“Can I Have a Cigarette?”: November in Review

November was supposed to be SciFi Month. I mean, it still was for everyone else and, while I usually have a theme for events like this, I had opted for a chaotic lack of a plan this time round. In the end that turned out to mean not taking part at all cos of a...

Announcing the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards Winners 2021!

Award season is truly upon us bookwyrms, and the Subjective Chaos 2021 winners have been chosen! Congratulations to all the winners and to Alix E. Harrow and C. L. Polk in particular for being the first joint winners in the Fantasy category! It was an honour to be asked onto this years panel and hats...

The Scourge of Corporate Media: October in Review

I've been very quiet during the second half of this year blogwise, especially when it comes to book reviews. That's cos I've been going through a kind of extended epiphany about my relationship to media analysis and the cultural environment in which we read books and watch films or TV shows. For a long time...

Boo! Watcha Readin’? A Spooky Reading Update 19/10/2021

I'm in full Halloween mode now. Nary a night goes by without a pant-shittingly scary film on the telly or a spooky ass book in my hand. Film-wise I've been having a ton of fun with some new-to-me stuff and classics alike. Got a rewatch of Dog Soldiers in last week, followed by UFO cult...

The Great Series Read Project Launch Part 2: Electric Bookaloo

Evening bookwyrms. The more discerning among you may have realised it's been two months since I posted part one of my Great Series Read Project launch. My commitment to blogging just ain't what it used to be apparently. Nevertheless, the tortoise beats the hare and all that, so you can all let out that breath...

“No One Escapes Cidhna Mine”: September in Review

Happy Spooky Season one and all, however you choose to celebrate. I've got a new cauldron on order, a rewatch of Hocus Pocus planned out and a bunch of small press horror books and short stories on hand to see me through the month of dark magic and pumpkin spiced lattes (yes I've embraced my...

Announcing the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards Finalists 2021!

It seems both forever ago and only yesterday we were announcing this year's Subjective Chaos nominees. Well, after seven months of reading the longlists, the panel have voted for our finalists! BEST FANTASY FINALISTS THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by Alix E. Harrow & THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN by C. L. Polk BEST SCIENCE FICTION FINALISTS...

What’s Occurring? A Bookish Community Roundup 10/09/2021

1. I'm gonna be a bit self-indulgent this week and start with something I threw out into the ether. My tweet soliciting anticapitalist discussion posts about themes in speculative fiction got much more interest than I thought. A bunch of people contacted me saying they want to contribute or already have ideas to pitch, so...

What’s Occurring? A Bookish Community Roundup 03/09/2021

There wasn't a weekly roundup last Friday because I was away in the countryside, so I'm condensing the past two weeks into today's roundup. Enjoy 🙂 1. Definitely want to start off by congratulating Caitlin from Realms Of My Mind on reaching her third blogaversary! Caitlin was one of the first bloggers I starting reading...

You Are What You Have: August in Review

Happy September bookwyrms. One month closer to Spooky Season and my basic ass is getting stirred up for the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte and the imminent prospect of reading spooky ghost stories by candlelight when it starts getting dark at 5pm again. Reading-wise, I read one whole book in August, and it was...