A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree Jr. My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read in Star Songs of An Old Primate as part of a few reading challenges: Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge and the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge. The collection is also being read for the LGBTQ Reading […]
Read More Novella Review: A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree Jr.Too Wyrd is is a fabulous romp that is at times funny, exciting, and even a little scary, that comes across something like Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files meets American Gods. Source: Book Review: Too Wyrd by Sarah Buhrman
Read More Book Review: Too Wyrd by Sarah BuhrmanThat’s what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there. Anne McCaffrey
Read More What Writing is All About, After All…I apparently read a lot of outstanding books over the course of the year and simply could not pick a top ten list! More than twenty of the 56 that Goodreads tells me I read (my goal was 50,) I gave a rating of five stars to. And choosing which ones stayed with me the most between […]
Read More I Tried to List the Top Ten Books I Read in 2016, But…MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge, the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge. Method of the world’s destruction: ecological devastation, corporate greed, and a mad scientist’s bioengineered supervirus. This book was my last hurrah for 2016; I’m not […]
Read More Book Review: MaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodIt’s hard to find good advice about writing. A lot of people do vlogs about it, but in my opinion, they either seem to be amateurs who are more interested in discussing the social issues around writing than the writing process itself (which is important, and something I’m interested in, but I wish they would title […]
Read More A Good Writing Vlog: Jenna MoreciWeb of the Witch World by Andre Norton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge. I think I really like Andre Norton. This is only the second book of hers that I’ve read, the second of the classic Witch World series. I really love what she’s done here […]
Read More Book Review: Web of the Witch World by Andre NortonWitch World by Andre Norton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge (for sci-fi/fantasy books that were nominated for awards but did not win). Anne McCaffrey, C.J. Cherryh, and Andre Norton – the forgotten triumvirate of women who moulded the science […]
Read More Book Review: Witch World by Andre NortonFool’s War by Sarah Zettel My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge and the Space Opera Challenge. The book has received a lot of mixed reviews. I think the big reason why is that no matter what you’re expecting, this book is not what you expect. Is it […]
Read More Book Review: Fool’s War by Sarah ZettelThe purpose of science fiction is, arguably, to make you think and question what it is we’re doing now. The Dispossessed does just that. Source: Book Review: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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