t have a blurb on the back cover, true, and that might have helped. But it did have a map of  north east of China on one […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr14bingo, historical fiction, hugo award nominee, new, Shelley Parker-Chan

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr14bingo, historical fiction, hugo award nominee, new, Shelley Parker-Chan ·
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