Tag: reading
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My review: The Everlasting, by Alix E. Harrow
Another last-minute review of a book I read months ago. Another attempt to put my thoughts in order before voting. Every evidence of procrastination and incomplete work is another chance to grow? Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. It does fall heavily into the “war is war” category of books that give me some kind…
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My review: Tender Is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
I read this in paperback on 26 July 2026. I grabbed this book and every other one mentioned in the New York Times article about cannibalism as a publishing trend. I’m a sucker for a theme, and especially for this theme. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/books/cannibalism-fiction.html Look, I grew up on Rocky Horror, and Meatloaf is a rather tender…
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My review: The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh
I read this (epub) on 15 May 2026. This novel is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. Magic-school stories, which I suppose are a subset of boarding-school stories, are not my jam. Not anymore. I was a Harry Potter kid. Like,…
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My review: The Raven Scholar, by Antonia Hodgson
I read this (epub) on 14 May 2026. This novel is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. I really enjoyed this one, despite all the things I didn’t like. Stories about formal factions are fine but so often overdone. This one…
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My review of: Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz
I read this (epub) in two sittings on 11 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. The truest sign of a book I love is my desire to share it with other people. Sometimes this can be…
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