Title: The Gone World Author: Tom Sweterlitsch Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsPublication Date: February 2019Paperback: 400 pages “I promise you have never read a story like this.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter Inception meets True Detective in…
Hello, we are over at Kirkus with our regular column. Today, Ana review Recursion by Blake Crouch which is TOTALLY an unexpected time travel book! Yay! Go over there for the full review.…
Title: The Lesson Author: Cadwell Turnbull Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Publication date: June 18 2019Hardcover: 275 pages An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race…
As you know, I am now a commuter who spends 5+ hours daily travelling (I KNOW!) and I am reading so much and most of it are audiobooks. All this time is also allowing me to be more eclectic…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reads this delightful space opera by Megan E. O’Keefe: It is soooooo good. Go over to Kirkus to read all about it!…
Title: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Author: Hank Green Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: DuttonPublication date: September 2018Hardcover: 352 pages The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like…
Title: With the Fire on High Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Harper TeenPublication date: May 7 2019Hardcover: 400 pages With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions,…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus with a review of Sarah Gailey’s novel Magic for Liars Go over to Kirkus for the full scoop.…
Title: Unraveling Author: Karen Lord Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Daw BooksPublication date: June 4 2019Hardcover: 304 pages Dr. Miranda Ecouvo, forensic therapist of the City, just helped put a serial killer behind bars. But she soon discovers that her investigation…
Title: The Invited Author: Jennifer McMahon Genre: Horror Publisher: DoubledayPublication Date: May 2019Hardcover: 353 pages A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn today, this time with a review of Middlegame by Seanan McGuire. An alchemical fairy tale, Middlegame is the story of not-quite-human twins–Roger and Dodger–who created in…
Title: The Luminous Dead Author: Caitlin Starling Genre: Horror Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: April 2019 Hardcover: 352 Pages A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus with a review of Atlas Alone by Emma Newman Go over to Kirkus to hear more about it.…
Title: Sherwood Author: Meagan Spooner Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeenPublication Date: March 2019Hardcover: 480 pages Robin of Locksley is dead. Maid Marian doesn’t know how she’ll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn, with a review of romantic YA fantasy novel A Curse So Dark And Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer. A retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but with a modern and multi-world fantastical…
Title: The Dead Queens Club Author: Hannah Capin Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Inkyard PressPublication date: January 29 2019Hardcover:464 pages What do a future ambassador, an overly ambitious Francophile, a hospital-volunteering Girl Scout, the new girl from Cleveland, the junior cheer captain,…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today I review Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez It’s such a great book! Go over there to read the review.…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn, with a review of Sarah Beth Durst’s newest fantasy novel, The Deepest Blue. A spinoff novel set in the world of Renthia–in which elemental spirits try to kill…
I’ve been reading quite a lot now that my commute is five hours long. Daily. I read two books recently, a mixed bag – one, a literary fiction that left me cold, the other a historical fiction that was…
Title: The True Queen Author: Zen Cho Genre: Fantasy Publisher: MacmillanPublication date: March 12 2019Hardcover: 384 pages The enchanted island of Janda Baik, in the Malay Archipelago, has long been home to witches. And Muna and her sister Sakti wake on…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today I am talking about all the awesome time travel I’ve been reading including The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds and the Alice Payne novellas by Kate…
Today, we are giving the floor over to Charles Payseur, a member of our Smuggler Army with his regular column X Marks the Story to review Serial Box Publishing’s series Ninth Step Station by Malka Older, Fran Wilde, Curtis C.…
Title: The Light Brigade Author: Kameron Hurley Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Saga PressPublication date: March 19 2019Hardcover: 356 pages They said the war would turn us into light. I wanted to be counted among the heroes who gave us this better world. …
Title: The Wicked King Author: Holly Black Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: January 2019Hardcover: 336 pages This exclusive edition contains deleted scenes sure to delight fans and give them a special peek into the world…
We are over at Kirkus today with Ana’s look at Elizabeth Bear’s new novel Ancestral Night In many ways this book is an excellent pairing with MCU’s recently released Captain Marvel. No, really, hear me out. Both are stories centring women…
