June 13, 2018
Through the Woods (2014) Written by: Emily Carroll Genre: Horror Pages: 208 (paperback) Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Why I Chose It: I bought this book ages ago and when looking for a spooky read, it finally made it out of the To-Be-Read pile. The premise: Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories…
June 12, 2018
Binti: Home (2017) Author: Nnedi Okorafor Genre: science fiction Pages: 168 (kindle) Series: Binti Trilogy Publisher: Tor Why I chose it: I first read Binti back in February, when I searched specifically for fantasy and science fiction written by authors of color. I was blown away by how awesome Binti was, especially as I listened to the audiobook and the…
June 11, 2018
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with New York Times bestselling author, Christopher Golden! Christopher doesn’t just…
June 9, 2018
Hello awesome people, it’s the weekend! It’s June! It’s summer here in the US! It doesn’t matter that the “official” first day of summer is June 21; it was in the upper 90s here in the Kingdom of Undisclosed Location yesterday. That’s summer, folks. As much as I would like to remain in the blessed indoors, I have errands to…
June 8, 2018
Let’s be honest: despite the adage, we are all guilty of occasionally judging books by the cover. We know we shouldn’t, but sometimes, we just can’t help ourselves. This month’s roundtable topic was suggested by Nicole Taft, bookseller par excellence. She sees a lot of book covers, and wanted to talk about books that we, as readers, picked up simply…
June 7, 2018
Metropolis For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see and have yet to…
June 6, 2018
After last year’s successful resolution, I decided to dip my toes into a new-to-me spec-fic area — podcasts. The rules as I laid them out originally for 2018: I will listen to twelve spec-fic oriented podcasts, one per month. For each podcast, I will listen to a minimum of five episodes per podcast before I either give up or add…
June 5, 2018
Bring Me Their Hearts (2018) Author: Sara Wolf Genre: YA Fantasy Pages: 400 (Hardcover) Publisher: Entangled Teen Disclaimer: I was offered a free NetGalley copy from Entangled in return for a fair review. Why I Chose It: When you’re presented with a smorgasbord of ARCs but only one of them involves fantasy, royalty, and the cutting out of hearts…I mean, what else…
June 4, 2018
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with Jason Jack Miller, who is the author of Murder Ballads and…
June 2, 2018
Hi, I’m Kristina, a new contributor to Speculative Chic. Today’s Weekly Roundup is coming to you from Japan, where the Kyushu heat and humidity hath rendered me a beached whale, splayed beneath my apartment air conditioner. Maybe I’ll stay there until the rainy season passes. In the meantime, I hope your corner of the world is cool and comfortable!