Speculative
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The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert: Review
It was the cover of The Bad Ones that first drew me in. How could it not? It’s a literal weeping angel statue. It’s the kind of cover Doctor Who fans dream of. While the cover made me pick it up, the story kept me hooked. The book starts as a frothy young-adult mystery, which… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 2/4/2024
Is anyone else feeling slightly overwhelmed by February?? There are so many great new releases coming out this month. I just finished planning out my February reading and blog schedule, which helped me feel a little less strained. Some months just feel like a lot of great books all at once, though. In other news,… Continue reading
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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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Crusader, Vol. 1 by Matt Emmons
Mad Cave is an indie comic publisher I’ve come to really love. One of my favorite graphic novels from 2023, Monomyth, was published by them. So many interesting works are being published in the indie space, and Mad Cave is doing great work. When I saw that Mad Cave had an upcoming dark sci-fantasy starring… Continue reading
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Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn: Review
Give me a dystopian book, and I will probably enjoy it. Give me a dystopian book centered on women, and the chances increase. Add in queer characters, mental health representation, apocalyptic global warming, and space travel, and there’s potential for it to be one of my favorite books of the year. Yours for the Taking has all… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 1/28/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books! We finally lost all our snow this week! In its place, though, we got a heck ton of rain. Rain, I can handle. It’s been a much more normal week this week, and normal is perfectly good in my book. News & Fun I’m super excited to now be… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant To Read in 2023 But Didn’t Get To
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 “Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn’t… Continue reading
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Giantess by Jean-Christophe Deveney
Giantess is a story that seeps into your soul. Translated from the original French, Giantess centers on the life and adventures of Celeste, a giantess in a world of people who have never seen giants; in many ways, it is the ultimate fantasy bildungsroman. Giantess is lovely, gentle, and unapologetically feminist. More than anything, it… Continue reading
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Graphic Novel Review: XINO by Phil Hester, Melissa Flores, Alex Segura, and more
I’m always looking for weird fiction anthologies, so I was thrilled to find this speculative and weird fiction graphic novel anthology. When a book is described as “an intra-ocular lozenge of subversive, surrealist science fiction,” you better believe I’m going to be interested. XINO comes from Oni Press, a publisher I trust, so I had… Continue reading
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Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley
From the beginning of Three Eight One, I couldn’t stop reading. I read it in the vet’s office, from the front seat of countless car rides, and in stolen moments before bed. I found myself constantly wanting to know what came next. Whiteley has created a speculative masterpiece. When you think you have it figured out,… Continue reading