Greetings! This is certainly not everything I’ve read in the past six-ish weeks since my last roundup, so if I’m particularly industrious there may be a Part Deux…but anyway, here are a few highlights from my late July/early August reading: If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll know… Read More »Reading Roundup: August 2024
It’s been a good long while since I posted last, and it’s been even longer since I posted regularly. Well, cue the champagne, people, because I’ll be posting regularly about books again, probably on a monthly basis. BUT WAIT—THERE’S MORE! Tanita and I will be going back to posting dual… Read More »Reading Roundup: July 2024
I’m back, and it really has been a while. I feel like the last time I did a post here was after last year’s Cybils Awards. I’ve truly been neglectful in terms of writing in-depth book posts, though I have been making some occasional brief notes on Goodreads. There are… Read More »Cybils YASF Finalist Review: The Isles of the Gods
One of Margaret Rogerson’s earlier books, Sorcery of Thorns, was a finalist in a previous Cybils Awards year, so I was eager to read a new book by her, and Vespertine not only didn’t disappoint, it ended up being the category winner for 2021. From the jacket copy (which provides… Read More »Cybils YASF Finalist Review: Vespertine
There was a lot I really liked about this book, which was one of the 2021 Cybils Award Finalists that I read as part of the Round 2 judging panel for Speculative Fiction. The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He is a page-turning science fiction story that alternates… Read More »Cybils YASF Finalist Review: The Ones We’re Meant to Find