In my last book bingo reviews, I was optimistic that my next bingo would be coming soon. That did not happen. We're halfway through September and I have just gotten my second bingo. I am quite proud of myself. This is going to be an interesting post, because this row contains two books that I …
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Hugo Novella Nominees 2021
Novellas are a fun category; they're pretty much novels, but I can get through them quicker. Tor Books's online magazine Tor.com have put out great novellas and in recent years and dominated this category. This is especially noticeable this year, as all six finalists are Tor.com novellas. Tor.com authors are a diverse lot, and Tor.com …
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. …
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 …
Review: Slan – A. E. van Vogt
Title: Slan by A.E. van Vogt Published 1940 Score: 8/10 This is another classic science fiction book that has been sitting on my TBR pile for too long. Slan is one of the classic stories of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. For many years after it's publication, it was seen as one of the …
2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #3 Review
Wow, all but one of the books in this row (Briar Rose) I have already talked about in some way befort. So, yay, quick post full of copy and pasting. I have extended the other reviews a bit, added a few thoughts on the books now that it's been a while since I read them, …
Review: City – Clifford D. Simak
+ Title: City by Clifford D. Simak Published 1952 Score: 9/10 I was telling my fiancé about this book, and then I realised I sounded crazy, which seemed like a good indicator that I should summerise and review it. The book City is a fix-up novel connecting a series of stories about the decline of …
2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #2 Reviews
I got my second bingo on my card. It helped that two of these books were nominated for Hugos this year, so I had an added incentive to finish this line off quick. The Novelette square overlaps with my previous bingo, so it has already been reviewed. I copypasta'd the review from my last update, …
My 2018 in Books
I have read a lot in 2018. I completed my Goodreads challenge of 60 books, started reading graphic novels more regularly, diversified my short fiction reading, and covered this year’s Hugo Awards, even though I dropped the ball a bit when it came to the Retro Hugos. I have had so much fun with my …
October 2018 Reviews
I was thinking of doing NaNoWriMo this year, but a combination of busy start to November, no new ideas, and getting back into my long-neglected novel have shot that. To make up for that, I’m going to try and read as many books as I can this month so I can give my readers a …
