The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 Stars - A speculative fiction page turner that was right up my street!
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
🔭🔭🔭🔭 4/5 Celestial Bodies - An impressive literary archivement, though it is very long!
Wise Children by Angela Carter
👯🏻👯🏻👯🏻👯🏻👯🏻 5/5 Twins - It left an impression on me at 17 & it's just as fun 20 years later!
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
💊💊 2/5 Magic Pills - I found this one too confusing & didn't have as good a time with it.
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
⭐⭐ 2/5 - Might be harsh but I'm pissed off by the mountain of wasted potential.
Reading Roundup: August 2026
Only 3 novels read, but they were all really interesting and will stick with me!
Titus Groan (Gormenghast #1) by Mervyn Peake
🏰🏰🏰🏰 4/5 Castles - Like nothing I've read before, audio cannot do it justice and I must revisit it in print!
20260827 Purpose + intellectual life
The past month has been a blur. I had a bug for a few days, and then I had a few days off work that ended up being extremely busy…
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 Stars - Exploring love in a dystopic police state, in a very PKD way.
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5/5 - I really enjoyed my re-read, and I think I finally get it!