Clang, by Ember Ashworth, is the kind of high fantasy I want to read on a Sunday afternoon under a blanket with a cup of chai. It's cosy fantasy done well: warm, hopeful, and impeccably human, even when the err … humans in question are actually a dwarven master metal smith, an elven enchanter, and an endearing cat with wings named Menace. At its heart, this is a story about a family being built one stray at a time. Characters keep finding their way to Phoenix Forge, whether b

“Them as can do has to do for them as can’t, and someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.” ~Granny Aching (Tiffany’s Grandmother) The Tiffany Aching Series by @terrypratchettbooks and cover art by artist @paulkidby I just spent November and December reading this series. I finished it yesterday. If you like fantasy, witches, wizards, pictsies, and fairies (er, not the fun kind, though, they only exist is picture books). If you like books that can make sense of the b

A review of Juno Dawson's book, "This Book is Gay," which was the tenth-most banned and challenged book in schools in the US in 2022.