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Of Curses and Friendship: Frances Hardinge – UnravellerLook, Frances Hardinge has a top notch brain that is apparently brimming with ideas, and we’re lucky that she lets us partake. This latest...
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The Scholar and the Faerie Prince: Heather Fawcett – Emily Wilde’s Map of the OtherlandsI was charmed out of my metaphorical socks when I picked up the first Emily Wilde book last year, so naturally my excitement was high before...
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Reading the Hugos 2024: Best NoveletteAh, the novelette category. That weird in-between stage that’s too long for a short story, but much too short for a novel, not even reaching...
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On the Danger of Making Wishes: Deena Mohamed – Shubeik LubeikWell, I did not expect the first of the Hugo finalists for Best Graphic Novel I picked up to be such a hit. It’s even more surprising as I...
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Reading the Hugos 2024: Best Short StoryLet’s kickstart this year’s Hugo reading by jumping into the short story category. It reflects last year’s Worldcon membership...
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The State of SFF – June 2024Let’s jump straight into another month of the State of SFF, although it’s pretty light on the news. I am super busy reading the Hugo...
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A Correspondence Under the Sea: Sylvie Cathrall – A Letter To the Luminous DeepI have to thank Books, Bones & Buffy so, so much! It was her review of this book that gave me the nudge I needed to actually pick it up,...
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Fun in the Swamp… With Hippos: Sarah Gailey – American Hippo (River of Teeth & Taste of Marrow)I love Sarah Gailey’s fiction, but for some reason I saved their first published novellas for last. I enjoyed the twist on the magic school...
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This Is Where I DNF the Series: Garth Nix – The Sinister Booksellers of BathI had such a good feeling about this series, even after the first volume was “only” a good book without anything to make it stand out....
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A Masterful Tale of Alien Identity: Ann Leckie – Translation StateI went rogue and read this standalone entry in Leckie’s Imperial Radch universe without having finished the original trilogy and without...
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Still Not My Jam, But Okay I Guess: Charlie Jane Anders – Promises Stronger Than DarknessTo be honest, if they hadn’t all been finalists for the Lodestar Award, I would have DNF’d this trilogy after the first book, even...
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Weird, Bold, Refreshing: Vajra Chandrasekera – The Saint of Bright DoorsI’ve seen this book cover around since before it was published, meaning the marketing drum was beating a pretty steady tattoo. But call me...
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A Fun, Slightly Forgettable Adventure: Garth Nix – The Left-Handed Booksellers of LondonIn my quest to read as many of this year’s Hugo and Lodestar finalists as possible, I diligently picked up the first volume in Garth...
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For a Different Audience Than Me: Charlie Jane Anders – Dreams Bigger Than HeartbreakI don’t think I’ve ever read books by an author where my impressions differ so vastly between adult and YA work as with Charlie Jane...
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Orilium Magical Readathon: Spring Equinox 2024 Wrap-UpI had such a great TBR. I had such plans! And then totally unforseen things that nobody could have expected happened. Things like my library holds...
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Post-Apocalyptic Monks: Walter M. Miller Jr. – A Canticle For LeibowitzWow, this seems to be my year for catching up on older Hugo Award winners that I thought I’d never get to. After discoving that the...
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Too Much All At Once: Linden A. Lewis – The Last HeroWhen will I learn that one shouldn’t wait too long between the books of a trilogy? I read The First Sister and The Second Rebel fairly...
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Vampires Done Right: Robin McKinley – SunshineHere’s me trying to catch up on my (massive) backlog of reviews. I read this book a while ago – January 2023, Goodreads says –...
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More Blood, More Betrayal, More Lenghts: Jay Kristoff – Empire of the DamnedI was positively surprised by Jay Kristoff’s version of vampires and the dark and sinister world they inhabit. So instead of waiting forever...
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The State of SFF – May 2024Phew, I’m on a roll when it comes to reading and catching up on reviews a bit, but I also suffer from quite a bit of reading-induced stress....
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May the Saga Begin: Lois McMaster Bujold – Cordelia’s HonorThis is possibly the one SF series I have put off for the longest time. First of all, its length and the amount of volumes was daunting, but...
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A Tough One: Tochi Onyebuchi – GoliathThis is going to be such a difficult review to write, for various reasons. So let me say this first: I really liked this book, even though I think...
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Literary Does Not Mean Boring: Kazuo Ishiguro – Klara and the SunI find it very cool that a Nobel Prize winning author keeps coming back to speculative fiction. I first read Ishiguro’s The Remains of the...
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Finding Comfort in Books: Travis Baldree – Bookshops & BonedustIt may only be Travis Baldree’s second book, but his name is becoming synonymous with “cozy fantasy” and I find that very...
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A Very Star Wars-y Star Wars: Timothy Zahn – Heir to the EmpireIt’s been a hot minute since I made any effort to read the books on that old NPR’s Top 100 SFF novels list. I honestly don’t...
