A lot can happen in a week. Politics and COVID-19 aside, it seems like “everyone” wants to return to a time when “things were the way they used to be.” Out of all of the prejudices that’s been going around, it seems that ageism continues to be accepted widely due to the notion that “the… Continue reading The Disclosure Behind the 2020 Hugo Awards
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Why You Need to Read: “The Bear and the Nightingale”
Winternight Trilogy, #1: The Bear and the Nightingale By: Katherine Arden Published: January 10, 2017 Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Folklore/Magic Realism/Coming-of-Age Vasya’s head hurt with thinking. If the domovoi wasn’t real, then what about the others? The vodyanoy in the river, the twig-man in the trees? The rusalka, the polevik, the dvorovoi? Had she imagined them all? Was… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “The Bear and the Nightingale”
The Shortlist Award Reading Challenge 2019—The End
As some of you may or may not know, I decided to partake of this crazy reading challenge in which, I would read as many of the nominees of the largest book awards for speculative fiction I could by the time the winners were announced. Obviously, this was easier said than done, but I did… Continue reading The Shortlist Award Reading Challenge 2019—The End
Why You Need to Read: “Trail of Lightning”
The Sixth World: Book One: Trail of Lightning By: Rebecca Roanhorse Published: June 26, 2018 Genre: Science Fiction, Native American Literature, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Folklore NOTE:Understand that any incorrect use and/or spelling surrounding the culture mentioned is unintentional. “But I’m no hero. I’m more of a last resort, a scorched-earth policy. I’m the person you hire… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Trail of Lightning”
The Shortlist Award Reading Challenge 2019
It seems that my #1 goal for 2019 is to exhaust myself into completing all of the other goals I have made for myself: get a job, read 100 books, read and post about ARCs, connect with authors and editors, work on my content for my social media pages, finish some of my WIP for… Continue reading The Shortlist Award Reading Challenge 2019