J.K. Rowling is set to deliver a special present to Harry Potter fans this month by counting down the Twelve Days of Christmas with 12 new short stories from the world of Hogwarts. Starting on December 12th and running through until December 23rd, the Pottermore website will be posting daily short stories which promise “wonderful […]
Book Review – Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler
Michelle Herbert reviews Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler… Nyctophobia is a book structured around darkness and light and its focus is on Hyperion House which is bathed in sunlight from dawn to dusk. Callie Shaw is looking to find the perfect house to share with her new husband Mateo Torres in the region of Spain he […]
Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a series of tie-in books
Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that they will count down to the hotly-anticipated release of the seventh chapter of the Star Wars Saga with a publishing initiative entitled Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will include at least 20 “in canon” books, ranging from adult and teen novels to kid’s sticker books. “The […]
Book Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry… Usually when a big blockbuster movie comes out the novelization is timed to coincide with its release, but in the case of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm decided to release the novelization of the Rian Johnson-directed film three months after the filme. Fry writes […]
Book Review – 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Michelle Herbert reviews 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster… 4 3 2 1 is a book about stories and writing, all told from one character’s perspective, that of Archie Ferguson. Although that isn’t strictly true, as there are four versions of Ferguson, each growing up slightly different from the others, in terms of their […]
George A. Romero’s The Living Dead novel to receive posthumous release
When George A. Romero passed away last year, the godfather of the modern zombie movie had been producing a new instalment in his Dead series, Road of the Dead (which he described as “The Fast and the Furious with zombies), and while the status of that project seems to be up in the air since the […]
Book Review – Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Michelle Herbert reviews Strange Weather by Joe Hill… Strange Weather is a collection of short stories, which not surprisingly have a connection to meteorological conditions, whether that is a growing forest fire or rain that no longer falls as expected. These stories have weather in the background, yet these are very human stories full of […]
Book Review – Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
Ricky Church reviews Iron Gold by Pierce Brown… Pierce Brown’s Red Rising trilogy ended a couple years ago, but the author has returned to his high concept sci-fi tale in an intriguing first chapter of a new trilogy. Where the Red Rising trilogy followed a slave revolution across the solar system, Iron Gold picks up a decade after the events of […]
Book Review – Friendly Fire by Gavin G Smith
Michelle Herbert reviews Friendly Fire by Gavin G Smith… Friendly Fire is the second novel in Gavin G Smith’s The Bastard Legion series, this started with the novel The Bastard Legion or when I reviewed it The Hangman’s Daughter. My review of that book can be found here, spoilers for that book will be mentioned […]
Book Review – The Switch by Justina Robson
Michelle Herbert reviews The Switch by Justina Robson… The Switch throws you straight into its story, where we find Nico, the main character, standing before a judge about to be sentenced to death for a crime he cannot remember committing. On the way to Nico’s execution, we follow Nico’s life story from his time at […]
