

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/16/20 Edition
01 The Pull of the Stars Set in Ireland in 1918, The Pull of the Stars follows a nurse, Julia, doctor, Kathleen, and a young volunteer,...
Sep 16, 2020


Review of Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson
Robots, time travel, teen angst, and this gorgeous cover. Yes to all of this. I didn't anticipate the great twists Johnson provides.
Sep 9, 2020


Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/3/20 Edition
01 Goddess in the Machine 02 Beach Read 03 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Sep 3, 2020


Review of The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
This is charming, with quirky characters, but it felt like a middle-grade book to me.
Sep 2, 2020


Review of Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne
The playful and absurd are presented as everyday occurrences, and supernatural events are regularly intermingled with sassy detective work.
Aug 30, 2020


Review of Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells
This one was slow going in the middle, but Wells provides a fantastically unique point of view, and this series is perfect science-fiction e
Aug 29, 2020


Review of Soulless by Gail Carriger
I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger.
Aug 27, 2020


Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now
Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now 01 Dear Emmie Blue 02 Network Effect 03 The House in the Cerulean Sea
Aug 23, 2020


Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
01 A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World And there may be no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at...
Aug 20, 2020


Review of The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
The Boy on the Bridge offers adventure, twists, turns, love, scientific exploration, betrayal, and an odd twist on hope.
Aug 18, 2020


Review of Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
I was frustrated by what felt like disjointed cause and effect and lack of clear motivation on the characters' parts.
Aug 14, 2020


Review of My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
This first book in the Lady Janies trilogy is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter.
Aug 12, 2020


Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love
01 Ink & Sigil: Ink & Sigil Series In this first book of Kevin Hearne's new Ink & Sigil series, patterns and inks have power; hobgoblins...
Aug 10, 2020


Six Captivating Nordic Stories
Six books in Nordic settings to knock your socks off.
Aug 1, 2020


Review of Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells
Murderbot is a part-organic robot who continues to be inconveniently and fiercely loyal to certain humans.
Jul 20, 2020


Review of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Things don't all work out too easily in Hendrix's Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, but courage is satisfyingly rewarded.
Jul 17, 2020


Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
Jul 14, 2020


Review of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Authors El-Mohtar and Gladstone present rival elite agents, Red and Blue, who exist on opposite sides of an immense futuristic war.
Jul 5, 2020


Review of The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Lu layers a fantastical alternate fairy world over a framework of the imagined point of view of Wolfgang Mozart’s real sister.
Jun 20, 2020


Review of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
A smart master thief who bends time and finds her loyalties dividded in turn-of-the-century New York.
Jun 10, 2020