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Half a Retelling, Totally Well Done: Joan He – Strike the ZitherJoan He is one of my favorite underrated/underknown writers. When she burst into my reading life with Descendant of the Crane , I was so relieved...
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On Grief and People Changing: Nghi Vo – Mammoths at the GatesI am on a roll here. But hey, with the Hugo finalists out in the world, I always get this boost of motivation. And since we’re all home sick...
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Locked Room Murder Mystery… With AI: Arkady Martine – Rose/HouseI’ve had this Subterranean Press novella on my radar ever since it was announced, I swear. I just never got to it. Okay, I forget about it....
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Lazy Afternoon Book Popcorn: John Scalzi – Starter VillainAh, John Scalzi, you always manage to get a few chuckles out of me, don’t you? After the hilarious silliness that was the Kaiju...
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Of Weres and Vampires and a bit of Smut: Ali Hazelwood – BrideI’m working my way through Ali Hazelwood’s STEM-inist romance novels and so far the experience has been very rewarding. I liked The...
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My Thoughts on The Hugo Award Finalists 2024It is officially Hugo Finalist Reading Season in which we attempt to read ALL THE BOOKS and catch up on those long series we’ve been...
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The State of SFF – April 2024Lots of news this month, so let’s get right into it. Quickie News The Nebula Award finalists have been announced and...
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Magical Readathon: Spring Equinox 2024 – Prompts, Side Quests, and my TBRYay, it’s time for another semester at Orilium Academy and I am more than ready. As this is my third year pursuing my career of (magical)...
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Death on the Magical Murder Boat: Frances White – Voyage of the DamnedLook at me, reading an Illumicrate book only a month after I’ve received it (as opposed to the ones I received last year, or the year before...
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Oops!… He Did it Again: Brandon Sanderson – CytonicHow does this man manage to churn out books at breakneck speed and then make them so damn compelling at the same time? And how does he keep me...
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Brandon Sanderson – Skyward Flight: Sunreach, ReDawn, EvershoreIsn’t it nice when we stick to our resolutions? I wanted to re-read the first two Skyward books and then continue on with the rest of the...
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Perfection in a Small Package: Moses Ose Utomi – The Truth of the AlekeWhy isn’t everybody freaking out about this author? Moses Ose Utomi burst onto the SFF scene with a tiny little novella called The Lies of...
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When Sci-Fi Meets God: Ted Chiang – Stories of Your Life and OthersI read Ted Chiang’s second story collection Exhalation before I picked up his first one. And I saw the movie Arrival before I read any...
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The State of SFF – March 2024Here it is, on time. I’m typing this while a small human screams at me, demanding my attention, so there may not be as much news as I had...
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Not For Me: Wole Talabi – Shigidi and the Brass Head of ObalufonI was quite taken with Wole Talabi’s Hugo-nominated short story “A Dream of Electric Mothers” so naturally I pounced on his...
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Let Sleeping Beauties Lie: T. Kingfisher – ThornhedgeWhat do you mean, another T. Kingfisher book so soon? If I didn’t have to save them up, I would gobble up her books one after the other...
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The State of SFF – February 2024Apologies for the late post, but better late than never, right? All I can say in my defense is: life with toddler. Quickie News The...
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End the War, Gain a Life: Rebecca Ross – Ruthless VowsAhhhh, Roman and Iris, my dear sweet marshmallows. I waited a whopping five days after finishing Divine Rivals before diving into the second...
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What the Hell, Hugo Awards?On January 20th, one day later than the WSFS Constitution allows, we have finally been given the Hugo Award voting and nominating stats from...
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A New Arc Begins? Seanan McGuire – Ashes of HonorSo, I’m officially a Toby Daye fan, as of the previous two entries in the series. I have managed not to read any spoilers about what’s...
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Magical Ocean Shenanigans: Brandon Sanderson – Tress of the Emerald SeaBrandon Sanderson makes us all look bad. Not only does the man write consistently over years and years, with several series ongoing and new...
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Looking Forward To 2024: Exciting New SFF Publications2024 is officially here and with the new year comes the excitement for all the new books that we want to buy this year. This will be a very long...
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How to Fall in Love With a Haunted House: Alix E. Harrow – Starling HouseAlix E. Harrow has been a force to be reckoned with ever since she published her first book and she is only getting better and better. By now, I...
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Love in the Time of the Gods’ War: Rebecca Ross – Divine RivalsThere were two things working against this book. One, it is a massively hyped work by a popular author, with people going pretty crazy over it. I...
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The State of SFF – January 2024Happy New Year, everyone! We made it through another year of all the crazy stuff that SFF readers go through. New publications, TV...
