Wombling Along

reviews

Sep 5

Helloooo!

Hope you’re all ok? This is Wombling Along the blog’s weekend supplement sharing the reviews and other things that caught my eye this week.

It’s been a hard week as one parent is back in hospital so time for reading was quite short. A quiet weekend is planned so for now let some other people do the Booktempting.

Reviews

At Hugo award winners Nerds of A Feather enjoys novella Dubious Clamor by Marissa Lingen

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/09/review-dubious-clamor-by-marissa-lingen.htm

And enjoys The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/09/review-dungeon-book-by-gareth-hanrahan.html

Less fun is had though with Make Me A Monster by Kalynn Bayron

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/08/review-make-me-monster-by-kalynn-bayron.html

Neath The Pumpkin Patch did enjoy the folk horror Bound By The Salt by John Togher

https://neaththepumpkinpatch.co.uk/2026/09/04/book-review-bound-by-the-salt-the-cairnshore-tides-1-john-togher/

But less impressed by The Black Bothy by Aidan Blackwood

https://neaththepumpkinpatch.co.uk/2026/09/03/book-review-the-black-bothy-the-archive-files-aidan-blackwood/

Gingernuts of Horror has some spicy fun with Hexy Beast by Avery Flynn

https://gnofhorror.com/hexy-beast-by-avery-flynn-spicyromance-review/

And enjoyed Kiss Slay Repeat by Rachel Harrison

https://gnofhorror.com/kiss-slay-replay-review-rachel-harrison/

And haunted dolls and revenge tempt with She’s A Doll by Barbara Truelove

https://gnofhorror.com/shes-a-doll-by-barbara-truelove-a-horror-review/

And makes me want to read Strange Is The Light by Sarah Maria Griffin

https://gnofhorror.com/strange-is-the-light/

Back into Lord of the Rings Reader of Else descends

https://readerofelse.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/a-close-reading-of-lotr-episode-20-big-king-energy/

Locus tempts with gothic horror in the form of Accumulation by Alexandra Pierce

https://locusmag.com/review/accumulation-by-aimee-pokwatka-review-by-alexandra-pierce/

And experiences a trip with Electric Shamans at the festival of The Sun by Monica Ojeda translated by Sarah Booker

https://locusmag.com/review/electric-shamans-at-the-festival-of-the-sun-by-monica-ojeda-translated-by-sarah-booker-review-by-niall-harrison/

Ancillary Review of Books looks into Mitsuse Ryu’s Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights (translated by Alexander O. Smith “with” [Elye J. Alexander

https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/09/03/mit-10-billion-days-100-billion-nights/

SF Book Reviews enjoys the great crime novel a Numbers Game by R J Dark

https://sfbook.com/a-numbers-game.htm

Reading Reality feels Corpses and Cauldrons by allie Kat and Tasha Oakwood didn’t quite work

https://www.readingreality.net/2026/09/audiobookreview-corpses-and-cauldrons-by-allie-katt-and-tasha-oakwood/

And recommends Engines of Reason by Adrian Tchaikovsky

https://www.readingreality.net/2026/08/a-bookreview-engines-of-reason-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/

Becky’s Book Club The Raven and The Reindeer by T Kingfisher

https://crooksbooks.blog/2026/08/31/the-raven-and-the-reindeer-by-t-kingfisher-arc-review/

Gav Reads recommend There Is No Antimemtics Division by qntm

https://gavreads.co.uk/2026/08/30/novel-review-there-is-no-antimemetics-division-by-qntm-2025/

Fantasy Reviews enjoys magic and capitalism mixing in The Age of Blood and Magoc by Hannah Mathewson