CassaStar had been on my reading list for over four years. It has probably been on my Kindle for just as long. I’m trying to work back on some of these almost certainly free copies that I acquired in the
Spacetime Reading Challenge 2020 – sign up now
SpaceTime Sign-up time! Searching for a Science Fiction Reading Challenge? I had been for years. I found some with lists of classic or ‘new classic’ books to read, but I’ve either done those or rejected them for good reasons! Last
Double Book Review | Scifi Anthology special
Two anthologies for you today, to help me catch up on my reviews. I like reading anthologies when I’m busy, because of the easy put-down, pick-up nature of the book. The downside is I find it almost impossible to remember
Book Review | Galileo’s Theme Park
Galileo’s Theme Park is an anthology, part of Third Flatiron’s series. They call for submissions about three times a year. You can see future calls, as well as past publications at their website here. Galileo’s Theme Park ed Juliana Rew
Book Review | Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey
Sassinak was listed for one of the Space Opera Group’s books of the month for April, and unusually I got it read within the timescale. It’s another for my SpaceTime Reading Challenge – which seems to be going rather well
G is for G’Nauss – an #AtoZchallenge Flashback
G’Nauss is a planet in my Viridian System series world. In 2016 I took world-building as my theme for the A2Z. This year I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of the A to Z Challenge by featuring posts from my previous
1st SpaceTime Reading Challenge 2019 Update #spacetimereads
The SpaceTime Reading Challenge has been underway for three months. How are you doing? Leave an update in the comments, or on your blog. If you do it on your blog, please leave a link to your post in the
Book Review | Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Time was January’s Book of the Month for the Space Opera Group on Goodreads. It sounded really interesting, and since I’d finished my own series for the time being, I hoped to read some scifi for a change
Book Launch! Curved Space to Corsair – Viridian System 2
Curved Space for Corsair is out at last! Yes, today the second book in my Viridian System series launches on all ereader platforms. There are some details, and excerpt, and a bit about me (in case you’d like to share
Book Review | Tourist Trap by Sue Ann Bowling
Tourist Trap is a science fiction adventure by Sue Ann Bowling, who was one of my blogging friends in Alaska. I’ve been meaning to read it for a few years now, after reading Homecoming just after Sue Ann died, and
SpaceTime Reading Challenge Sign-up #spacetimereads
SpaceTime Launch! Searching for a Science Fiction Reading Challenge? I have been for years. I find some with lists of classic or ‘new classic’ books to read, but I’ve either done those or rejected them for good reasons! The answer?
Book Review | A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers 2)
A Closed and Common Orbit is the second in the Wayfarers series. I read the first, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet a couple of years back, and have been meaning to read this ever since it was
Book Review | Fluency by Jennifer Foehner Wells
Fluency has been in my Kindle for at least two years. It’s one of those I got on a freebie, and kept meaning to read and review. Well, it’s finally off my TBR (and ticked off my reading challenge list).
Book Review | A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time is widely cited as the most bought but unread book in the world. I suspect that’s an exaggeration. However, I can announce that the number who have it unopened on their shelves has decreased by
Book Review | Daemon by Doug Dandridge
Daemon has been hanging around near the top of my TBR for years. Poor Doug Dandridge has had to wait over 5 years for me to review his book, and I bet I got it in an offer of some