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Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
I’ll definitely be keeping Vo near the top of my list of ‘Must Read’ authors.
Book Review: You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime by Maisie Ganzler
An informative, useful, & inspiring book that ignores the teamwork & collaboration required to achieve the results.
Book Review: Kinning by Nisi Shawl
The story felt disjointed. Confused. Too many characters and voices and locations, all constantly and sometimes abruptly shifting.
Book Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty
This is the first book in what looks like it’ll be a five book series about Amina and her friends, and after finishing it I’m already looking forward to the ...
Book Review: On Parchment by Bruce Holsinger
A good book, but too dry and dense for my tastes.
Book Review: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
The problem with the Singing Hills Cycle is that they’re all novellas, and therefore over too quickly.
Book Review: The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Despite it being a (SFF) mystery, I ended up liking it.
Book Review: Dead Country by Max Gladstone
It was fine, but this first experience with the Craft Sequence universe didn’t convince me I need to run out and read the others any time soon.
Book Review: Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
It was a decent story, with familiar elements of coming-of-age and finding-oneself mixed in with action and adventure.
Book Review: Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
It’s not a bad book, and the story premise is interesting enough. It’s just that the thing was so s l o w.