Review & Giveaway: “The Collapsing Empire” by John Scalzi
Note: For instructions on how to enter the giveaway, see the bottom of this post. The Inderdependency is an interstellar empire that has flourished for over a thousand years, ruled…
Read more“The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet” by Becky Chambers
The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet has been on my wishlist for a while – I’d heard great things about it, and feel-good character focused science fiction sounded…
Read more“The Ghost Map” by Steven Johnson
I was looking for a good book to buy for one of my friends who likes reading about history and medicine, and I remembered The Ghost Map, a book that…
Read more“The Sudden Appearance of Hope” by Claire North
I wasn’t sure what to expect from The Sudden Appearance of Hope. Despite falling under the broad genre of “speculative fiction”, it’s different in many ways from my usual fare.…
Read more“Discount Armageddon” by Seanan McGuire
Discount Armageddon is the first book of the InCryptid urban fantasy series by Seanan McGuire. We follow Verity Price, a member of a family that has dedicated their lives to…
Read more“Six Wakes” by Mur Lafferty
I haven’t read any good sci-fi in a while, so I was looking forward to reading Six Wakes. I’ve enjoyed Mur Lafferty’s other works (The Shambling Guides series), and I’ve…
Read moreReread: “Heir of Novron” by Michael J. Sullivan
I’m going to keep this review very short because it’s an omnibus edition of books five and six of The Riyria Revelations, which means I’ve read and liked the rest…
Read moreAbandoned: “Crossroads of Canopy” by Thoraiya Dyer
I’ve never reviewed a book I didn’t finish, but I figured I should start doing it because it’s still useful information for readers. So here’s the first one – Crossroads…
Read moreReread: “Rise of Empire” by Michael J. Sullivan
Rise of Empire is the second volume of the Riyria Revelations, containing the third and fourth books of the series, Nyphron Rising and The Emerald Storm. I’m going to keep…
Read moreReread: “Theft of Swords” by Michael J. Sullivan
My recent reads of Age of Myth and the three Riyria Chronicles have put me in a very Royce-and-Hadrian mood, so I figured I would go back to where it…
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