Wombling Along
Hellooo!
Welcome to Wombling Along the blog’s weekend gathering of reviews and other things I found online.
Today’s picture is very much my need for the weekend. Last weekend I ended up doing a lot of gardening and fence painting which I found very relaxing as the rest of the week was anything but. Four big things to do arrived in one week and they are happily all done and went well but they took ALL week! Very little time for anything else so as a little bit of needed focus this weekend as I need to
finish a great book I’m reading
Read a blog tour book for a deadline
Prep next week’s reviews finally
Start another great book
Wrote some thoughts on reviews and debuts and authors which has been bubbling for a while
Let’s we how that accountability list to myself goes when I come back to you next week! This is actually how I relax and yes that’s very much how my mind works
I was not online much at all this weekend so apologies if I missed something out but this is why we have a comments section ;)
Reviews
Gingernuts of Horror recomend Trad Wife by Sarah Langan
https://gnofhorror.com/trad-wife-review-sarah-langans-best-yet/
And also unpressed by Dead Weight by Hildur Knutsdottir
https://gnofhorror.com/dead-weight-by-hildur-knutsdottir-review/
Locus has two reviews of The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel which is interesting!
https://locusmag.com/review/the-rainseekers-by-matthew-kressel-review-by-alexandra-pierce/
https://locusmag.com/review/the-rainseekers-by-matthew-kressel-review-by-ian-mond/
Also this reminds me I want to read The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
https://locusmag.com/review/the-poet-empress-by-shen-tao-review-by-liz-bourke/
Queens Book Asylum explains why The Library after Dark by Andre Pliego did not work for them
https://queensbookasylum.com/2026/05/14/the-library-after-dark-by-ande-pliego/
Ancillary has a small press review of Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle by Renan Bernardo
Booktempts me with She Is Here by Nicola Griffith
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/05/12/constant-discovery/
and adds to why I must get to The Language of Liars by SL Huang
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/05/15/the-theft-of-anothers-self/
Fan Fi Addict recommends Mortedant’s Peril by RJ Barker
https://fanfiaddict.com/review-mortedants-peril-the-trails-of-irody-hasp-1-by-r-j-barker/
Witty and Sarcastic Book Club booktempts Mother of Exiled by Joel C Flanagan
And intrigued me with this review of The Children by Melissa Albert
https://wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2026/05/11/book-review-the-children-by-melissa-albert/
Fantasy Book Nerd gives a balanced negative reaction to Wretch by Eric LaRocca
https://www.fantasybooknerd.com/2026/05/book-review-wretch-or-unbecoming-of.html
Jam Reads had fun with First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston
https://jamreads.com/reviews/first-mage-on-the-moon-by-cameron-johnston
And impressed with The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee
https://jamreads.com/reviews/the-last-contract-of-isako-by-fonda-lee
Nerds of a Feather loved The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/review-republic-of-memory-by-mahmud-el.html
And also Mortedant’s Peril by RJ Barker
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/book-review-mortedants-peril-by-r-j.html
Halfman Half Book entices in non fiction with Hadren by Sarah Sian Chave
https://halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/hafren-by-sarah-sian-chave/
SFF world enjoyed The Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth
https://www.sffworld.com/2026/05/seek-the-traitors-son-by-veronica-roth/
Fantasy Hive is charmed by The Rainshadow Orphans by Naomi Ishiguro
https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/05/the-rainshadow-orphans-by-naomi-ishiguro-book-review/
Skiffy and Fanty have a short fiction round up
https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/short-fiction-review-march-april-2026/
And impressed by Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman
https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/review-ignore-all-previous-instructions-hoffman/
The BookWyrm’s Hoard is enthusiastic about The Fox and The Devil by Kiersten White
https://thebookwyrmshoard8.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/the-fox-and-the-devil-by-kiersten-white/
Reactor tempts The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-subtle-art-of-folding-space-by-john-chu/
And intrigued me with The Spoil by Maine Chapman
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-spoil-by-maile-chapman/
Tar Avalon looks at Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
https://www.tarvolon.com/2026/05/10/sci-fi-novella-review-murder-by-memory-by-olivia-waite/
Strange Horizons dived into Zoi by Jane Mondrup
https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/zoi-by-jane-mondrup/
And is wowed by The Apple and The Pearl by Rym Kechacha
https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-apple-and-the-pearl-by-rym-kechacha/
Plus looks at Vonda M Mcintyre’s The Curve of The World
https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-curve-of-the-world-by-vonda-n-mcintyre/
Crooks Books really liked The Tapestry of agate by Shannon Chakraborty
https://crooksbooks.blog/2026/05/14/the-tapestry-of-fate-by-shannon-chakraborty-arc-review/
In other news
Espresso coco has a holiday reads round up
https://espressococo.com/2026/05/11/holiday-reading-roundup-the-hunmanby-edition/
Always read the excellent The Full Lid
https://mailchi.mp/05e5e1c6995f/the-full-lid-15th-may-2026
More joy and Booktempting await in the essential Intergalactic Mixtape from Renay
https://buttondown.com/intergalacticmixtape/archive/intergalactic-mixtape-53/
I am off to my reading! Have a great weekend and see you soon!
