The Memory Keepers
In a future London, memories are traded by the rich, just as stocks are shares once were. In the North, the residents live freely and comfortably. In the South, you’re lucky to know where your next meal is coming from….
Visions
Visions is the second book in the Cainsville series and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous book, Omens. Olivia sees omens. With everything that’s happened since she moved to Cainsville, she doesn’t dismiss them as easily as…
Vivian Versus America
Vivian Versus America is the sequel to Vivian Versus the Apocalypse and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous book. Every morning I wake up and think, What do I have to do today in order to not…
More Than This
A boy dies. He wakes up alone in a familiar place. Is this the afterlife? There must be more than this? Is that what hell is? Trapped forever, alone in your worst memory? More Than This has such a strong…
Popcorn Moment: Before I Go to Sleep
Before I Go to Sleep is based on the novel of the same name by S.J. Watson, which I have previously devoured and loved. You can read my review of the book here. It’s one of those films whose effect…
Land
In 2014 sea levels rose to destructive heights. Those with the means fled in boats, sailing until they found land. These refugees set about creating Land, a place where everyone had their assigned purpose. Sixty years later, the population is…
Incoming!
AKA Showcase Sunday I got some great books from Hot Key Books in the last few weeks and my first 2015 review copy! Annihilation is still free on Kindle if you’re interested. For review: A Place Called Winter by Patrick…
The Chrysalids
I certainly did not feel unusual. I was a normal little boy, growing up in a normal way, taking the ways of the world about me for granted. Waknuk is a district of law-abiding, God-respecting people, where deviations and blasphemies…
One of Our Thursdays is Missing
One of Our Thursdays is Missing is the sixth book in the Thursday Next series and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous books. BookWorld is on the brink of a genre war. Literary detective Thursday Next is…
The Month That Was… August 2014
August was a mixed bag, with the delights of Nine Worlds, struggling to find my reading mojo and job-hunting. I’ve read some great books lately and I think my mojo is starting to recover with 12 books read last month…