by Alex McKenzie | Nov 30, 2024 | Reviews, Book Reviews
Spoilers ahead I’m going to start with a disclaimer. I should not be reviewing this book. I am so far removed from the music scene, that I honestly have no business weighing in with my thoughts and opinions. I don’t have real passion for music, either creatively or...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 31, 2024 | Reviews, Book Reviews
Spoilers Ahead Trigger Warning – Sexual Assault In the second page of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton, she talks about how Cape Breton used to export fish, coal, and steel; but in 2005, its main export is people. Empty chairs around tables, fathers,...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 30, 2024 | Reviews, Book Reviews
Spoilers Ahead Whalefall by Daniel Kraus came into my life via a skeet (a Bluesky post, for those who are unfamiliar with the term) by Elizabeth Hargrave, designer of Wingspan. It basically said “I put Whalefall on my holds list, then by the time it was available, I...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 31, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Spoilers Ahead Equal Rites, by Sir Terry Pratchett was his 3rd Discworld novel, originally published in 1986 and tells the story of young Eskarina as she inherits magic from a dying wizard, and grows up with the innate ability to use magic, despite being a woman. The...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 31, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
“Let’s start with the end of the world, why don’t we?” The Fifth Season is a fantasy story told via 3 storylines. Essun, a woman, Syenite, an apprentice orogene (Earth Mage), and Damaya, a young, feral orogene. The narrative for Essun is told from the second-person...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 30, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the kind of book that tells you everything that you need to know about the titular character. Eleanor is completely fine. How’s work? Fine. How’s life? Fine. Should life be more than fine? Well, that’s the book, isn’t it? Eleanor...