{"id":1279,"date":"2017-01-22T13:45:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/?page_id=1279"},"modified":"2018-01-28T17:11:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T17:11:20","slug":"2017-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/2017-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 2017, like the last couple of years,\u00a0I am not dividing books into separate category lists, but each review line will have a tag or two indicating what kind of book it is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Earth to Centauri: The First Journey<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Mabinogion<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Traditional<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Ancient Paths<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Non-fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kim<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Historical fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Ghost of Scarside Beck<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Contemporary fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Martian<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sea Witch<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Historical fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>When the Mermaid Sings<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Historical fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Dagger of Dresnia<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Magic Goes Away<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steel Beach<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Queen of a Distant Hive<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/thereview2014.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/11\/richard-reviews-queen-of-distant-hive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Review Group review<\/a>&#8230; Historical fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>World Without Stars<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sargasso of Space <\/strong>(4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>News from Nowhere<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Speculative fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Wood beyond the World<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Well at the World&#8217;s End<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>In the Heart of the Sea<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Non-fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Belerion Odyssey<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/discoveringdiamonds.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/10\/a-discovering-diamonds-review-of_27.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovering Diamonds review<\/a>&#8230; Historical fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>RUR<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Play<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legenda Maris<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delusion&#8217;s Master<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Lensman<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Triplanetary<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xenogeneic<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Voyage of the Space Beagle<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Lions of Al-Rassan<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Alternate history<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Genius of Birds<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Non-fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Golden Dragon<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/discoveringdiamonds.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/07\/golden-dragon-by-ve-ulett.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovering Diamonds review<\/a>&#8230; Alternate history \/ steampunk<\/li>\n<li><strong>The du Lac Chronicles<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/discoveringdiamonds.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/07\/the-du-lac-chronicles-by-mary-anne-yard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovering Diamonds review<\/a>&#8230; Historical fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Unorthodox Engineers<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Songs of Chaos<\/strong> (The Portals, Book 1) (5*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>To the Devil his Due<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/discoveringdiamonds.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/06\/to-devil-his-due-by-paul-bernardi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovering Diamonds Review<\/a>&#8230; Historical fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Oak: A Grown Up Fairy Tale<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Patterns of Chaos<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pavane<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Alternate history<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Last Great Naval War<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Alternate history<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Mourning Ring<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/discoveringdiamonds.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/04\/the-mourning-ring-by-sarah-parke.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovering Diamonds review<\/a>&#8230;\u00a0Historical fiction, Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Golem and the Djinni<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Alternate history, fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Observations during a tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland<\/strong> (Ann Radcliffe, edited by Penny Bradshaw) (5*)&#8230; Travel writing, classic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arkwright<\/strong> (3*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mariah&#8217;s Song<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/thereview2014.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/02\/richard-reviews-mariahs-song-by-barbara.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Review Group review<\/a>\u2026 Historical fiction, Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Lady of Shalott<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Poetry, Classic<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Mysteries of Udolpho<\/strong>\u00a0(4*)\u2026 Historical fiction, Classic<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Castle of Otranto<\/strong> (4*)\u2026 Historical fiction, Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 2017, like the last couple of years,\u00a0I am not dividing books into separate category lists, but each review line will have a tag or two indicating what kind of book it is. 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