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Book Review: Severance, Ling Ma Fiction: Severance, Ling Ma Severance is an odd novel, really almost three novellas telling the story of one person. Candace Chen is a millennial living in NYC. Born in China and raised in Utah, Candace loves her routine. Her job for a printing company has her overseeing the production of […]
Book Review: Zeroboxer, Fonda Lee Carr “The Raptor” Luka is a young and rising star in the violent sport of “zeroboxing,” a zero gravity form of cage fighting popular on Earth, Luna, and Mars. Luka is everything a marketer could want. Blessed with good looks, character, personality, a rags-to-riches life story, incredible talent and a […]
Book Review: Jade City, Green Bone Saga Book 1, Fonda Lee Fantasy: Jade City, Green Bone Saga Book 1, Fonda Lee Co-Winner, 2018 World Fantasy Award Finalist for both the Nebula and Locus Awards Jade City is what foreigners call Jonloon. It’s an apt name. Dominated by clans of Green Bones, the city is […]
Book Review: Ball Lightning, Liu Cixin (translated by Joel Martinsen) Science Fiction: Ball Lightning, Liu Cixin (translated by Joel Martinsen) The day Chen turned fourteen his life changed forever. As his family celebrated, a storm struck the family’s house. A ball of lightning came in, destroying his t-shirt but leaving him uninjured and his other […]
Book Review: Green Gold, Gabriel Hemery Fiction: Green Gold, Gabriel Hemery Green Gold is a creative epistolary novel telling the story of plant hunter John Jeffrey’s expedition to North America in 1850 through the words of his journal, letters, and other documents. Representing an elite group of subscribers, Jeffrey’s mission was to collect seeds from […]
Book Review: The Bayern Agenda, Dan Moren Science Fiction: The Bayern Agenda, Dan Moren Some books are just fun. The Bayern Agenda is a fun book. It’s a space opera. It’s a spy thriller. It’s a book with engaging, smart mouthed, characters who find themselves in challenging situations which require them to find new trust […]
Book Review: Roses and Rot, Kat Howard Fantasy: Roses and Rot, Kat Howard Imogen and Marin are sisters. Both are also artists with some regard in their fields: Imogen as an author, Marin as a dancer. The Melete artists’ retreat is recruiting talent to come and spend most of a year in residence, working on […]
Book Review: Uprooted, Naomi Novik Fantasy: Uprooted, Naomi Novik Winner of the Nebula Award Finalist for Hugo Award NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR | BuzzFeed | Tor.com | BookPage | Library Journal | Publishers Weekly “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes…” begins Naomi Novik’s reimagining of […]
Book Review: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, Sue Halpern Fiction: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, Sue Halpern Summer Hours at the Robbers Library is an unexpectedly sweet and poignant story of a family of friends drawn together by accident and need. Kit is the reference librarian at the Robinton, NH public […]
Book Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Fiction: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Normally I avoid reading a series out of sequence, although I seem to be doing that with frustrating regularity in recent […]