I’m fairly sure I got Forgotten Lore as a freebie from Rhonda Parrish’s website or mailing list last year (although it seems to have been 22 on my Goodreads list!). I’ve been looking forward to reading it. Forgotten Lore Blanket
Book Review | Juicy Ghosts by Rudy Rucker
Juicy Ghosts has been sitting on my Kindle for about eighteen months, and I’d earmarked it for this year’s J in the Alphabet Soup Challenge. A nice weird conclusion, really! I got it in a storybundle and then got some
Book Reviews | A Beautiful Friendship and Firstborn
I gathered A Beautiful Friendship and Firstborn together simply because they seem to be written for an early-teen audience, despite not really fitting their respective genres. The first was a book of the month for the Goodreads Space Opera Group.
Book Reviews | Monk and Robot books 1 + 2
Monk and Robot is currently a duology of novella length books from Becky Chambers. The words Becky Chambers signal excellence in world-building, understand the human and non-human-psyche, and a lot more. I was going to put this series in my
Book Review | CassaStorm and Series Completion
I’ve been reviewing the Cassa series as I read it, which was out of order! In the correct order, it’s CassaDawn, (prequel short story recently released), CassaStar (#1), Cassa Fire, CassaStorm, CassaDark. So, having gone 1, 4, 2, 3, prequel,
Two Scifi Reviews | Common Ground + Xeelee Vengeance
Common Ground and other stories by Mackey Chandler, and Xeelee Vengeance, by Stephen Baxter. Both selected as Books of the Month sometime this year in the Goodreads Space Opera Group. Both good reads. One short and funny, one long and
Book Launch | Revenge of the Space-Surfing Butt Monkeys
Revenge of the Space-Surfing Butt Monkeys by C.D. Gallant-King is out today! What? Yes… it’s quite a title, isn’t it. And the cover – isn’t exactly shy, either! Watch out for my review in the next few months–after all, it
Book Review | Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Cafe
I came across Andorra Pett some time ago, and of course, I couldn’t resist adding her to my TBR. Pett isn’t exactly a common surname. I hope to ask the author how he picked it later, but first, the book
Book Review | Space Opera @catvalente #spacetimereads
Space Opera. A book title, not necessarily a genre, although Space Opera is definitely space opera. I popped it on my list as I read the blurb when it came out. Then I saw it in my library… and brought
Book Review | Voyage of the White Cloud @darusha
Today I’m reviewing Voyage of the White Cloud, but I’m also previewing Giftmas. Whatmas? Giftmas! You can look back on last year’s event to get the gist of it, but there are some special things about this year’s event. It
Xtraterrestrials #AtoZChallenge
Xtraterrestrials is a post I wrote for the 2018 A to Z. I did a lot of work on it, then suddenly there was so much news about exoplanets, that I did that instead. This post on extraterrestrials never saw
A #Storybundle of Book Reviews | Three first in series
Three first in series books take up my review spot today. One way of catching up with the titles read before the year ends. These have all been on my TBR list for a while, and mostly from the excellent
Book Release | Liftoff by Tyrean Martinson
Liftoff: I’m pleased to announce a new book (and series) by Tyrean Martinson, released today! Liftoff (The Rayatana Series, Book 1) by Tyrean Martinson A spaceship in disguise, An Earth girl searching for a sense of home, And a Thousand
Book Review | Jaydium by Deborah Wheeler
Jaydium makes it two scifi books in a row, at least as far as reviews goes. This was a Storybundle offering from last summer. I don’t think I’ve had a dud one yet from Story bundle, although of course, some
Book Review | To Be Taught, If Fortunate
To Be Taught, If Fortunate, is a novella from Becky Chambers. You’ll remember I was blown away by her Wayfarers series, starting with Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. I got this during a promotion, and also got a