I published the first version of this post in February 2021, and it got tweeted by Angry Robot in March of the same year and it got a lot of traction! It was a huge surprise because none of my stuff had been picked up before (or since) by anyone with a large following. My … Continue reading Sapphics in Spaaaaaaace: Queer Women in Science Fiction
Category: science fiction
27 SFF Releases, October-December 2022
There are so many science fiction and fantasy books coming out in the last three months of 2022! I'm so excited, and also wondering how the hell I'm going to read all the things. Triage. Triage is key. Also, I am loving the revival/resurgence of witchy romances. Not necessarily urban fantasy or paranormal fantasy, but … Continue reading 27 SFF Releases, October-December 2022
Book Review: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 Oh, to live in a world that saw and valued you! An anthology of dystopian short stories about queer women of color finding joy where they can in the middle of a world where memory is curated, collected and removed. This is a world where resistance to totalitarianism … Continue reading Book Review: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
22 SFF Releases April-June 2022
This week's theme is Books on my TBR, since I'm posting about authors on my TBR tomorrow for Top Ten Tuesday, and on Thursday I'm talking about the 36 second quarter YA releases I am super stoked for (yes, 36—I think I broke the copy and paste function on my computer). But today I want … Continue reading 22 SFF Releases April-June 2022
Book Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi 🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 When Covid hits New York City, Jamie Grey finds himself stuck working for the same food delivery app that fired him. He hates it, but there aren't a whole lot of other options with the city stuck in lockdown and businesses letting people go in floods. One … Continue reading Book Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society
Book Review: Sisters of the Forsaken Stars
Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather 🌲🌲🌲/5 *****This entire review contains spoilers from book 1, Sisters of the Vast Black***** A year has passed since the sisters of the Order of Saint Rita responded to disaster and witness the atrocities of Central Governance against the isolated colony of Phyosonga III. They, and the … Continue reading Book Review: Sisters of the Forsaken Stars
Book Review: How High We Go in the Dark
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱/5 She would have declared that the postapocalypse doesn't mean we stop dancing In the 2030s, an ancient plague is released from the Siberian Ice. The Arctic Plague first comes for the children. Then it comes for the old. Then it comes for everyone else, … Continue reading Book Review: How High We Go in the Dark
Upcoming SFF, January-March 2022
It's hard to believe it's almost 2022. Anywho, here's a wish for you. May your TBR be plentiful. May your reads be five-stars. May the science fiction flourish and the fantasy contain dragons. May the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors get the same or better marketing as the whyte epic fantasy authors. May the fields and … Continue reading Upcoming SFF, January-March 2022
Book Review: Far From the Light of Heaven
Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Don't lose 'em; don't break 'em This is the motto of the corporation that owns the Ragtime, a new ship setting off to bring colonizers to the planet Bloodroot. It should be a simple job to ferry several thousand sleepers in stasiss to a planet—so … Continue reading Book Review: Far From the Light of Heaven
Novella Time! 5 Mini Reviews
Earlier this month I participated in a readathon with my Goodreads book club, The Procrastinators Book Club, in an attempt to read seven books in seven days. Spoiler alert: I did it! But not without reading some novellas, because I had several ARCs and a couple from the library that I wanted to read before … Continue reading Novella Time! 5 Mini Reviews
The Suspected Bibliophile 