I’m an archaeologist in my day job. Now, I get that most people are fascinated by this. I also suspect that most non-archaeologists think Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Mummy are accurate depictions of what we do. (HINT: they are not). via GIPHY And, I also suspect that certain parts of the world

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Have you ever been disappointed by a book that’s been hyped on Bookstagram, Facebook, Twitter etc? As in aliens-sucked-out-my-brain disappointed? Throne of Glass was that book for me. Words aren’t enough to explain my disappointment in this steaming pile of poo book. However, words are pretty much all I have to give, so I’ve hyperextended

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One thing I think we all can agree on is that 2020 as a year pretty much sucks ass. And, what we could all really do with right now is a damned good laugh. Sci-fi isn’t a genre that most people associate with laugh-out-loud books, but I’ve managed to find a few that have definitely

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I’m going to admit that The City of Brass was a Bookstagram cover buy. And I’m going to be VERY clear here: I’m talking about the UK/AU cover on the left which is sock-you-in-the-jaw-and-knock-you-out awesome. The US cover on the right is umm…average. In fact, I’d walk right past it in a bookshop. Right away,

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I don’t think I’ve ever been on such a rollercoaster ride with a book as with New Zealand author Tamsyn Muir’s debut novel, Gideon the Ninth. I’m not going to lie. The moment I saw the cover plastered all over Bookstagram last year, I wanted to read this book. And, given my profession (archaeologist) and

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