If ever proof was needed that young children do not need to be talked down to in the stories they enjoy, this is it. Slowly making our way through A Wizard of Earthsea as our bedtime story for my lil'one. The writing is beautiful and evocative, and the tone just sings in the light of bedside lamp.

12 short stories of horror, personal and supernatural, set in Lagos. Full review on the Substack:
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Heavy metal and Conflict of Mythic proportions!
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Current TBR until the end of July.
📕"Why Dead Gods Weep" a banging title
📕"Tears of the Fallen" edgy vibes, cool sword-as-tree motif.
📕"Diogenes" people are weird.
📕 "Augury of Blood" metal?
📕 "Ghost Roots" book club reboot.
📕 "Baptism of Fire" WITCHER!
📕"House of Leaves" menacing glares.

FRESH and RECOMMENDED - "Bee Speaker", by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Crazed AI, Martian aid workers in over their own heads, GMO dogs and skinks? A fun read in a post-technological apocalypse.

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FRESH and RECOMMENDED - "Cursed Bunny", by Bora Chung. Weird, wondrous whimsy and...whorror? Sad attempts at alliteration aside, a great collection of twisted short stories.
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DUSTY and RECOMMENDED - "A Song for Arbonne", by Guy Gavriel Kay. Cheese and lots of wine, sexy troubadours and more of GGK's beautiful writing! Check out the full review at:
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Reading a Song for Arbonne with a hasty cheese platter, some white wine and troubadour musique from the Languedoc.
As always, Guy Gavriel Kay's writing just sings and demands immersion.

DUSTY and RECOMMENDED - "The Lions of Al-Rassan", by Guy Gavriel Kay. An eloquent expression of loss for those moments of beauty, short-lived as they may be.
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DUSTY and SUGGESTED - "Witches Abroad". Book 12 of Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I love Pratchett, but some of his earlier books lacked the punch you find in his later stuff. Still a fun read.
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DUSTY and RECOMMENDED - "Kindred", by Octavia Butler. Here's the thing - so far, Butler hasn't had a single miss for me. This book is not about the mechanics of its fantastical elements. It's all raw, powerful, and disturbing. Queen Butler. Full review at.
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DUSTY and RECOMMENDED - "Tigana", by Guy Gavriel Kay. Read this with a glass of wine in one hand, book in the other, Italian Opera or Renaissance Music on repeat. Feel like you are witness to a master painting scenes of Betrayal, Pride and Passion. Full review at theratsattic.substack.com/subscribe

DUSTY and RECOMMENDED - "Imaro", by Charles Saunders - A Soul and Sorcery action collection of 5 short stories around Imaro - the warrior in exile. Sub-Saharan feel and aesthetic, actions and violence galore. What's not to love in this classic book. Full review at theratsattic.substack.com/subscribe

Hello to the void! Previously I posted my book reviews on Instagram and Facebook. Despite a gradually growing audience there, I have decided to slowly delete my Meta accounts - both private and for reviews. Henceforth, BSky will be the place to find my reheated and fresh reviews. Onwards, ever on!