Tag Archives: BAME Author

Thoughts: The Travelling Cat Chronicles, by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip Gabriel

Posted on 28 February 2018 by Dove

Long time no see… I didn’t mean for my break to go on this long! I was powering through to the end of a round of edits on a story, and then I sort of needed a break from all … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Promise of Shadows, by Justina Ireland

Posted on 14 January 2018 by Dove

This book found its way onto my TBR list because a friend found it on Goodreads and the summary sounded like amazing, silly fun to fill the impending Kitty Norville-shaped hole in my life. I want to say it sounded … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: A Tale For The Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki

Posted on 12 January 2018 by Dove

This isn’t going to be a nuanced piece at all, just to warn you. There won’t be any analysis of technique or meaty musings on style and technique and effect. This is going to be a gush. You have been … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Short Story Round-Up!

Posted on 17 December 2017 by Dove

In late October I read a load of short stories in a short timeframe, so I’m going to do a quick round-up here. I’ll be doing a similar graphic novel round-up soon too, because I’ve been riding that train these … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Basti, by Intizar Husain, translated by Frances W. Pritchett

Posted on 19 October 2017 by Dove

Oh man. I’m warning you now that this is going to be a big rant about translation, but I promise I will get some thoughts on the book in there as well.

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Thoughts: Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg

Posted on 18 October 2017 by Dove

Excuse the lateness… I’ve been planning for NaNo, and now that I’m mostly all plotted up, it’s time to clear my backlog of bookthoughts before the madness begins. Modern Romance isn’t my usual thing (as I say about pretty much … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro

Posted on 2 September 2017 by Dove

Almost caught up now. It took me this long to realise that while Spuggy was borrowing the Kindle, we actually have a book that’s on my TBR list! So I read it. Spoiler warning etc.

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Thoughts: Stories of Your Life And Others, by Ted Chiang

Posted on 15 July 2017 by Dove

I don’t read many short story collections, so this will be another collection of thoughts without much wider context for comparison, I’m afraid. It has been a while since I indulged in some proper sci-fi, though, and I enjoyed myself. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Accusation, by Bandi, translated by Deborah Smith

Posted on 30 April 2017 by Dove

OK so firstly, read this book. Just read it. Disclaimer: This book is probably worth more than my idiot opinions of it, but whoops, you’re getting them anyway.

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Thoughts: The House of Shattered Wings, by Aliette de Bodard

Posted on 20 April 2017 by Dove

Oh man, I have the most amazing backlog to work through. It’s incredible how much you can read when you’re trying to avoid looking at your own manuscript. The House of Shattered Wings wasn’t on my list, or my radar … Continue reading →

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