It hardly seemed less than a week since I was last in our comfortable, if tiny, flat in London, unaware of the existence of Amalisia, nor that my husband was its rightful king. Yet here I was, staring across the field at my brother-in-law’s army and his dragons. Let me just repeat that. DRAGONS! I mean big, scary, fire-breathing lizards – three of them, and not too happy, to judge from the snarls and clouds...
Spellwright is the debut novel from Blake Charleton and is set in a world where words are magic in a literal as well as metaphorical sense. It deals with the protagonist's cacography (think dyslexia for the magical language) and his struggles to overcome it and take his place in prophecy. Nico must learn whether he is the Storm Petrel, destined to change and corrupt language and lead to the demon invasion or the Halcyon...
Spellwright is the debut novel from Blake Charleton and is set in a world where words are magic in a literal as well as metaphorical sense. Â It deals with the protagonist’s cacography (think dyslexia for the magical language) and his struggles to overcome it and take his place in prophecy. Â Nico must learn whether he is the Storm Petrel, destined to change and corrupt language and lead to the demon invasion or the Halcyon, the p...
The second half of Matt Smith's second season as the Eleventh Doctor kicked off last Saturday with an episode entitled Let's Kill Hitler. It was written by show runner Steven Moffat. Following on from my previous entry regarding spoilers I saw this episode completely unspoiled, especially the reveal that Amy and Rory's friend "Mels" was actually one of River Song's regenerations. In this case I believ...
The second half of Matt Smith's second season as the Eleventh Doctor kicked off last Saturday with an episode entitled Let's Kill Hitler. It was written by show runner Steven Moffat. Following on from my previous entry regarding spoilers I saw this episode completely unspoiled, especially the reveal that Amy and Rory's friend "Mels" was actually one of River Song's regenerations. In this case I believ...
To start I must disclose that this blog entry contains spoilers for all five of George R.R. Martin's currently published A Song of Ice and Fire books. I am also obliged to preface it by the full and frank admission that I am a spoiler junkie. Anywhere I can hunt them down, I will. For those of you who do not know, a slip up by Amazon meant that a handful of copies of A Dance with Dragons (hereafter ADwD) were shipped a week or so e...
To start I must disclose that this blog entry contains spoilers for all five of George R.R. Martin’s currently published A Song of Ice and Fire books. I am also obliged to preface it by the full and frank admission that I am a spoiler junkie. Anywhere I can hunt them down, I will. For those of you who do not know, a slip up by Amazon meant that a handful of copies of A Dance with Dragons (hereafter ADwD) were shipped a week or so ...
Spirit Gate is the first in Kate Elliott's Crossroads trilogy. I have to admit I struggled to finish reading this one. To give the book its due, I read it just after George R R Martin's A Dance With Dragons and any book would have suffered in comparison. (That reminds me; I probably should do a review of ADwD, too) As the first book in a trilogy, I had expected a lot of introductory backstory. Howe...
Spirit Gate is the first in Kate Elliott’s Crossroads trilogy.  I have to admit I struggled to finish reading this one.  To give the book its due, I read it just after George R R Martin’s A Dance With Dragons and any book would have suffered in comparison.  (That reminds me; I probably should do a review of ADwD, too) As the first book in a trilogy, I had expected a lot of introductory backstory.  However, I felt this b...
During a recent girls’ night out with some friends, the topic of discussion turned to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series. Not having watched it when it was first broadcast, I decided it might be worth a look. I downloaded the initial mini series from iTunes and was immediately hooked. I watched the entire miniseries over two evenings and straight away begged my friend to lend me the rest. As of now, ...