Fantasy and science fiction books and blogposts
Since it's almost spooky season, we're going to go ahead and do our round-up for August and the first part of September. Our next post will be all Halloween themed, so if you're looking for spooky reads I promise you, I'm reading them. This post, however, is predominantly urban fantasy and science fiction. A Prayer... Continue Reading →
Witness me trying to catch up on my Reading Round-ups with this really long Round-up of all things June and July. I've organized it by genre so that you can just skip to your favorites there. If you can't find something you enjoy on this list, I cannot help you. I read far too many... Continue Reading →
A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske I did enjoy this book, but I don't think it is quite what I was expecting. It opened with a pretty gruesome murder. It was in fact dotted with murders, and abuse, and a lot of really grim things. But that was layered over with a romance that was,... Continue Reading →
February was apparently sci-fi month. We do have something for fans steampunk and the Three Musketeers in here, but the majority of the list is different flavors of science fiction. Anyway, it's time to talk about some excellent books so let's DO THIS. Starfarers by Vonda McIntyre As part of my effort to go back... Continue Reading →
Last month I finally read Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers' new solarpunk novella from Tor.com. The sequel comes out this year, and I'd seen early rumblings for it and finally decided to dig into the first book. This story is part of an old-but-new wave of science fiction, a subgenre which imagines not the... Continue Reading →
We are so organized in 2021. So put together with our reading reviews! May that carry over to 2022. May all of your various holidays be joyful, and bright if brightness is your thing. If you prefer the long deep dark of winter, snuggled up in as many layers as possible, hibernating for spring --... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year, and here is the first of our year-end posts! I've been doing some kind of favorites list for five years now, which feels sort of unreal but is in fact reality. As always, the rules are simple: did I read it this year? Did I love it? It gets to... Continue Reading →
I've not been reading a lot because I've been writing and editing so much, and otherwise going on adventures. But here is my brief and belated list for the month of September! Sword Stone Table I've not been reading as many short stories as I'd like this year, largely because what time I spend in... Continue Reading →
June has been an absolute riot of activity, and I almost didn't get this post written. My brother got married, we're planning for our trip, we bought a car somehow??? The mechanics of buying the car are of course understood but the buying of the car was kind of a surprise. Anyway, there's a lot... Continue Reading →
Back in early May I foolishly asserted that I wasn't sure I was going to have anything for a May round-up. And then I read some of my favorite books this year. Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Let's start with the big names. These two books are included in the novels used in... Continue Reading →
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