Fantasy and science fiction books and blogposts
It's time for another ARC review! This week, we have a forthcoming young adult climate fiction novel for your consideration. The book is The Ones We're Meant to Find and it's forthcoming from Roaring Brook Press, out on May 4, 2021. Young Adult, Climate Fiction, Science Fiction. This story is told through two viewpoint characters.... Continue Reading →
I've already written a quick review of The Ninth House, which is my favorite urban fantasy title of this year after Middlegame. But I wanted to do a deep dive into why I found this book so engaging for me. Welcome, then, to a slightly spoilery and more in-depth discussion of The Ninth House, Leigh... Continue Reading →
After a rather fluffy and upbeat couple of posts last week, we're going down into the dark today. Trigger warning for sexual assault and spoilers for James Treadwell's Advent and Anarchy. Also I'm going to slightly spoil my own book, Mother of Creation, because I can and because I feel like I can't have this conversation without thinking about... Continue Reading →
So I watch a lot of anime, I've mentioned, though not as much as some people. I found this anime, which originally aired through 2006 to 2008, while looking for something that would feed my insatiable hunger for more Akatsuki no Yona (which is still up there on my top three along with Ouran High School... Continue Reading →
So I felt really, really upset after watching Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them this past week. Some people seem to have really liked it, which is baffling to me. I grew up on Harry Potter, like many in my generation, generally loved the books, and for me this movie was an uncomfortable, disconcerting experience... Continue Reading →
I thought long and hard before writing this post. This is for a couple of reasons, the principal of these being that I am white. Because of this, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that my reflections on the novella The Ballad of Black Tom are my own, and come from my whiteness, at... Continue Reading →
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