This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Alien Clay will be released on September 17, 2024. As far as I can tell, Adrian Tchaikovsky has been a wildly prolific sci-fi/fantasy author for a solid decade by now, but after getting popular… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
It’s been a busy August in real life, with a family getaway, a couple celebrations, and the beginning of school. But I’ve been plugging along in my reading, and I’ve found some great fiction. Do I say that every month? Pretty much yeah. But I read enough to make it true. Let’s get to it,… Continue reading August 2024 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Sky Full of Elephants will be released on September 10, 2024. Sky Full of Elephants, Cebo Campbell’s debut novel, has been marketed almost entirely outside of genre spaces, but an audacious speculative premise and… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan is not a story that would’ve caught my attention based on the blurb, but I have so many bookish friends who adore it that it’s been on my TBR for years at this point. It also fit at least two tricky squares for my themed Bingo card this… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Another month, another batch of short fiction to read. Let’s take a look at the two magazines I read in full this August! Clarkesworld The August issue of Clarkesworld features a couple authors I’d immensely enjoyed in the past, so I was really excited to get to this one. And as expected, it gave me… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (August 2024)
I usually publish standalone reviews of novellas that were published as standalone books, but I read two last month that had me saying a lot of the same things, so I’m breaking from my habit and writing what I believe is my first review two-pack: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson and Desdemona… Continue reading Fantasy Novella Reviews: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe and Desdemona and the Deep
I read plenty of C.S. Lewis as a kid, but the reputation of Till We Have Faces for philosophical density scared me off. Then, as an adult, my lukewarm feelings toward Greek myths and desire to diversify my reading kept me from picking it off the stack. But an offline book club picked it for… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Mercy of Gods will be released on August 6, 2024. Despite the fact that I’ve read just one book of The Expanse (it’s been on my “I swear I’ll get around to the… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
I finished my Hugo reading at the end of June, and SPSFC is taking our annual break between the announcement of a winner and the starting of next year’s competition, which means I had a whole lot of opportunity to pick up whatever caught my eye. And wouldn’t you know it, I found some real… Continue reading July 2024 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
I go back and forth about whether to review readaloud children’s literature as part of my regular blogging, but I was using Wise Child by Monica Furlong toward my 2023 Bingo challenge for the elusive Druid square, and honestly, I thought it was good enough to deserve a standalone review. Wise Child is a short… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: Wise Child by Monica Furlong
