Words. Pictures. Cats.
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
A Pretty Mouth by Molly Tanzer My rating: 5 of 5 stars A Pretty Mouth by Molly Tanzer This collection is a reverse chronological exploration of the nefarious Calipash family, a bloodline cursed to depravity, transformation, and dissolution. It is also a masterful exercise in…
Continue reading...Shepherd's Warning by Cailyn Lloyd My rating: 2 of 5 stars Shepherd's Warning by Cailyn Lloyd Review of a NetGalley eARC. This is a haunted house story in the vein of The Shining or The Amityville Horror (which is referenced explicitly in the text). The…
Continue reading...Hearthstone Cottage by Frazer Lee My rating: 2 of 5 stars Hearthstone Cottage by Frazer Lee Review of a NetGalley eArc. Four friends travel to the Scottish Highlands for a post graduation holiday, and of course things go terribly wrong. Mike, a party hard kind…
Continue reading...Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay This is a story set in the same faux-Europe as the Sarantine Mosaic series, but after Sarantium fell to the Osman…
Continue reading...Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fevre Dream by George. R. R. Martin This book is almost as old as I am, so it seems almost silly to review it. However, I do have thoughts, so here goes. This…
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