Welcome to Bethan May Books, where I review books I've read and babble out my life in general.
A Divided River
I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway. A Divided River contains a short story (The Mudlarks Tale) and a novella (The Winter Fayre) set in the city of Vasini; the two are companions to Ellingsen's series The Vasini Chronicles but do not contain the main characters from the series. The Mudlarks Tale is the story… Continue reading A Divided River
Tenby With Rhys Jones
This post has been somewhat delayed... Last week, hubby and I abandoned our children with my mother and gallivanted off to Tenby for the night, to celebrate the fact that at the end of the month, our friend Rhys Jones is turning thirty (the last of us to do so). When I go anywhere, I… Continue reading Tenby With Rhys Jones
Tough Travelling: Strongholds
The lovely (and apparently sweary) Laura M Hughes from Fantasy Faction has captured my imagination with this month's Tough Travelling theme, Strongholds. Now, I have always had a love for strongholds (castles); as nurtured by my father and grandfather. Living in a country with over six hundred of them, that's more per square mile than any other… Continue reading Tough Travelling: Strongholds
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
It's Front Cover Friday! Throne Of Jade by Naomi Novik My mother-in-law bought me a gift voucher for Waterstones a couple of years ago now. I stood in front of the SFF shelves in my local store, in an agony of indecision. I settled on this book purely for the cover, I thought it was… Continue reading Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
An Empty Chair by Haf Llewelyn
I received this book from Y Lolfa in exchange for an honest review. An Empty Chair is available here 5/5 stars. An Empty Chair is the English translation of Haf Llewelyn’s Diffodd y Sêr; the story of Welsh First World War poet Hedd Wyn. Aimed at "teens", the narrative is told in the present tense… Continue reading An Empty Chair by Haf Llewelyn
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
A review from my Goodreads. On reading it a second time I've made some changes. 2/5 Stars I was disappointed that I didn't enjoy this book; I'd seen a lot of positive buzz about it, even from authors I admire such as Patrick Rothfuss. Ready Player One is set in a dystopian future (2044) where… Continue reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
New Reads
This week's #FrontCoverFriday comes to you from Y Lolfa! I'm very excited that they've sent me these three books to review. So this post is part cover feature, part check out my (work) to be read list! This will also be the first time I'll review books in Welsh, and although somewhat nervous I'm looking… Continue reading New Reads
