How do you mix Senegalese tradition with science fiction? Our Memory Like Dust, Gavin Chaits – ARC Review

Fun fact, I thought I'd written this post, went back to look at it and realised I had completely forgotten to actually write a review? Appropriate for this book title? Most definitely. Goodreads Summary:  Why do we tell stories? To hold on to what has been loved and lost, to create new myths, to explain...

Post-Apocalyptic Paris Returns in ‘The House of Binding Thorns’

Hello mortals and welcome to another Chain Interaction book review. Before we kick off with this review of Aliette De Bodard's The House of Binding Thorns I recommend heading back in time and reading my review of the first title in this series The House of Shattered Wings just to give you a feel for where I'm coming from....

May Wrap Up (How did we do?)

Let's see what happened this month! I had some quite broad goals this month and I don't think I've beaten April in terms of sheer quantity but you never know! May Reading Goals: Finish the Red Queen series (DONE) Finish The Memoirs of Lady Trent (ALMOST DONE-I'm just waiting on the last one from the library) Read...

What’s taken my fancy in May?

Guess who forgot to schedule her posts properly so has double posts for a lot of days this week? THIS GAL! So prepare yourself for not one, not two but THREE double doses of chain interaction this week. Yes I could have worked around it and rescheduled things but honestly I really like writing wrap...

April – ‘To be read’ list

Having goals is important. I myself am one of those people who can't exist if I don't have fourteen to-do lists on the go at any one time. I have tried every app, every possible method of listing I can and most of them work for a while and then fade away into disuse. One...

Want-to-Read Wednesdays ‘Illuminae’ by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

For the first time ever this weeks 'Want-to-Read Wednesday' has been inspired by the review of another WordPress blogger. One of the things I love about blogging is that it's given me the chance to explore and discover books I never thought I would enjoy. Goodreads summary: This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra...

Review – A Madness of Angels, Kate Griffin

Goodreads Summary: For Matthew Swift, today is not like any other day. It is the day on which he returns to life. Two years after his untimely death, Matthew Swift finds himself breathing once again, lying in bed in his London home. Except that it's no longer his bed, or his home. And the last...