the weary bookcase – a very tired reader fills an infinite bookcase

Book cover. The title is written in a curvy white font, with pink flowers with blue leaves behind it. There is also some bones, a bird, a stringed instrument, a dagger, a skull, and a padlock in among the flowers. All is set against a black background.

sci-fi/fantasy, young adult

Saint Death’s Daughter, by C.S.E. Cooney

January 15, 2022 — 0 Comments

Book cover: a crumpled sheet of paper with sketches of a cat, a bottle, a washing machine, a gun, a planet, and a book around the title and author.

Fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, short stories

Even Greater Mistakes, by Charlie Jane Anders

November 16, 2021 — 0 Comments

Book Cover: An Asian woman with long black hair and a fringe looks out at the reader, which a crane with a crimson cap whirls around her head.

Fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, young adult

Six Crimson Cranes, by Elizabeth Lim

June 4, 2021 — 0 Comments

Book cover. There are different shaped blocks of colour, some of which contain the title and author, while others have sillhouettes of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, a fox with many tails, a running figure, and a jaguar.

Fiction, own voices fiction, sci-fi/fantasy

Monkey Around, by Jadie Jang

May 2, 2021 — 0 Comments

Dystopia, essays, Fiction, Non-fiction, sci-fi/fantasy

Forest 404

February 2, 2021 — 0 Comments

Book cover. Against a smoky blue background, the silhouettes of seven women are in motion upon a dark surface.

Fiction, sci-fi/fantasy

The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal

October 10, 2020 — 0 Comments

Book cover. Old fashioned, brightly coloured dustwrapper with a blue sea and an island, with the title against a bright yellow sky.

Fiction, romance

Kingdom Lost, by Patricia Wentworth

April 30, 2020 — 0 Comments

Book cover. A set of rabbit ears with bullet holes in them frames signs that say "rehome them in Wales" and "they breed so fast", on a red background.

Dystopia, Fiction, sci-fi/fantasy

The Constant Rabbit, by Jasper Fforde

April 27, 2020 — 0 Comments

Book cover. Photograph of a group of seven members of the women's land army holding tools.

history, Non-fiction

Holding the Home Front, by Caroline Scott

April 11, 2020 — 0 Comments

Book cover. A cityscape at night, lit up by bright florescent lights, and above it two faces made up of bright blue lines, looking into each other's eyes.

Fiction, sci-fi/fantasy

The Sentient, by Nadia Afifi

April 8, 2020 — 0 Comments

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