Tag: series recommendations
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The Dark and Sinister Tale of Dot Hutchison’s The Butterfly Garden
I requested The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison thanks to one of my trusted Bookstagram readers, and given the number of novels I had to read in a short time, I gave it to my mum to read first. She zoomed through it. I just finished it, and even being under the weather couldn’t prevent…
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My Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries Series Review
Buckle up everyone because this is going to be a rollercoaster of emotions, excitement, and eagerness to get you to pick up the Murderbot Diaries by Martha wells. I don’t think I have been so keen to do a series review in a while, and you can bet I will be going ahead with the…
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Jen Deluca’s Well Played Plucks At The Heartstrings
Following Well Met, we have Jen Deluca’s second novel Well Played, and this one is a little more tense and suspenseful. With mistaken identity, online communication (which in turn leads to some miscommunication) and two characters who don’t really know what they’re doing with themselves, Well Played continues this whimsy Ren Faire romance series and…
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Familiar Faces for Murderbot in Martha Wells’ Exit Strategy
I’ve been waiting since All Systems Red, patiently reading Artificial Condition and Rogue Protocol, and we have arrived. Finally, we have the Murderbot novel that brings us back to the beginning with our friends from the Preservation. Exit Strategy is one great big hostage situation, and it is a world of fun reading it. I…
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Martha Wells Writes Existential Sci-Fi Like A Pro With Rogue Protocol
I love The Murderbot Diaries, and Martha Wells is truly one of my favourite authors as a result of binge-reading the novels. Rogue Protocol, the third instalment in the series, really taps into the deeper themes and concepts of life, both for humans and robots, and to see it all culminate in this brilliant addition…
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My Yona of the Dawn Manga Series Review
I’m finishing off my month of posts with a manga series recommendation for you all. A few years ago, I started reading Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi and I fell in love. At one point – and I wish I still had the photo to use to show you all – I got…
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More Sci-Fi Magnificence in Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, the second instalment in The Murderbot Diaries, is just as humorous, emotional, relatable, and incredible as All Systems Red. The more I read this series, the more I love Martha Wells and her glorious brain, but the more I also find my appreciation for sci-fi growing. It has a dark…
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My Review of Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles
If you have been checking in with this blog over the last few months, then you will have seen I reread The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. If you don’t know what that is, the Lunar Chronicles is a YA sci-fi fairytale retelling series spread across four books, blending elements of the traditional narrative structures…