The Bird’s Child by Sandra Leigh Price
There’s something to be said for seeking out authors from more unfamiliar places, especially when experiencing a dry phase in which nothing read quite hits the mark. The experience can be illuminating and so it was with The Bird’s Child, a 2015 debut novel by Australian author Sandra Leigh Price.
The Bird’s Child tells the story of three people living in Sydney in 1929, all with pasts they’d rather forget. There’s Ari,
December 18th, 2017. Katie Burton´s rating: 4 | Sandra Leigh Price | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Spoonbenders (2017) by Daryl Gregory, is multi-generational family saga. It’s a coming-of-age story. It’s a psychic adventure story and a weird conspiracy tale for lovers of shadowy CIA projects like MKULTRA. It’s a gangster story. There’s a heist. There is a long con, and a madcap comedy along the lines of classic Marx Brothers routines. There are a couple of romances, a direct-distribution scheme, a medallion, a cow and a puppy. If we’re talking genre, I don’t know what Spoonbenders is.
December 18th, 2017. Marion Deeds, Kat Hooper and Tadiana Jones´s rating: 5 | Daryl Gregory | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
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Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…
this sounds like a fun one
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Looking forward to reading the review.