Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston This month I have been enjoying ‘One Last Stop’ by Casey McQuiston. The story focuses on a restless August as she moves to New York, trying to find a place to call
Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Review of Reputation by Lex Croucher
Review of Reputation by Lex Croucher Georgiana or ‘George’ is a heroine straight out of Austen, a young girl of middle class background staying with down-at-heel relatives for her first ‘season’. She falls in with upper-class Frances and her friends,
Review of Kindred by Octavia Butler
Review of Kindred by Octavia Butler I would highly recommend reading Kindred because the way that Octavia Butler uses time travel as a way to explore the contemporary effect of slavery is truly unique and thought provoking. The narrator, Dana, suddenly
A Day in the Life of a Student Researcher at York St John
A Day in the Life of a Student Researcher at York St John In 2021 I was a part of a Students as Researchers project exploring the York St John University’s connections to colonialism. The aim of the project was
Review of Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Review of Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Over the summer, I read Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. It is a fun and easy-to-read coming of age novel. The book follows Queenie, a London woman in her twenties, as she discovers her own
Review of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Review of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin N K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season is the first book in an epic fantasy trilogy about a world wracked by earthquakes and volcanoes. Certain people – known as orogenes – have the
Review of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Review of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut This satiric tale follows the journey of Kilgore Trout, a struggling science fiction writer who answers an invitation to the Midland City Arts Festival. Meeting with a prominent business owner (Dwayne Hoover),
Review of Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Review of Dawn by Octavia E. Butler Dawn is a brilliant Sci-fi novel that imagines the survival of the human species after Earth has become inhabitable. The portrayal of Lilith’s awakening on an alien ship and her struggle to overcome