Speculative
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books from the Past Ten Years on My TBR
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 “Bookish Goals for 2024.” I’ve talked a lot about… Continue reading
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Blog Tour and Review: Idolatry by Aditya Sudarshan
Welcome to the Blog Tour for Idolatry, a recently released speculative book by Aditya Sudarshan. I’m pretty picky about the blog tours I join, but when I read the description of Idolatry, I immediately knew I wanted to read it. Set in a near-future Mumbai, Idolatry imagines a world where religion has been completely reinvented… Continue reading
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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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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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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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Back Shelf Review: Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
Welcome back to Back Shelf Reviews, 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 week’s title is Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson, which won the… Continue reading
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Back Shelf Review: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Welcome back to Back Shelf Sundays, 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 week’s title is Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky, which was nominated for the 2022… Continue reading
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Graphic Novel Review: Dead Seas by Cavan Scott and Nick Brokenshire
It’s nearly impossible to be in the Star Wars and Doctor Who fandoms now and not know Cavan Scott’s writing. I loved the Tempest Runner audiobook and The Ninth Doctor comics (reviews to come), so I knew I wanted to try his original comic Dead Seas, now available as a full-collected volume. Dead Seas is… Continue reading