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Sunday, 3 May 2020

Book Review - The Killing Doll by Ruth Rendell

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The Killing Doll, first released in 1984, showcases Rendell's tremendous talent as a writer of psychological suspense, and being the f...
Wednesday, 26 December 2018

German Fantasy Literature of the 1970s and 1980s - A preliminary reading list and an ongoing reading project

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I am not entirely sure when exactly I started toying with the idea of creating a reading list for popular German fantasy fiction published...
Tuesday, 25 December 2018

Book Review: Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge

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It's 1963, it's Halloween and in a secluded backwater somewhere in the US teenage boys are being starved by their parents and lo...
Sunday, 2 September 2018

Book Review - Lady Of Light (Westria Book No 1) by Diana L Paxson

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As can be expected from the first book of a series,  Lady of Light  sets the scene and introduces the reader to the main protagonists of P...
Sunday, 26 August 2018

Summary and Review - The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Darkover Series)

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An extremely short novella and initially released in 1958 in one of the pulp magazines, The Planet Savers is understood to be the first ...
Saturday, 25 August 2018

Book Review: American Coven by Amy Cross

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My first venture into the literary world of Amy Cross. It was a bizarre ride.  Cross appears to be an author with a prolific digital o...
Sunday, 19 August 2018

Book Review: Disordered Minds by Minette Walters

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Diligently working my way through all the unread books on my shelf, I finished Disordered Minds by Minette Walters a couple of weeks ago...
Sunday, 24 June 2018

Book Review : Anne McCaffrey - The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, I)

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I must admit I decided to read The Rowan for two reasons. Firstly, I had never read anything by McCaffrey and secondly, judging by the cur...
Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Brother Cadfael Goes Knitting - Knitted Monk Exhibition at Tewkesbury Abbey

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I know, fictional Cadfael resided at Shrewsbury Abbey, but I couldn't resist the header. These guys are currently on display in a ...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Happy 50th, Baby Satan! - Rosemary's Baby turns 50 in 2018: Summary and Review of Ira Levin's 1968 Novel

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First published in 1968, Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby will celebrate its fiftieth birthday in 2018. A good reason to start cele...
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