“The Fifth Season” by N.K. Jemisin
I read the first two books of Jemisin’s Inheritance series a few years ago – I liked them okay but I wasn’t blown away, so I was in no hurry…
Read more“Merchants and Maji” by William C. Tracy
Merchants and Maji is a collection of two novellas set in the same universe (the “Dissolutionverse”) – Last Delivery and The First Majus in Space. It’s been a while since…
Read more“Flame Tree Road” by Shona Patel
Flame Tree Road was recommended to me by my husband’s grandmother, and I immediately put it on my wishlist because I was interested in reading Indian historical fiction. I was…
Read more“Martians Abroad” by Carrie Vaughn
I don’t think Martians Abroad is coming out for a couple of weeks, but I was delighted to receive a review copy from Tor a couple of days ago since…
Read more“The Shadow of What Was Lost” by James Islington
I’m always on the lookout for a good classic fantasy series. While I’m glad that so many books these days are not following the “hero’s journey of a secretly powerful…
Read more“The Screaming Staircase” by Jonathan Stroud
I was a big fan of Jonathan Stroud’s Bartimaeus series when I was in (the Indian equivalent of) high school, so I’ve had his new Lockwood & Co. series on…
Read more“A World at Arms” by Gerhard Weinberg
After reading India After Gandhi, I was looking forward to learning about more contemporary history and I decided that World War II was the next topic on my agenda. World…
Read more“India After Gandhi” by Ramachandra Guha
I’ve been wanting to learn more about history for a long time now, and I’ve finally decided to take the plunge and start reading more history books. I started off…
Read more“Time Salvager” by Wesley Chu
I hadn’t read anything by Wesley Chu before, but I’ve heard extravagant praise for the Lives of Tao series, so I was looking forward to it. Unfortunately, I didn’t think…
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