So with my wrist having it's good and it's super bad days I will probably be bouncing between formats for reviews and hauls and such. The first of these is a Book Bath Box video I made! Yay, look at me all awkward and fresh to the Youtubes. That was fun to film but oh... Continue Reading →
Thoughts and Review: The Transference Engine by Julia Verne St John
The Transference Engine by Julia Verne St. John ☆☆☆ Published by DAW Publication Date : July 5th, 2016 Available as eBook - 320 Pages Source : NetGalley (Thank you!) and Purchased A fantastical steampunk novel of magic and machines set in an alternate 1830s London. Madame Magdala has settled comfortably into her new life in London, as the... Continue Reading →
Thoughts and Review: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
NineFox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee ☆☆☆☆ Published by Solaris Publication Date : June 14th, 2016 Available as eBook & Paperback - 360 Pages Source : NetGalley (Thank You!) & Purchased The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of Scattered Needles in order to redeem... Continue Reading →
Thoughts and Review: The Devourers by Indra Das
The Devourers by Indra Das ☆☆☆ Published by Del Rey Publication Date : July 12th, 2016 Available as eBook & Hardback - 306 Pages Source : NetGalley - Thank you! For readers of Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, China Mieville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination.... Continue Reading →
Review and Thoughts : Far Thoughts and Pale Gods by Greg Bear
Far Thoughts and Pale Gods by Greg Bear ☆☆☆☆ Published by Open Road Media Publication Date : April 26, 2016 Available as eBook - 320 Pages Source : NetGalley - Thank you! 6 dazzling stories, freshly revised for this volume, plus new introductions, commentary, and reminiscences from the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of"War Dogs," "Eternity," and"The Forge... Continue Reading →
Thoughts and Review : High Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley ☆☆☆☆ Published by Dial Books Publication Date : May 10th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 256 Pages Source : Library Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn’t left the house in three years, which is fine by him. Ambitious Lisa desperately wants to get into the second-best psychology program for college (she’s being realistic).... Continue Reading →
June 2016 Wrapup
June was a slow month for blogging and reading. It was super busy overall in everything else. Work was busy and life was busy. I also found out what is wrong with my wrist/thumb, it's called De Quervain's Syndrome and it makes it incredibly hard to type on bad days. I've also had to learn... Continue Reading →
Review and Thoughts : Hope and Red by Jon Skovron
Hope and Red by Jon Skovron ☆☆☆.75 Published by Orbit Publication Date : June 30th, 2016 Available as Paperback & eBook - 416 Pages Source : NetGalley - Thank you! In a fracturing empire spread across savage seas, two young people from different cultures find common purpose. A nameless girl is the lone survivor when her village is massacred by biomancers,... Continue Reading →
Review and Thoughts : The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters
The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters ☆☆☆☆ Published by Amulet Books Publication Date : March 8th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 352 Pages Source : Library Scene: Oregon, 1923. Dramatis personae: Hanalee Denney, daughter of a white woman and an African American man Hank Denney, her father—a ghost Greta Koning, Hanalee’s mother Clyde... Continue Reading →
Review and Thoughts : What Is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
What Is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi ☆☆☆.75 Published by Riverhead Books Publication Date : March 8th, 2016 Available as Hardback & eBook - 325 Pages Source : Library The key to a house, the key to a heart, the key to a secret—Oyeyemi’s keys not only unlock elements of her characters’ lives,... Continue Reading →