I always love Alan Moore’s work, and with Neonomicon he demonstrates he truly understands what Cosmic Horror is supposed to be. In a word, horrifying. 

This Christmas, I implore you all to try and keep from giving any more money to the company that treats its workers like scum while its owner spends the pandemic building his own private spaceship. 

This year, let's try to avoid using Amazon. 

This was another book that I couldn't really fault. It has an interesting story, and was rooted in a folklore I'm not familiar with. It had a strong sense of heritage and culture outside of my own. Yet, I simply couldn't get lost in it as much as I would have thought I would. 

At last, a nostalgic movie that lives up to its heritage.

Well, I've watched the first two episodes of Amazon Prime's new The Wheel of Time series. And, given my love of the series and my thoughts on the importance of change in book-to-film adaptations, I thought I should give my opinion. 

Which comes in with a resounding... meh. 

I found Polysecure to be one of those books that had some really intelligent and insightful things to say. You just need the stamina to be able to process everything it hands you.

I’d like to make an appeal to the recruiters of the world. Please, please, stop asking why we are applying for your job. You know why, and you need to stop pretending otherwise.

It’s because we have no choice.

When I was put on furlough at the start of Lockdown, I was ecstatic. For as long as this lasted, my days were my own to do as I wished. And that meant writing!

And so, on Day One, I sat down at my desk and started working.

An hour later, I had to stop. That was it. I’d run out of steam.

I was suspicious of this book, as I am of any book “written” by a celebrity. But I found myself pleasantly surprised. Osman offers something perfectly crafted to appeal to anyone who has enjoyed a cosy Sunday afternoon detective show.

I haven't managed to get a lot of reading done this month. My mental health has put my mind in a place where concentrating hasn't been easy, which has pushed me more towards TV than books.

I enjoyed The Terror, but at times I felt this was almost despite the writing rather than because of it. The best description I can think of is this novel is “very Stephen King”. Whether this is a blessing or a curse is up to you. 

A fun dark read that’s just long enough to be satisfying without overstaying its welcome.

I didn't get through many books in July, mainly because of how long it took me to get through The Terror.

I went into this City of Thieves blind, not knowing what to expect. What I found was a well researched and entertaining story of a side of the Second World War that we don’t hear a lot about in the West. However, there was something about it stopping clicking with me as well as I thought it should have.  

If you are a reader who prefers beautifully detailed setting and description rather than consistent character and satisfying payoffs, this is the book for you. Where the Crawdads Sing wasn't a bad read, but Owen's experience as a non-fiction nature writer shines through. 

War Lord wraps up the story of Uhtred of Bebbanburg. But as much as I enjoyed it just as much as the previous books in the series, I would have liked something a little more climatic. 

Having hit all the right notes in the first two books of this trilogy, I was eager to see whether Follett had again managed to capture the same magic in the finale. And while I had more issues with Edge of Eternity than with the previous books, that in no way prevents it from being a worthy climax to the series. 

Every so often, I decide to throw a wildcard into my reading pile. And having recently rewatched the entire run of the 1990s adaptations of Jeeves and Wooster, I decided I would finally give reading P.G. Wodehouse a go.