Tag: science fiction

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 →

Top Ten Tuesday: Books to read if you loved The Expanse

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Okay, okay, okay, I admit it: I've only read the … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books to read if you loved The Expanse →

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 →

Promo Time: Two Anthologies releasing today!

I always feel so awkward stumping for my writing. Wooooooohoooooo imposter syndrome. However, I'm incredibly proud about my fiction, and the fact that ever so slowly, after many fits and starts and self doubt, my work is being published. I've been feeling incredibly grateful and overwhelmed with everything being published this fall (six short stories), … Continue reading Promo Time: Two Anthologies releasing today! →

Three Mini Reviews: Vespertine, Any Sign of Life, and Terciel & Elinor

Am I combining these three book reviews because I am a) woefully behind on my ARC reviews b) attempting to do a themed friday thingy c) feeling lazy or d) all of the above? If you selected d, then congrats! So what do these three books have in common besides being speculative fiction young adult … Continue reading Three Mini Reviews: Vespertine, Any Sign of Life, and Terciel & Elinor →

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 →