Author Archives: Dove

Thoughts: The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel

Posted on 6 April 2020 by Dove

Oh man, this one is going to be disappointing in terms of analysis and detail. What can I say? I’ve been waiting years for it, and it came. It was what I was hoping for. I only had to haul … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers

Posted on 14 March 2020 by Dove

So, given all the Covid-19 that’s going around, it’s probably a good time to catch up on reading, yes? I have a bit of a (totally normal) cold right now, so I’m feeling particularly sympathetic to the quarantiners. And happy … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The French Lieutenant’s Woman, by John Fowles

Posted on 7 March 2020 by Dove

I mean I’m going to open with this: if you want to read the thoughts of people much more interesting and intelligent than me, read the (wonderful) Guardian reading group’s posts on it, and the comments. My thoughts are not … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Non-Stop, by Brian Aldiss

Posted on 23 February 2020 by Dove

When I was a wee bairn, I was nosing around the stalls at my primary school’s summer fayre with a few pound my parents had given me to amuse myself and raise whatever funds those fayres were for (they were … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Power, by Naomi Alderman

Posted on 22 February 2020 by Dove

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! Not because I was thinking ugh I will hate this book, better read it, because I uh definitely never do that (let me kick Thomas Wolfe under this carpet here), but … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Findings, by Kathleen Jamie

Posted on 9 February 2020 by Dove

This is going to be a short one, partly because I’m implausibly still full of cold and partly because I just couldn’t think of a lot to say about this one – but not in a bad way.

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Thoughts: Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee

Posted on 1 February 2020 by Dove

Pachinko is in a genre of book that I tend not to gravitate towards but pretty much always enjoy when it finds its way into my hands – long, sprawling family saga. I don’t know why exactly I don’t seek … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Wagner the Werewolf, by George W. M. Reynolds

Posted on 18 January 2020 by Dove

I’ve been meaning to get back around to writing my book thoughts for a while (let’s not talk about how long) but reading Wagner the Werewolf has been an irresistible lure to let myself get dragged back into it. In … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Fall of Gondolin, by JRR Tolkien

Posted on 7 July 2019 by Dove

So. Been a while. Moving on. After frying my brain with Nnedi Okorafor in German, I tret myself to some pure comfort reading, going back to the start of my love affair with the speculative literary genres. When I was … Continue reading →

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Bomb

Posted on 14 April 2019 by Dove

They dug up another bomb in Frankfurt today.The flowing clouds never blinked nor pausedand neither do we.We pack our bags like we’re heading off on an adventure,not scared in the slightest,but I back up my work just in caseand carry … Continue reading →

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