A review by Nalini Haynes Laia was born into the Scholar caste, a downtrodden caste suffering random and not-so-random searches, torture and death at the …
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Chimes by Anna Smaill
A review by Nalini Haynes The Chimes is a post-apocalyptic dystopian novel with some tremendous differences, including a music-based language where memory and the written …
Evil Inside by Philip Taffs
A review C J Dee ISBN: 9781848663992 Format: Paperback, 309 [excluding acknowledgements] Publisher: Quercus Editions Ltd (Hachette) Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Guy Russell has just …
Sleeping Late on Judgement Day by Tad Williams
A review by Nalini Haynes ISBN: 9781444738667 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (Hachette) Format: paperback, 439 pages Bobby Dollar, angel with an attitude, is still trying …
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes ISBN: 9780006480105 ISBN10: 0006480101 On Sale: 1997 Format: Paperback, 768 pages Publisher: HarperVoyager (HarperCollins) Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5 I’m …
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes Originally published in 1996, Assassin’s Apprentice is so popular that HarperVoyager released an anniversary edition a few years ago. I …
Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
A review by Nalini Haynes Queen of the Tearling has a beautiful hardcover dust jacket featuring a dark chocolate background with dusty gold highlights in …
Doctor Who s02e06: The Age of Steel
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Graeme Harper Writers: Tom MacRae, Kit Pedler (characters: “Cybermen”) Stars: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri The ‘Age of Steel’ is part two …
An orange angel
by Nalini Haynes Rattle, rattle. My white cane scrapes across the directional tactiles on the road as I cross Bourke Street on an overcast Sunday …
Doctor Who and disability
After Simon Pegg played an evil albino in The Long Game (season 1 of New Who), I started noticing more that Doctor Who uses ‘othering’ stereotypes for villains. The only …
Doctor Who s01e07: The Long Game
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Brian Grant Writer: Russell T. Davies Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Bruno Langley The Doctor (Eccleston) and Rose (Piper) land on a space station …
Geek Girl in Love interviews Nalini Haynes
A note from Nalini Haynes With all the distractions at the end of semester, unimportant things like getting assignments finished, I forgot – Carrie Sessarego …
Wolves by Simon Ings
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★☆☆ three out of five stars UPDATE: author tweeted a response to this review, below. Some spoilers and trigger alert …
Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★☆ four out of five stars The Emperor’s Soul is a novella paired with Legion in Gollancz’s review copy. Shai is a …
Heat (2013 movie)
Passing the Bechdel Test but at what price? A review by Nalini Haynes The Heat follows the adventures of Special (FBI) Agent Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) …