February 2023 Wrap-Up

This was a decent reading month. This was not a decent writing month, however. Aside from writing blog posts and Instagram captions, I wrote nothing creative or fictional. My goal was to finish editing Dark Swan and like, two short stories, but imposter syndrome was high this month. On the plus side, I finally got … Continue reading February 2023 Wrap-Up →

Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Reread)

"Forgive me, Beka, but you're my best choice," he told me softly. "Dress and pack what you would need for a woods Hunt and a stay of three days...Tell no one where you're bound or who the summons came from, understood?" It's been three years since Beka stopped the colemongering scheme, resulting in a year … Continue reading Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Reread) →

Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)

This is the second book in the Beka Cooper Trilogy, and the second review my chronological reread of the Tortall series. The review for Terrier (Beka Cooper #1) can be found here. You can find my planned reread schedule and a general overview of the history of young adult literature here. Join me if you … Continue reading Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread) →

Terrier by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)

Written on my first day of duty. I have this journal that I mean to use as a record of my days in the Provost's Guard. When she was eight years old, Beka Cooper foiled a plot and brought herself to the attention of the Lord Provost, who took her and her family in, raising … Continue reading Terrier by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread) →

Tortall Series Reread Announcement, and a Brief History of Young Adult Literature

In December I wrapped up a two-year long reread of the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold, a reread I had every intention of completing in six months to a year, but due to several factors (primarily fear-based procrastination because I knew what some books *cough cough* Mirror Dance *cough* would bring), it took a … Continue reading Tortall Series Reread Announcement, and a Brief History of Young Adult Literature →

August 2022 Wrap-Up

I lived August like it was a Taylor Swift song. It was busy as hell and also slow as hell. I went home to see family in Oregon for the first time in three years at the beginning of August, and my wife was on leave for about three weeks this month, so therefore my … Continue reading August 2022 Wrap-Up →

July 2022 Wrap-Up

I knew that July would be a semi-slumpy month. And that's okay. It followed me binge-reading nearly a book a day for two months for my book club's semi-annual team game. I needed a break. I wrapped my impulsive Murderbot reread and then I read a book that took me a damn month to read … Continue reading July 2022 Wrap-Up →

31 SFF Releases, July-September 2022

Okay, so it's almost halfway through July for this post, but that's okay because there are so many exciting SFF releasing coming in August and September (and the rest of July)! Despite number, this is far from an inclusive list, as these are the books I'm most excited about, and therefore the list skews non-cis … Continue reading 31 SFF Releases, July-September 2022 →

June 2022 Wrap Up

Welp, fully two posts made in June, and one was a tbr and the other was this one. Is this winning? Maybe July will be the month I get back to blogging. Maybe. Mayyyyyybe. I dunno. I have lots of bookish things I want to talk about, but I don't know. Right now I am … Continue reading June 2022 Wrap Up →

May 2022 Wrap-Up

Whoops I ghosted again. I intended to post. Had a whole plan lined out. And then I just...didn't write it. So yeah, that happened. No ragrets. Anywho, May was a good month overall for me, mostly because I dropped a couple of things I was doing (writing fiction, writing on the blog, posting on Instagram … Continue reading May 2022 Wrap-Up →