Monsters in general
I finally saw Underworld the other night (J didn’t; he fell asleep). It was pretty good: wish I’d seen it on the big screen, because some of the sequences would have been awesome. It was heavily...
View ArticleUnderworld
We re-watched Underworld and Underworld Evolution the other day; I really do like those movies. It was quite funny in that for a few minutes there I had to make the effort to remember that we were...
View ArticleDay 27
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it! Um. The name Alastair Reynolds? His name is enough to make me read an anthology, that’s for sure… I don’t think I have a “will read”. I know...
View ArticleGalactic Suburbia 58
In which we pore over the Ditmar ballot, Alex makes Tansy squirm about her nominations, Alisa makes Alex say ‘sexytimes’ more than once, and we take on the hard-hitting issues of the day: plagiarism,...
View ArticleThe Book of Life
1. I received this as a review copy from the publisher. 2. I have not read the previous two books in the trilogy. As well as impacting on my understanding of relationships, it’s possible this review...
View ArticleGalactic Suburbia 121: Live from Melbourne!
Galactic Suburbia 121: Live From Melbourne The Tea Salon edition in which we drink the Tabitha Blend in front of a live studio audience at Continuum XI and chat about feminist hashtags and vampire...
View ArticleNightshades
This book was provided to me by the publisher at no cost. It’s fair to say that I’m not a huge vampire fan. I have read a few vampire books, I’ve seen a few vampire movies, but they’re not...
View ArticleFledgling
I had read that this was Butler’s vampire-cum-courtroom drama, and had also been given a hint that the opening section might make the reader be all WHOA WTH NOOOO. And it would have, so I’m glad I had...
View ArticleThe Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
I have been chastised in the past – and rightly so – for saying ‘I don’t like horror’ and then trying to justify something as ‘not being real horror’ and therefore ok for me to like. I’ve only done...
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