sci-fi
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 1/14/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books! What. A. Week! My house is unfortunately full of sick pups. Each of my three inside dogs are sick (and surprisingly, they’re sick with different illnesses). They’re all doing well, but it’s been a long week for us. Even with all the craziness, I’ve had a surprising amount of… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books of 2024 (January through June)
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. This week’s topic is “Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of… Continue reading
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Audiobook Review: Deep Freeze by Michael C. Grumley
A lot is promised in Deep Freeze‘s summary. A sci-fi thriller exploring “humanity’s thirst for immortality” within the bounds of cryogenics. A man being lied to by his doctors. Secrets, puzzles, and a mysterious person or group behind it all. For the most part, it meets these measures. Unfortunately, Deep Freeze was not the book I wanted it… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 12/31/2023
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books! It’s time again for Sunday Posts, my favorite day in the blogosphere! News & Fun It’s been a busy week here on the blog! Stuff Your Kindle Day was earlier in the week, and I scoured the whole list to find the top 20 SFF picks from Stuff Your… 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
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Review: Tales of Light and Life by Zoraida Córdova, Claudia Gray, Charles Soule, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and more
I’m a bit of a High Republic rebel. I’ve read things slightly out of order, and spoiled myself on certain details along the way. It hasn’t hindered my love for the world these authors have created, though. Tales of Light and Life includes short stories from many of the High Republic authors and features fan-favorite… Continue reading
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Review: The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule
The Endless Vessel is one of the most difficult books to categorize. Is it science fiction? Absolutely, but there’s more. Is it fantasy? Not particularly. It’s not quite steampunk. There is adventure, that’s for sure. There’s almost an apocalypse, but not quite. There’s no political totalitarianism, so I hesitate to call it dystopia. My best attempt… Continue reading
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Recently Announced – Star Wars: The Glass Abyss by Steven Barnes (aka a canon Mace Windu novel!)
I’m thrilled about this recent announcement, and couldn’t wait to share this in case you missed it. We’re finally getting a canon Mace Windu novel! I’m always up for more Star Wars prequel novels, but a Mace Windu novel that also heavily features discussions of Qui-Gon and contrasts him with Mace? Yeah, I’m going to… Continue reading
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Graphic Novel Review: Nature’s Labyrinth, Vol. 1 by Zac Thompson and Bayleigh Underwood
“Congratulations, you’re flourishing!” Criminals around the globe get this message along with an invite to an all-expenses paid cruise. The only ones who take the offer are those self-obsessed or deluded enough to believe they’re worthy of recognition. The cruise does not turn out as expected, to say the least, and the invitees all end… Continue reading