I’m having trouble starting new books, ones not in a series I already know, sometimes particularly ebooks. So I was worried because I just fall asleep at night when I do this kind of reading right away even if I want to read them. Happily, I was able to engage with A Curse of Beasts […]
Murderbot Diaries series is one I started reading after getting a free ebook of All Systems Red. I was so hooked and have continued reading over the years. I just adore the grumpy Murderbot who wants to be left alone to watch its shows. The straightforward comments on its own situation is fabulous and funny. […]
The incredible world-building and well developed characters grabbed every one of my emotions and dragged them around in a tornado. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is easily the best book I have read this year. It is not a surprise from Ilona Andrews. The premise and magic system are so exciting and original. Maggie, […]
I’ve owned this Lock In series for years. I thought it was technology and scifi but didn’t understand until I started reading that it was also a mystery with the main character Chris being a new FBI agent. Chris is fortunate in many ways, starting with his family’s wealth and care, and in […]
I was happy to see we would get more of the detective Dorothy Gentlemen in her series. The setting is a sentient space ship headed to a new faraway planet. There are rules to make sure the inhabitants stay alive until they reach the destination which is hundreds of years of travel. There is lots […]
A dystopian land where factions fight over commodities and territory – and where dinosaurs perform in circus and rodeo because of a time portal discovered in what was once known as the US. Ian McDonald, a new to me author, drew me in with his coming-of-age tale of a young man with a long-held dream […]
I’m really enjoying the Queens of Villainy series. They are hardly villains though, more the opposite. Since I already got a good foundation in Wooing the Witch Queen to the world and some of the characters, it was easier to jump into Enchanting the Fae Queen. Lorelei is certainly more over the top than her […]
I’m pretty new to translated stories and Korean authors but I tried out Blood of the Old Kings last year and enjoyed the overall story, so I was excited to pick up another installment in the The Bleeding Empire series. Blood for the Undying Throne picks up not long after the events of the first […]
I love that a few of my trusted YA authors have decided to try their hands at Adult books this year. Marie Lu is one of the authors I started my reading journey with years ago when I mostly read YA. Red City is a definite departure from YA and I believe she nailed it […]
I have really been enjoying the Mossa & Pleiti series with two women normally in an academic setting mystery. Mossa is an investigator who is good at her work, but very uncertain in social circumstance. I’d almost say she is autistic but Pleiti also has the hesitation about things in their relationship. Pleiti is an […]