Sometimes it’s good to give an author another chance. I read one of V. E. Schwab’s books a few years ago and despite the fact that it was a story type that I normally enjoy, it just completely failed to grab me. So I figured Schwab was just not an author for me and went…
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor’s africanfuturist stories often explore what happens when humans encounter and are transformed by aliens. Remote Control is the latest such story, presented in the form of a short novella.
Book Review: The Greenhallow Duology by Emily Tesh
The Greenhallow Duology by Emily Tesh is a pair of novellas inspired by mythology and folklore, especially faerie lore.
Book Review: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
I should love Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series, and after reading the first book, I really thought I would. But now, 5 books in to the series, I think it’s time to drill down into why it doesn’t work for me.
Book Review: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Have you ever enjoyed reading a book, but doubted the entire time that you were reading it whether you actually liked it?
Book Review: The Empress of Xytae
The Empress of Xytae is the fourth book in the ongoing Tales of Inthya fantasy romance series written by Effie Calvin.
Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone
Ok, so I’m almost three years late to this party, but I just finished reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, making it the first book I finished reading in 2021!
The Best Books I Read in 2020
My reading in 2020 was pretty eclectic. Fiction across numerous genres, academic works on dance, cocktail recipe books, pop sci, and really, whatever else I could get my hands on.