Category Archives: Books
Writers of the Future, Volume 40
Writers of the Future , Volume 40 is this year’s collection of sci-fi and fantasy stories from emerging authors, illustrated by emerging artists. I’ve been reading and reviewing these since WotF 31. This year’s collection includes a loyal virtual-cat companion, some … Continue reading
Lies & Weddings ARC
Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan, contains the same kind of frothy lifestyle fun as the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. Basically everyone in this novel is constantly wearing something beautiful and constantly eating something delicious. There’s social climbing, secret relationships, deep love, manipulation, … Continue reading
I Remember Snow Crash
I don’t usually yearn for Books As Physical Objects. I don’t have great detail vision, so I usually like the large-print, high-contrast of an ebook for comfortable reading. I can read a typical paperback, but it’s enough effort that it sometimes keeps me from drifting off into the bookworld. Continue reading
Beijing Ghost
If You Could See The Sun, by Ann Liang, uses a supernatural invisibility power to tell a moving, realistic story about class, money, and adolescence in Beijing. When teenage “Study Machine” Alice Sun discovers her invisibility power, she immediately puts … Continue reading
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
I accidentally read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, over a game convention weekend, while I spent the rest of my time demoing my games, playtesting a new game, and talking about game design. We also did a panel where my husband/co-creator … Continue reading
Book Review: Social Creature
I’m not saying that all I do in lockdown is read thrillers, but… I have new thriller review up on News Break: Social Creature, by Tara Isabella Burton, is a dramatic thriller about an intense, twisted friendship and about how … Continue reading
Book Review: Astrid Sees All
Basically all I do in pandemic isolation is read books and sometimes write about them. Astrid Sees All tells not just Phoebe’s story, but all about the clubs and drugs and adventure of Manhattan in the eighties. This is a great … Continue reading
Lovecraft Country
The Lovecraft Country book has the same characters I liked in the show, but with more scifi nerdery, more character development, more of a subtle creeping horror and less bloody-body-parts horror. Continue reading
Library Reopening
Our library reopened, but just for appointments to pick up holds outside. Naturally I had 4 bags of books waiting for me. I requested most of them in early spring, so now I have almost no idea why I wanted … Continue reading
Only Our Destiny | ManyBooks
I have a new book review over on ManyBooks: Only Our Destiny by A. G. Russo takes readers through the tragedies and setbacks of one Italian family from the small fishing village of Punto Roccioso. Although the family and the town … Continue reading
