StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. Project Hail Maryby Andy WeirScience Fiction496 pagesPublished May, 2021, … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Project Hail Mary
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Fantasy Series I Do Not Intend to Finish
A few days ago, I listed five SFF series I have started and intend to finish at some undefined point in the future. But there are plenty of series I don't intend to finish, whether it's because I got sick of the characters or the plot or because I just lost interest in them. I'm … Continue reading Fantasy Series I Do Not Intend to Finish
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
Science Fiction and Fantasy Series I Intend to Finish
One of the things you have to deal with as a Science Fiction and Fantasy reader is the fact that basically everything is a series. Even if the book started out as a standalone, it's almost a given that the author will end up writing a sequel. Or another ten books in that world. Sometimes … Continue reading Science Fiction and Fantasy Series I Intend to Finish
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
StoryGraph Saturday: The Lost Apothecary
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. The Lost Apothecaryby Sarah PennerHistorical Fiction/ThrillerPublished in 2021 From … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Lost Apothecary
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
Reading Valdemar: Bastion
After five months, five books, a whole lot of Kirball, and a boatload of teen angst (from the characters, not from the readers), Jackie, Mel, and I have completed Mercedes Lackey's Collegiate Chronicles, which turned out to be not at all about the founding of the Heraldic Collegium at all (much to our surprise). What … Continue reading Reading Valdemar: Bastion
