Title: Artificial ConditionSeries: The Murderbot Diaries #2Author: Martha WellsGenre: Science FictionPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 1250186927 Summary: It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to …
Title: Space OperaSeries: Space Opera #1Author: Catherynne M. ValenteGenre: Science FictionPublisher: CorsairFormat: HardcoverISBN: 1472115074 Summary: IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented-something to cheer up everyone who was left …
Title: On a Summer NightSeries: Author: Gabriel D. Vidrine Genre: Contemporary RomancePublisher: NineStar PressFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781948608367 Summary: Fourteen-year-old Casey is determined to have fun this summer going to camp with his best friend, Ella. His overprotective mother frets that attending this one instead of trans camp like he’s always done will cause problems, but Casey has his heart set …
Title: Kill The Farm BoyAuthor: Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin HearneGenre: Fiction, HumorPublisher: Del ReyFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781524797751 Summary: Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born . . . and so begins every fairy tale ever told. This is not that fairy tale. There is a Chosen One, but …
Title: Pantheon: The True Story of Egyptian DeitiesSeries: Author: Hamish SteeleGenre: Graphic Novel, MythologyPublisher: Nobrow Press Format: PaperbackISBN: 1910620203 CWs: Incest, Violence Summary: The most important myth in Ancient Egypt is faithfully retold in glorious color! Horus, son of Isis, vows bloody revenge on his Uncle Set for the murder and usurpation of his Pharaoh father. Based on elements …
Title: TornSeries: The Unraveled Kingdom #1Author: Rowena MillerGenre: Fantasy, RomancePublisher: OrbitFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9780316478625 Summary: Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others …
Title: Into The Drowning DeepAuthor: Mira GrantGenre: Science Fiction, HorrorPublisher: OrbitFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9780316379403 Summary: Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others …
Those of us who read fiction set in either a historic period or a fantasy world inspired by history know that we’re getting a sanitized version of reality. For the most part, we don’t actually want to think about the reality of life before our currently level of food safety, medical science, and sanitation.
As we enter new relationships, we go in blind. For the most part, we trust until we are given reasons not to. ~ Kelly Smith, Signs In The Rearview Mirror Author: Kelly Smith Publisher: Sunny Day Publishing LCC My rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ Signs In The Rearview Mirror: Leaving Toxic Relationships Behind is a first hand account of how …
Title: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other StoriesSeries: Author: Kelly BarnhillGenre: FantasyPublisher: Algonquin BooksFormat: eBookISBN: 1616207973 Summary: Author Kelly Barnhill has written a collection of stories, teeming with uncanny characters whose lives unfold in worlds at once strikingly human and eerily original. When Mrs. Sorensen’s husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in “Mrs. Sorensen …
