Floor to Ceiling Books

For the last four years of so, I have been working away on Tor.com as a re-reader for the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. This was the year we completed reading the main series of ten novels, and these were my thoughts overall on the series...

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous...

To celebrate the imminent return of Dr Who, and to indulge both my geeky and crafty sides, I bring you a quick top ten knitting and crochet projects!
1. A Dalek plushie
2. A Matt Smith doll

When we talk about the lack of female authors visible in epic fantasy, and the lack of strong female characters, I always feel as though one name is left off the list and that has started to bug me.
You see, in 2001 (hell, I was still at university then - it is a LOOONG time ago!) a lady author called Jacqueline Carey wrote a novel called Kushiel's Dart. And it is beyond superb. The lyrical and beautiful prose, the politics, the mystery, the quest...