This has been an interesting year for all things literary in my life. This has been the year of audiobooks. Before I had no interest in them. This year I couldn’t get enough. It’s also been the year when I’ve discovered how wonderful novellas could be. I’ve had some health stuff crop up, which has…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book When the last member of the oldest noble family in Avryn is targeted for assassination, Riyria is hired to foil the plot. Three years have passed since the war-weary mercenary Hadrian and the cynical ex-assassin Royce joined forces to start life as rogues-for-hire. Things have gone well enough until they’re asked to…
Continue ReadingA little while ago, this book showed up in the mail. While I was expecting an ARC, I did not at any point interpret an ARC to mean what I got. This is a hardcover book that is autographed by several authors, and absolutely superb quality (though I’ve been told it’s missing some artwork and…
Continue Reading(Excuse me for a minute while I giggle because I’m pretty sure that you clicked on this link thinking it would be discussing something very different than I’m actually discussing. And I have a juvenile sense of humor, apparently.) It’s no secret that I have thyroid cancer, and have had it for the past five…
Continue ReadingIt’s no real secret that recently I’ve become really interested in short fiction – stories and novellas, specifically. We can all thank Tor.com Publishing for that. Well, this news dropped into my inbox, and it interests me. I’ve read a bit of the first episode so far, and I am really enjoying it (as expected…
Continue ReadingRead my disclaimer here. P.S. I meant for this to be a book bite, but it ended up being the length of a normal review. About the Book The Red Queen has set her players on the board… Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from the longed-for luxuries of his southern palace. And although…
Continue ReadingSee my full disclosure here. About the Book Sharakhai, the great city of the desert, center of commerce and culture, has been ruled from time immemorial by twelve kings—cruel, ruthless, powerful, and immortal. With their army of Silver Spears, their elite company of Blade Maidens, and their holy defenders, the terrifying asirim, the Kings uphold…
Continue ReadingI feel pretty weird about doing this, but I also think it has to be done. This year I was a beta reader for two books that are currently published (a few more that have upcoming publication dates). I have struggled a little bit with how to approach these novels. While I feel obligated to…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book From the award-nominated author Emma Newman, comes a novel of how one secret withheld to protect humanity’s future might be its undoing… Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, untainted…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Hope City, Antarctica. The southernmost city in the world, with only a glass dome and a faltering infrastructure to protect its citizens from the freezing, ceaseless winds of the Antarctic wilderness. Within this bell jar four people–some human, some not–will shape the future of the city forever: Eliana Gomez, a female PI…
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