Year of the Novella
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Back Shelf Review: The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get to read when they were first published. I do this every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. For my purposes, a backlist title is at least one year past its release date. This week’s… Continue reading
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Review: Dusted in Snowflakes by T.M. Mayfield
It’s nearly February, which means it’s almost love month! I’ve never really been into Valentine’s Day, but I’m making an effort this year to feel into the love spirit. I’m trying to add a few more romance-heavy books into the mix, starting with T.M. Mayfield’s cozy fantasy Dusted in Snowflakes. Continue reading
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Back Shelf Review: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get to read when they were first published. I do this every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. For my purposes, a backlist title is at least one year past its release date. This week’s… Continue reading
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Back Shelf Review: Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get to read when they were first published. I do this every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. For my purposes, a backlist title is at least one year past its release date. This week’s… Continue reading
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2024 Challenges & Tracking
For my own sake, I’m compiling all the 2024 reading challenges I’m participating in on one post. This will be pinned to my navigation bar for easy reference and (hopefully) updated regularly. Of course, I’m participating in the Goodreads reading challenge again this year. I’m aiming for 250 books, which sounds like a lot. However,… Continue reading
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Back Shelf Review: Servant Mage by Kate Elliot
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get a chance to read when they were first published. I do this every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. This is my FIRST Back Shelf Review of 2024, and I am thrilled to get… Continue reading
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The Year of the Novella: 2024 Book Challenges and Intentions
Here at Back Shelf Books, I’m christening 2024 as “The Year of the Novella.” My goal is pretty simple – I want to read as many SFF novellas as possible in 2024. When I first started Back Shelf Books, I joked that I was on a mission to read every speculative novella in existence. Now,… Continue reading
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My Top 25 SFF Novellas
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books! 2024 is the Year of the Novella on my blog, which means I’ll be reading a whole lot of speculative, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy novellas to find the best of the best. For more info on what I mean by “The Year of the Novella,” here’s my intro post.… Continue reading