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Sweet but not sickly so

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

November 28, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Beneath the Sugar Sky is the third instalment in the Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire, letting us visit other worlds in this incredibly diverse and imagination universe. Children have long disappeared through doorways and tumbled down holes in the ground and into adventure, and sometimes those children come back. Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children gives those children a place where they can be themselves, away from prying eyes and worried parents who’d prefer their children were just their old selves again.  In this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, coming-of-age, fairytale, Fiction, Seanan McGuire

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, coming-of-age, fairytale, Fiction, Seanan McGuire ·
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I wish Stephen Fry was my BFF

Heroes: Mortals and Monsters , Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry

November 18, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Mythos was always going to be a tough act to follow. Not just because it was great, but because I also had the pleasure of reading it from a sunlounger on a Greek island as opposed to from a sofa in dark and rainy Devon. But Stephen Fry is fabulous and naturally pulled it off while making it look easy. While Mythos looked at the creation and then shenanigans of the gods, Heroes is more down to earth – while the gods are still meddling, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: greek mythology, non fiction, Stephen Fry

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:42 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: greek mythology, non fiction, Stephen Fry ·
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The Crown ain’t got nothing on this

Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court by Lucy Worsley

November 18, 2020 by TheShitWizard 1 Comment

For some years now I’ve been trying to work my way somewhat chronologically through English history, but a new mania for all things Georgian plus Lucy Worsley had me eagerly jumping ahead (I’m coming back for you, Charlie II, don’t worry). Inspired by the King’s Grand Staircase at Kensington Palace, commissioned by George I and featuring portraits of the servants of the Royal household, Courtiers is a brilliantly gossipy look at the reigns of Georges I and II and the different figures that peopled their […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, english history, Lucy worsley, monarchs, non fiction

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:41 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, english history, Lucy worsley, monarchs, non fiction ·
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I kinda wanna try faerie fruit

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees

November 5, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

The town of Lud sits on the borders of Faerie at a place where two rivers join. Everyone in Lud prefers to pretend that Faerie just doesn’t exist, but when the children of some of Lud’s most prominent families start consuming highly addictive faerie fruit – and some even disappearing over the borders of Faerie – Lud’s Mayor Nathaniel Chanticleer (whose own child has also been at the fruit) decides something must be done. Lud-in-the-Mist is a very charming book that, despite sometimes feeling a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, classics, Fiction, Hope Mirrlees

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, classics, Fiction, Hope Mirrlees ·
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Not so pretty on the inside

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

October 27, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Tally Youngblood is an Ugly, and will be until she turns 16. That’s the age when everyone gets an exciting surgical procedure, bringing them all up to the desired Pretty standard, before going off to live in New Pretty Town and partying the rest of their lives away. With her best friend Peris already made Pretty and off partying without her, Tally is left to her own devices playing tricks on fellow Uglies and sneaking into places she shouldn’t be, until she makes a new […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, sci-fi, scott westerfeld, Young Adult

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Fiction, sci-fi, scott westerfeld, Young Adult ·
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News from back then

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

October 27, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

I’d previously read and loved The White Album, so when I saw Slouching Toward Bethlehem come up in a kindle sale I was very quick to click. A collection of essays from the the 1960’s, as with any book of essays this was something of a mixed bag for me, and having been born 10 years after its publication (as well as being English) I must admit that unfamiliarity with some of the people, places and things being written about meant I didn’t quite get […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1960s, america, essays, Joan Didion, non fiction

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:38 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1960s, america, essays, Joan Didion, non fiction ·
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