Half Sick of Shadows by Laura SebastianFantasy448 pagesExpected publication: July 6, 2021, by Ace Everyone knows the modern story of King Arthur: The hidden Prince Arthur reappears from obscurity to claim his father's throne, but to prove his lineage he must draw a magical sword from a block of stone- a feat no one but … Continue reading Book Review: Half Sick of Shadows
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State of the ARC: June 2021
State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. I've made it past the crush of ARCs I had on tap for June! It ended up not being as troublesome as I … Continue reading State of the ARC: June 2021
Book Review: Books Promiscuously Read
Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life by Heather Cass WhiteNonfiction176 pagesExpected publication: July 6, 2021, by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux For a reader, there is nothing like delving into the pages of a good book. Reading serves as a method for traveling across time and distance, and for looking into minds and … Continue reading Book Review: Books Promiscuously Read
Sunday Sum-Up: June 20, 2021
It was a busier and more tiring week than I had anticipated, partly due to the weather (103°F. yay), and partly because we were short-staffed at work due to a co-worker's vacation. So I had to do my own job in addition to his job, and I was pretty wiped out at the end of … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 20, 2021
Book Review: The Ice Lion
The Ice Lion (The Rewilding Reports #1)by Kathleen O'Neal GearScience Fiction/Climate FictionExpected publication date: June 15, 2021, by DAW A thousand years in Earth's future, thick algae-like zyme coats the oceans, while glaciers three miles thick cover vast swathes of land. Before the ice took over the world, human scientists recreated certain species of Ice … Continue reading Book Review: The Ice Lion
Book Review: Beyond
Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar #1)Mercedes LackeyFantasy368 pagesExpected publication: June 15, 2021, by DAW The story of Valdemar's founding has been mentioned in more than one of Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar books: Once upon a time, Baron Valdemar led his people into the wilderness to escape an empire and find freedom. There, in their … Continue reading Book Review: Beyond
Sunday Sum-Up: June 6, 2021
Summer's here. I already hate it. I mean, most of May it was around 60F, with rainy days and plenty of clouds and cool breezes and life was great. Then June hit and overnight it leaped into the mid 90s F, and it's awful. How long until October? In other, non-weather news, I got things … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 6, 2021
May Summary and June Preview
So. May. Spring. Very Spring-like, if Spring involves a lot of clouds and 45F weather with a couple of days where the temperature decided to hop up to 90F because the weather here is temperamental and can't decide what it wants to do. I'm really hoping that the hot weather we're expecting for the first … Continue reading May Summary and June Preview
Book Review: The Tangleroot Palace
The Tangleroot Palace: Storiesby Marjorie LiuFantasy/Short Stories256 pagesExpected publication: June 15, 2021 by Tachyon Publications A young woman must pay a terrible price if she wants to gain her freedom in 'Sympathy for the Bones'. A warrior woman falls in love with a beautiful woman whose true nature emerges just once a week in 'The … Continue reading Book Review: The Tangleroot Palace
Sunday Sum-Up: May 30, 2021
Rainy week! Again. Well, not so much rainy as generally cloudy, Especially after Wednesday night after a cold front came through and the temperature dropped from about 90°F to about 50°F overnight. I was perfectly happy to have the cooler weather come in, as I am never ready for hot weather (which it looks like … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: May 30, 2021
