Rivers Solomon’s An Unkindness of Ghosts is yet another great example of the kind of book I would have missed had I not started reading more speculative fiction and diversifying the voices in my library. That would have been a pity, because this complex, powerful novel may very well end up at the top of my 2019 favorites list. After Earth suffered an unnamed cataclysm 300 years ago, the remnants of humanity were crowded onto the spaceship Matilda and launched toward some long-forgotten destination. Humanity […]
A Long and Complicated Read
I’ve just finished this book, having bumped it way up my TBR list based on a review I read on here a short while ago. On the surface, it’s an engaging story about a bunch of misfit species on a space ship that tunnels wormholes in space to help faster interstellar travel. Our erstwhile captain is given a lucrative contract to build a new tunnel near a new planet, which has been taken over by an extremely war-like species that somehow are now part […]
It’s mid-Juanuary, how am I already so far behind?
The problem with being able to listen to audiobooks at my new job is that I read many more books and thus am already so far behind in reviews. Reading is so much easier than writing! Anyway, I decided to start my year out with a book I was fairly certain would be great. Spoiler alert: It was super great! Becky Chambers is the best and I will read whatever she writes because I want to live in her world for as long as possible […]
Implied beastiality aside, a good little fairy tale/sci fi/YA romp
Book: Winter by Marissa Meyers Series: Lunar Chronicles Medium: Audiobook Read From: Jan 05-08, 2019 Overall Rating: 3.5 wolf cubs out of 5 I had started the Lunar Chronical before Christmas break and finished the last in the original series (there is a prequel called Heartless I have yet to read) on the recommendation from my husband who listened to the audiobooks (which surprised because there are some pretty hilarious lovey-dovey romance bits that apparently jive with him. We’ve been together for over a decade and I was having […]