Ahoy there me mateys! This be me read for the October BookBum Club Challenge where the theme be "Horrorween - read a horror book for Halloween!" This has been on me list to read for forever. I picked this one because it won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel (2007), Locus Award for Best First Novel (2008), ITW … Continue reading Off the Charts – heart-shaped box (Joe Hill)
Ahoy there me mateys! While drawin’ up me lists of 2016 for me log, I realized a curious thing – out of 134 books read, not a single one was a re-read. In me enthusiasm of discovery and taking suggestions from me crew, I did not revisit a single old port for plunder! And part of what … Continue reading Second Reflections – a tree grows in brooklyn (Betty Smith)
Ahoy there me mateys! Though this log’s focus is on sci-fi, fantasy, and young adult, this Captain does have broader reading tastes. So occasionally I will share some novels that I enjoyed that are off the charts (a non sci-fi, fantasy, or young adult novel), as it were. This be me read for the August BookBum … Continue reading Off the Charts – gone girl (Gillian Flynn)
Ahoy there me mateys! This be me read for the July BookBum Club Challenge where the theme be "that is so last year - a book ye meant to read in 2017." Well Dean Koontz is one of me favourite authors and was featured in Broadside No. 9 but I hadn't read a book by him … Continue reading The Captain’s Log – the silent corner (Dean Koontz)
Ahoy there me mateys! This be me read for the June BookBum Club Challenge where the theme be "movie night - a book adapted into a movie." Well this be a tv series on Fox which hasn't happened yet. But I claim it counts because the trailer is out. Arrr! The very basic premise … Continue reading The Captain’s Log – the passage (Justin Cronin)
Ahoy there me mateys! This be one of me reads in me May BookBum Club Challenge where the theme be "around the world: a book by an author who is from another country." This author be from South Africa. I was reminded of this book's existence from me recent look at me NetGalley Rejections - … Continue reading The Captain’s Log – zoo city (Lauren Beukes)
Ahoy there me mateys! I received this fantasy eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So here are me honest musings . . . i met a traveller in an antique land (Connie Willis) Title: i met a traveller in an antique land Author: Connie Willis Publisher: Subterranean Press Publication Date: TODAY!! (hardback/e-book) … Continue reading On the Horizon – i met a traveller in an antique land (Connie Willis)
Ahoy there me mateys! I received this sci-fi eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So here be me honest musings . . . phoresis (Greg Egan) Title: phoresis Author: Greg Egan Publisher: Subterranean Press Publication Date: TODAY!! (hardback/e-book) ISBN: 978-1596068667 Source: NetGalley The cover drew me in and three things convinced me … Continue reading On the Horizon – phoresis (Greg Egan)
Ahoy there me mateys! This be the second read in me April BookBum Club Challenge! This read is long overdue. Ye see it all stems from a post I read from me matey Jackie @ deathbysundoku back in October 2017. She be on the Great Newbery quest wherein she be reading all Newbery medal winners … Continue reading The Captain’s Log – call it courage (Armstrong Sperry)
Ahoy there me mateys! A while back, I joined me first ever online book club sponsored by Zuky @ BookBum and hosted on both her blog and Goodreads. The reason I was excited about this club is because there are themes for the month but no set reading list. Now I be a major mood … Continue reading Shiver me Timbers! – April BookBum Club Challenge!
