April 7, 2020
I knew The Witcher was going to be a show I had to see at some point. After pretty much cheating via my sister’s Netflix info (yes, I’m one of the rare folks in the population that doesn’t have Netflix), I watched it in a handful of days, two episodes per night, and loved it. To the point that I…
April 2, 2020
It’s taken me 2 years and a few re-reads to get to this point, but here I am, finally finished with Rhonda Mason’s excellent Empress Game trilogy. And as an official part of my 2020 Resolution Project, I can now mark another book off my list! Was it all worth it? You’ll have to read everything below to find out!…
March 24, 2020
After stumbling upon the first book in the series and loving every page, naturally I had to find the next two and read them as well. Finally I get to know if Amber and Charlie are supposed to be together, why Amber’s powers are so broken, and maybe see more of Amani and Vincent. The Fairest Kind of Love (2019)…
March 12, 2020
After gushing about the first book, you couldn’t very well not expect me to read the second, could you? So naturally I set out to tackle this one with gusto. Even better, my Editor-in-Chic told me that there was also a third book, so I checked it out along with this one. Soon I’ll have the whole series finished! (It…
March 5, 2020
The Hazel Wood is a part of my 2020 Resolution Project. I have 20 books that qualify as speculative on my shelves that I have yet to read — and that I have owned many for several years. The Hazel Wood, however, is not one of those books. I bought this book only a handful of months ago, although I’ve…
February 20, 2020
Working at a bookstore has its sad moments. That may sound like a strange thing to say, but it’s true. Going through the shelves and picking out all the books that are due to be returned is one of them. I always get sad when books we only have a few copies of have to get sent back. True, often…
February 6, 2020
I seem to do this thing where I’ll be super-excited for a book, buy it the day it’s released…and then never get around to reading it. Or read it much, much later than originally planned. I think part of that stems from knowing once I’m finished, I’m back to waiting for the next/final book in a particular series. That’s pretty…
February 4, 2020
Fun fact: This will actually be my second time reading this book. Why? Because the final book, Exile’s Throne, is on my 2020 Reading List and I need a refresher course. A lot happens in this book, but I couldn’t remember all the details or the character’s names. So I started fresh with The Empress Game; now we are here,…
January 16, 2020
Like a lot of us here at Speculative Chic, I went to Seton Hill University for their Creative Writing program, as did Rhonda Mason. When I heard she’d gotten one of her books published, I picked it up since I like to support my fellow graduates — plus it sounded pretty awesome. And let me tell you, Ms. Mason does…
January 10, 2020
After reading the first of John Scalzi’s Interdependency series, how could I not press on with the second book? I mean, literally everything connecting numerous human words is collapsing, which will leave them all stranded billions of light years from each other (aka just about everyone is going to die). So I kind of want to know what happens. Even…