Category: Reading
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After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
Review of After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn. A superhero novel that plays with the superhero tropes and what it means to be a hero. It’s a deeply funny book.
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Jackalope Wives
Jackalope Wives by Ursula Vernon was first published in Apex Magazine in 2014 (free online). Jackalope Wives won the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and the 2015 WSFA Small Press Award.
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6 Paranormal Romance recommendations for adults
When looking for paranormal romance recommendations, a lot of it is aimed at teenagers and if I have to read another book about teenagers mooning over each other, that book gets to sail through the room. Instead I have found some good paranormal romance recommendations for adults!
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Review of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and shorter reviews of the rest of the series. Properly the most famous dystopian YA from the aughts. I didn’t read them until the movies came out, to see what all the fuss was about – and boy did I see what the fuss was about! If…
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
Review of The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. A time travel romance where the PoV lives their life out of order. It has many of the same trappings as Doctor Who and River Song story… Spoilers!
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And Their Lips Rang with the Sun
Review of And Their Lips Rang with the Sun by Amal El-Mohtar. And Their Lips Rang with the Sun was first published in Strange Horizons in 2009.
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The Magic Ex Libris series by Jim C. Hines
Review of the first two books in the series Magic Ex Libris by Jim C. Hines: Libriomancer & Codex Born. The urban fantasy series is all about the power of stories. It’s a fun rump that reads like a excellent roleplaying series.
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Feed by Mira Grant
Review of Feed by Mira Grant. Feed is a political near future sci-fi thriller that follows a group of bloggers on the campaign train after the zombie apocalypse. A new normal has been established and people are self isolating in their home.
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Glitter & Mayhem
Review of the anthology Glitter & Mayhem – “the most glamorous party in the multiverse. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror tales of roller rinks, nightclubs, glam aliens, party monsters, drugs, sex, glitter, and debauchery”.
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METAtropolis
Review of the shared world anthology series METAtropolis. The future is changed when the US fall apart into smaller city states and out of those ashes a new SolarPunk world is born. The stories are all about the intersections between technology, climate change, economy and new social structures.