
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
Four shorter works of fiction than we are used to from the modern master of horror. I haven't read any short Stephen King in a while, so...

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
As I was re-reading ‘The Hobbit’ recently, I was struck by how many of the themes and events are paralleled in ‘The Lord of the Rings’.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
I love Edgar Allan Poe, and one of my favourite works is his murder mystery story 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'. It has been claimed as...

The King is Dead, Long Live the Queen
Most royal lines in fiction and in history have had a presumption in favour of a male heir, and even in the modern world there's still...

Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton
There are many different ways to win a war, and this book chronicles some of the most unlikely strategies employed by Allied forces in their

The Chalet School in Exile by Elinor Brent-Dyer
I agonized over which Chalet School story to review here at Memories for Mondays because I wanted my first review of one of Eleanor...

Creativity and Darkness by John C Adams
Creativity is a complex thing, and horror often explores the darkness it can engender in the human soul. The very act of generating a book

The Mountains of Channadran by Susan Dexter
‘The Mountains of Channadran’ is the third book in the Winter King’s War trilogy.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
For this 'Mysteries on Monday' posting, I'm reviewing stories about the most famous fictional detective of all time.

The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature
The 'Cambridge Companion' label is a byword for rigour and quality, so my expectations in purchasing this volume were set very high indeed.