This is a collection of novellas, so I’ve read some before (Earthsea), but some were new to me. It’s LeGuin, so they’re all good. I think with anything of hers, it’s a matter of what I’m in the mood to have stick with me. This time it was “Paradises Lost”, which is set on a […]
The Found and the Lost – Ursula K. LeGuin Read More »
This book occurs relatively late in the timeline of this series, and concerns Miles’ cousin Ivan. It’s more or less the story of how a notorious womanizer finally finds the right woman, and settles down. It helps that the right woman is one of the daughters of one of the baronial families of Jackson’s Whole.
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
I first read Dune in college, so it’s been a hot minute. My main memory is of a certain heft to the text – there was weight there, and it took me a while to get through it. It’s still got a weight to it, but I read through it much faster this time. I’d
Dune – Frank Herbert Read More »
I’ve got the BF reading the early Cordelia and Miles books, which made me realize I’ve been hoarding a few of the other books in the series in my TBR pile (a habit I really need to shake). So I picked one up, and enjoyed the heck out of it, as I always do. Miles
Komarr – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
This took me quite a while to get through – it’s an homage to Jack Vance’s Dying Earth series, and the writing is very true to the unique tone and world that he created. Which I very much enjoy, but can’t take in large doses. (I don’t tend to like authors with a more florid
Songs of the Dying Earth – edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois Read More »
I know I’ve mentioned before that I get a really stubborn streak about not reading books that get crazy popular, and this book definitely fits that definition. As time went on, I started to see more “this really isn’t what the hype makes it out to be” reviews, and one of my friends (whose taste
Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir Read More »
This is a novella in the Kinsmen series. We’re still on Dahlia, and two members of rival families need to team up to save both their families from bankrupty (and the scandal of having their spouses run off together). I enjoyed this immensely – Ramona and Matias are just great together, right off the bat.
Fated Blades – Ilona Andrews Read More »
I have really enjoyed these stories, because they are so very different than most of what I’ve read before, and I’m so glad that different voices are being brought into the Sci-Fi and fantasy genres. All that said, I’m having a really hard time trying to summarize what happened in this book, because it’s like
Binti: The Night Masquerade – Nnedi Okorafor Read More »
We’re starting to get to the end game of this series. The Earth chancellor thinks Jess and Pavel are dead, so she’s trying to figure out how to destroy Mars and put an end to any final threads the two may have left on Earth. Meanwhile, they’re desperately trying to help Ethan figure out how
Mars Burning – Cidney Swanson Read More »
This is a wide variety of stories, some connected to various books by the author, but some that are stand alone. She introduces each story, and in some cases, this was collected long after the stories were written, so it’s interesting to see her comments. Some of these I enjoyed more than others, but like
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters – Ursula K. Le Guin Read More »
