Title / Waste Tide Author / Chen Qiufan Publication Date / 2019 Genre / Science fiction Page no. / 480 Overall Rating / ★★★★ Originally written in Chinese and published in 2013, this edition is translated by Ken Liu and published by Tor Books. It is the author’s debut book. Set in a dystopian China of … More Waste Tide / Chen Qiufan
Title / The Memory Police Author / Yoko Ogawa Publication Date / 2019 Page no. / 288 Overall Rating / ★★★★ Originally written in Japanese and published in 1994, this edition is translated by Stephen Snyder and published this year. It is set on a unnamed island and is narrated by an unnamed woman. The closet … More The Memory Police / Yoko Ogawa
Hi guys, I hope you are all well. Today I have another 5 reasons to read style review to share and this time I’ll be talking about one of my favourite sci-fi books, Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi. It is a reboot of H. Beam Piper’s 1962 book Little Fuzzy. I have not read the original but … More 5 reason to read Fuzzy Nation
Title / Queenslayer Author / Sebastien de Castell Publication Date / 2019 Series or standalone / 6 book series Page no. / 416 Overall Rating / ★★★★ This is the fifth book in the Spellslinger series, which makes it the penultimate instalment. It continues to follow the adventures of Kellan and Reichis. To avoid spoilers … More Queenslayer / Sebastien de Castell
Title / The Sword of Kaigen Author / M. L. Wang Publication Date / February 2019 Series or standalone / Standalone Page no. / 559 Overall Rating / ★★★★★ The Sword of Kaigen is a self published, Japanese-inspired, high fantasy book set in the same world as the author’s Theonite series, however this book is a standalone and … More The Sword of Kaigen / M. L. Wang
Title / Black Leopard, Red Wolf Author / Marlon James Publication Date / February 2019 Series or standalone / book 1 of 3 Page no. / 640 Overall Rating / ★★ Thank you to the publisher (Penguin) for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is the first book in the Dark Star trilogy. … More Black Leopard, Red Wolf / Marlon James
Hi guys, I hope you are all well. When you start out reviewing books it can be a little tricky to know where to start, so today I am sharing some tips to writing reviews. I’m not an expert and I still have plenty of room for improvement but I do have a few tips … More Tips for Reviewing Books
