It’s the weekend once again! What are you up to? If it were up to me, I’d be traveling. However, due to a number of circumstances, one of which being another batch of snow, I’m staying in. So I’m heading out on a virtual, fictional vacation. Where are you heading this weekend? Ankh-Morpork can be … interesting, this time of year. I’d probably avoid Westeros right now. Personally, I’m zipping off into space this afternoon, and then probably stepping into a couple of twisted alternate universes by way of a black mirror. (See what I did there? I am so funny. I wish.) So let’s look at what our writers did this week! Let them be your fictional travel guides to some of the best places to travel in the speculative multiverse.
Monday
Lauren Baratz-Logsted, author of the forthcoming Zombie Abbey, joined us on Monday morning to share the things she loves best right now. What are those things? Rather than tease you with the preview, I’m just going to point enthusiastically at her post and suggest that you just go read it!
Tuesday
Calie Voorhis returned with the newest edition of Changing the Map. This month’s topic? The many worlds of Andre Norton!
Wednesday
Are you a gamer? Erin S. Bales is, and she’s not just a fan of major studio offerings. Take a look at her post on some of her favorite (or soon to be favorite) indie games, and find your new addiction!
For our afternoon post, Kelly McCarty took a stab at reviewing The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. Spoiler! Kelly was a bit reluctant to give this one a try. What did she think? Read her review to see what she ultimately thought.
Thursday
Have you met Murderbot? Does this sentence make any sense to you at all? Nancy O’Toole Meservier took the opportunity to get to know Murderbot when she reviewed Martha Wells’ All Systems Red for Thursday morning. Read her review to find out what she thought.
On Thursday afternoon, Kelly McCarty was back with her review of The Book of Etta, the followup to The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. Find out what she thought of the novel.
Friday
Time for the book club! You’ve had a month, and now join Merrin in discussing Katharine Kerr’s Daggerspell.
Book Club
Now that our discussion for Daggerspell is live for your entertainment, it’s time to focus on our April selection: Redshirts, by John Scalzi. You can vote for May’s selection right here. We’re voting between three novels with strong maternal characters, in honor of Mother’s Day. Go vote!
And that’s all the time we’ve got for today, folks. Enjoy your weekend! And now I’m off to my weekend in outer space with Claudia Gray’s Lost Stars. Where are you going?
Maybe I can pretend to be on Hoth (image from starwars.ea.com)
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