Wombling Along
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Welcome to Wombling Along where I share the reviews and other things that caught my eye this week.
It’s been a pretty full on week again with hospital visits, work deadlines and a few other dramas. Free time isn’t really happening very often and my reading is pretty much stalled.
However hopefully as you read this I have arrived in Derby for this year’s Edge-lit and I’m going to try and avoid the real world for a bit. There are books to get a hold of…
Reviews
Biblio Nerd Reflections really enjoyed Bodies of Magie by Freya Marske
https://biblionerdreflections.com/2026/09/14/bodies-of-magic-arc-review/
Skiffy and Fanty remind me I need to read Find Me Where It Ends by Cassandra Kaw
https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-review-find-me-where-it-ends-by-cassandra-khaw/
Ancillary Review of Books is impressed by Engines of Reason by Adrian Tchaikovsky
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/09/17/the-tales-we-tell-ourselves/
And Parch Marks by Anna Orridge
https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/09/15/coiling-marks-and-coiling-stories/
Locus tempts with Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison
https://locusmag.com/review/foundling-fathers-by-meg-elison-review-by-niall-harrison/
Then Dead But Dreaming Of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay
Reactor really like the mixing of stories done in The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass by Leslye Penelope
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass-by-leslye-penelope/
Plus Among The Thorns by Jennifer K Lambert
https://reactormag.com/book-review-among-the-thorns-by-jennifer-k-lambert/
And The Eye of The Leviathsn by M A Carrick
https://reactormag.com/book-review-the-eye-of-leviathan-by-m-a-carrick/
At Boundary’s Edge goes old school with Space Skimmer by David Gerrold
https://atboundarysedge.com/2026/09/17/book-review-space-skimmer-by-david-gerrold/
Tar Volon looks at issues of Clarkesworld and Giganotosaurus
Tar also gives a good impression of The Strangers by Naomi Alderman
https://www.tarvolon.com/2026/09/13/sci-fi-novel-review-the-strangers-by-naomi-alderman/
Jam Reads reminds me I need to read An Empire In a the Clouds by Ai Jiang
https://jamreads.com/reviews/an-empire-in-the-clouds-by-ai-jiang
And the terror of Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm
https://jamreads.com/reviews/our-cut-of-salt-by-deena-helm
Nerds of a Feather enjoyed a trip to Venice with Noboys Perfect by Jo Walton
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/09/microreview-everybodys-perfect-by-jo.html
Pots and Plots did not find The Rose Field by Phillip Pullman work for them
Witty and Sarcastic Book Club didn’t click with Building 303 by Lois Lowry
https://wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2026/09/17/book-review-building-903-by-lois-lowry/
But did enjoy Fool by K R Lockhaven
https://wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2026/09/15/book-review-fool-by-k-r-lockhaven/
Reader of Else has a delight reading the excellent The Apple and The Pear by Rym Kechacha
https://readerofelse.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/the-apple-and-the-pearl-rym-kechacha/
Hugo Book Club is impressed by Murder of Crows by Ray Nayler
https://hugoclub.blogspot.com/2026/09/murder-of-crows-humans-of-murder.html?m=1
Big Bearded Bookseller enjoyed Twisted Pike by David Barnett
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com/2026/09/14/twisted-pike/
the BookWyrm’s Hoard is very happy with Trials of Enpire by Richard Swan
SF Book Reviews is very impressed by This Movie Doesn’t End The Way We Want by Hailey Piper
https://sfbook.com/this-movie-doesnt-end-the-way-we-want.htm
Fantasy Book Nerd enjoys The Girl from Dragon Road by E I Thompson
https://www.fantasybooknerd.com/2026/09/book-review-girl-from-dragon-road-e-i.html
Gingernuts of Horror is happy to tempt Yhe Memory Tree by Heather Davey
https://gnofhorror.com/the-memory-tree-review-heather-davey/
and this reminds me to chase my order as they tempt Biographies of Valiant Drunken Times by Laura Mauro
https://gnofhorror.com/biographies-of-valiant-drunken-tigers-laura-mauro/
Blue Book Balloon is very tempting with The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Terror by Stephen Cox
http://bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2026/09/review-crooked-mediums-guide-to-terror.html
Strange Horizons goes Booker Prizing with The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams
https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-vivisectors-by-missouri-williams/
And The End of Everything by M John Harrison
https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-end-of-everything-by-m-john-harrison/
Divination Hollow is delving into Bodies of Work by Clay McLeod Chapman
https://divinationhollow.com/reviews-and-articles/bookreview-bodies-of-work
Fantasy Reviews has a good look at The Court of Venus by Bel Bonta
https://fantasy-reviews.co.uk/2026/09/16/the-court-of-venus-book-review/
In other news
The Sunburst Award has been announced to a great book
https://locusmag.com/2026/09/wins-2026-sunburst-award/
Pages Unbound explains why for them Techbology and magic don’t mix that well (I quite like it!)
https://pagesunboundreviews.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-technology-in-fantasy
Reactor has a reflection on what is missed about Jules Verne’s work
And moor great insights and tempting await you in the latest Intergalactic Mixtaoe
https://buttondown.com/intergalacticmixtape/archive/intergalactic-mixtape-71/
Have a great weekend, keep reading and see you soon
