Wombling Along!

reviews

Apr 25

Helloooo!

Welcome to Wombling Along the blog’s weekend supplement where I share the reviews and other things online I caught my eye this week. Hope you’re well grab a cuppa and relax!

This week could perhaps be best described as blurry, I have recovered from Shingles but quite a few work headaches erupted and meant my desire for reading was diminished. I have a nice pile of reviews to write up, a hell of a lot of good books awaiting me to read and by Great Uncle Bulgaria I will make that happen this week. Plus I may have volunteered for something!

Now onto the sharing

Reviews

Strange Horizons looks at Isaac by Allee Mead

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/isaac-by-allee-mead/

Espresso Coco a read of their year in the form of The Rush by Beth Lewis

https://espressococo.com/2026/04/23/the-rush-by-beth-lewis/

Locus enjoyed Green Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons

https://locusmag.com/review/green-deadly-things-by-jenn-lyons-review-by-liz-bourke/

And Rabbit Test And Other Stories by Samantha Mills

https://locusmag.com/review/rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/

I definitely want to read The Obake Code by Makana Yamamoto

https://locusmag.com/review/the-obake-code-by-makana-yamamoto-review-by-alexandra-pierce/

City Like Water by Dorothy Tse sounds very interesting

https://locusmag.com/review/city-like-water-by-dorothy-tse-review-by-niall-harrison/

Skiffy and Fanty look at If We Cannot Go At The Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop

https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/review-if-we-cannot-go-speed-of-light-by-choyeop/

Reactor continues their look at translated fiction with Dolki Min’s Walking Practise

https://reactormag.com/found-in-translation-dolki-min-walking-practice/

Another great review for Year of the Mer by L D Lewis

https://reactormag.com/book-review-year-of-the-mer-by-l-d-lewis/

And a look at The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi

https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-swans-daughter-by-roshani-chokshi/

Gingernuts of Horror enjoyed Death’s Daughter by S A Barnes

https://gnofhorror.com/deaths-daughter-by-s-a-barnes-review/

Fantasy Book Nerd gives a balanced opinion on Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee

https://www.fantasybooknerd.com/2026/04/book-review-japanese-gothic-kylie-lee.html?m=1

Autumn is for Reading has a good luck at Among Others by Jo Walton

https://autumnisforreading.blogspot.com/2023/07/among-others-jo-walton.html?m=1

Stewart Hotston enjoyed Mortedant’s Peril by RJ Barker

https://stewarthotston.com/2026/04/23/review-mortedants-peril/

Brown Flopsy had fun with Dangerous by Essie Fox

https://brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2026/04/dangerous-by-essie-fox-paperback-release.html?m=1

Nerds of a Feather was impressed by The Language of Liars by S L Huang

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/book-review-language-of-liars-by-s-l.html

Jam Reads enjoyed Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens

https://jamreads.com/reviews/witch-queen-rising-blood-and-magic-duology-1-by-savannah-stephens

Meal of Thorns is a podcast I hugely enjoy where the guests delve deep into a book. This discussion of Ready Player One is a treat

https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/04/20/amot-48-ready-player-one/

Fantasy Hive was impressed by Atomic Coffin by Benedict Anning

https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/04/atomic-coffin-by-benedict-anning-book-review/

Finding time to Write give some short reviews for April

https://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/short-reviews-for-april/

Galactic Journey in 1971 has a supernatural deep dive

https://galacticjourney.org/april-18-1971-hidden-dangers-new-writings-in-horror-and-supernatural-1/

And a wider look at five books

https://galacticjourney.org/april-16-1971-little-tin-gods-april-1971-galactoscope/

Awards

The British Fantasy Award is looking for jurors

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebMox_ZpT7DlUjjytxvRatW-VCeWP3XY8jbSlGun6ZFXpjPw/viewform

The Hugos were announced and for me a fascinating list to help look at where is the heart of the genre at the moment I can see some readalongs

https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2026-hugo-awards/

In Other News

Nick Hubble shared a fascinating older article looking at the BSFA’s evolution and a reminder awards evolve and issues are found and the wider fandom respond to that

https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2023/11/14/bsfa-awards-history-and-new-categories/

Some interesting news to keep an eye out for

https://www.geeknative.com/233160/fandom-veterans-launch-independent-outlet-to-break-discourse-circles/

Tolkien readalong continues at The Wrong Questions which detours into The Hobbit

https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-great-tolkien-reread-hobbit.html?m=1

Nick Hubble reaches Rivendell

https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/50-year-reread-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-6-rivendell-and-the-lords-of-exile/

Random Alex has now started their own too!

https://randomalex.net/2026/04/20/the-lord-of-the-rings-another-re-read/

BFS had a fascinating article about neurodiverse authors

https://britishfantasysociety.org/searching-for-people-like-me/

Renay who is amazing talked about being being a Hugo finalist