The Hugo nominees have been announced. The Hugo nominees have been announced! This is one of the most exciting times on this blog. Here's the link to the full list of this year's nominees. Like normal, there are a lot of great works in that list. Unlike normal, the awards are not going to be …
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Book Bingo Review #1
Woo-hoo, I got a bingo. And I got it before the year was half over. So far this year, I've read some really good books. Some absolutely amazing books, and a few meh books. These five reviews are a good cross section of these different tiers, so I'm going to get right into the reviews. …
Women Write Classic SFF Readathon 2021
I haven't done a readathon since I was a little kid, but now I am really feeling like pushing myself to do one. The Women Write Classic SFF Readathon is a straightforward challenge to read three classic books by female authors in just over a week. For this challenge, the term 'classic' is used to …
Nebula Award Finalists 2021
Award Season is starting again, with the finalists for the 56th Annual Nebula Awards having just been announced. The full list of finalists can be found here. Whilst the Hugo Awards are nominated and voted on by the public, the Nebula Awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) association. …
Reading More Short Fiction
Every year I miss out on some amazing short fiction. Last year, I missed a lot. I am starting to fill out my Hugo Nomination ballot, and I've been reminded how much I have neglected the short fiction magazines and websites. Except for Tor.com, which I dropped into occasionally. Now the big question for me …
Review: Harrow the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
Title: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Published August 2020 (Tor.com) Score: 7/10 I was looking forward to this book so much, and I came away from it so happy. But, I also wanted to give up on it at one point and will probably never read it again. With all the complex feelings Harrow …
Books I Am Looking Forward to in 2021
Normally by this point in January I'd have a big list of books I'm waiting for. This year, that list is mostly continuations of series I'm already enjoying, with a few Tor.com novellas thrown in. The first 2021 release I'll get to is Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields, which came out on January …
Book Bingo 2021
I fired up my book bingo generator and here is the card I got. I have a year to work on it, and I think this one will be a bit easier than last year. When I originally rolled this card, I ended up getting a few challenges from my last card. I spun the …
My 2020 in Books
Time to look at what I read in 2020, and make some plans for 2021. Let's start with my book bingo challenge. I got three bingos and filled all but five tiles. I enjoyed this challenge a lot, and it led me to seek out a range of books I might not have picked up …
Favourite 2020 Books So Far
I've read a lot this year. As of writing, I am five books away from completing my Goodreads 80 book reading challenge and I've filled most of my bingo card. I still have a tiny bit of time left on these challenges, so I'll hold off talking about them for now. In this post, I'm …
