Entries tagged with genre: science fiction

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REVIEW: Curtsies and Conspiracies

Curtsies and Conspiracies: Gail Carriger Atom, 2013
Finishing School Book the Second

I probably write the same thing whenever I'm commenting on reading a book in a series, but it is too long since I read the previous book in this series and I hope there won’t be as long a period between this and the next, most especially because this exceeded my high expectations. I truly think it’s a step up from the introduction to the world that was Etiquette and Espionage.

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OVERVIEW: A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

A Wrinkle in Time (2018) (rated PG)
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
Written by: Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell
Adapted from the book by: Madeleine L'Engle
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620680/?ref_=nv_sr_1

I remember when I first heard about A Wrinkle in Time and being struck by how I hadn’t heard of it before. ( Read more... )

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REVIEW: The Universe Against Her

The Universe Against Her: James H. Schmitz Ace, April 1979

Set in the future among the most privileged, powerful people in the known universe as imagined in the late seventies, there’s a slight sense of paleofuturology about this story. The main character is Telzey Amberdon (all the names are a bit like that), a fifteen year old ( Read more... )

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REVIEW: Katya's World

Katya’s World : Jonathan L. Howard, Strange Chemistry, 2012

I bought this without really appreciating that it was going to be YA. Anyway, Katya Kuriakova ( Read more... )

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REVIEW: Etiquette and Espionage

Etiquette & Espionage: Gail Carriger. Atom 2015 (reprint).

‘This is the right finishing school for you, isn’t it?’

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(Lightly edited on 29/5/19.)

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REVIEW: Girl Reading

Girl Reading: Katie Ward Virago 2012

I picked up this book in a charity shop because of the title, of course. It’s a collection of (long) short stories that all feature girls (or women) reading that, until the last story, are only tangentially linked. The stories cover various periods of time and places and, ( Read more... )

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OVERVIEW: Christmas reading

( Shirley Flight in the Rajah’s Daughter: Judith Dale )

( Spotlight: Patricia Wentworth )

( (Thunderbirds)Lady Penelope: The Albanian Affair: John Theydon )

I also read The School on the Loch by Angela Brazil, Class by Jane Beaton and Skate School – Ice Princess by Kay Woodward. Fuller reviews of those books will follow soonish.

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PERSONAL: Update

Since last posting more of my books from my parents' house have come to mine, including a Jeffrey Archer that wasn't mine and went straight into the charity shop bag. I hope to finish filling a second bag before the end of the week, as limited space is making me more ruthless. Not ruthless enough for my mother, and when I think of all the books that are still at theirs, I know that she's right with my head. I'm on the hunt for a bookshelf for a nook upstairs as one I was lent has been returned to its owner. I'm planning to get a taller one, which should help a little with the book piles.

Furthermore, I read Never Let Me Go in advance of the release of the film adaptation. It has haunted me and put me off reading school stories for a little. I then read Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson, who has passed away (I was alerted by

callmemadam). I only started reading her books very recently, but I've loved all of them. In fact, Magic Flutes's Tessa brought me to tears twice and I don't easily cry (or like opera). Something about her selflessness touched me. So, I am saddened at the news of her creator.