2018 Reading List [Incomplete]

2018 Reading List. This list is incomplete, and I don’t have the data saved elsewhere. This is all the books Continue reading →

On SFF, Gender, and Expanding Boundaries

Recently there was big news in SFF when author Victoria Schwab signed a million dollar deal with Tor books. This Continue reading →

2017 Reading List

2017 Reading List, a good chunk of this year’s reading came from a bundle of e-books that were all SFF Continue reading →

2016 Reading List

2016 Reading List, by this point I’d transitioned to Strange Currencies, and was still running the store full time. I Continue reading →

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 2

Welcome back, readers, to the second instalment of my look at interesting and novel magic systems. The first article can Continue reading →

2015 Reading List

2015 Reading List and the list from my first full year of running my own business. As you can see, Continue reading →

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 1

One of the most enduring tropes in fantasy as a genre is the presence of magic in the setting. Magic Continue reading →

Top Five Books Not Published in 2015

Well it’s that time of the year. The time of lists. And no review site would be complete with a Continue reading →

The Forgotten Realms

The Forgotten Realms is a fantasy setting which was created by Ed Greenwood in the 1960s, which came to commercial Continue reading →

Ranking, Rating and Reviewing

It is pretty much a given, in the internet age, that if there is a website where you can buy Continue reading →

Five Ways to Never End Your Story

Don’t you just hate it when a book or film has so much promise? Interesting characters, a rich setting, well-paced Continue reading →

‘A Memory of Light’ A Triumph of the Will?

So I came into the final chapters of A Memory Of Light with certain opinions, expectations, and ideas about how Continue reading →

Meanwhile, Over There

When authors create an original world, especially one with a great deal of depth, it becomes tempting if not necessary Continue reading →

The Broken Empire Trilogy: A Retrospective

Having just finished Emperor of Thorns which brings the Broken Empire trilogy to a close, I’ve decided, given the breadth Continue reading →

2011 Reading List

2011 Reading List, this marked the first year where I was publishing reviews, but before I was really in a Continue reading →

2010 Reading List

Reading list from 2010, the short little one paragraph reviews that I posted along with each title on some forums Continue reading →