Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold is one of the first books in the Vorkosigan saga, an epic military science fiction saga spanning...

Vigil by Angela Slatter is the author's debut novel but regular followers of this blog may recall that Slatter is also a much-lauded ...

It's that time of year again when the Aurealis Awards shortlists are announced. And what shortlists they are this year! (I might be bi...

Chatting with my friend Katharine, who also runs a book blog,  Ventureadlaxre , it came out that she'd been meaning to read Lois McMaste...

Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis is a children's novel (the main character is 12ish) about a young dragon that gets ...

Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor is a sequel novella to Binti , which I reviewed here and which went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula award...

The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred by Greg Egan is a science fiction novella set on two large asteroids out in the asteroid belt: Vesta...

Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff is the second book in the Illuminae Files trilogy. I previously reviewed the first book, Illumina...

Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire is a novella with a difficult-to-remember title until you realise the list is chronological...

Bitten by Amanda Pillar is the second novel set in the Graced universe. I have previously reviewed the other novel, Graced , and one of ...