January 2, 2020
The Collapsing Empire (2017) Written by: John Scalzi Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 336 (Kindle) Series: The Interdependency Publisher: Tor Books Why I Chose It: I received this book for free through Tor.com’s eBook of the Month Club and it’s been sitting in my digital library ever since. But I finally got to it, and I enjoy John Scalzi’s work, so I…
December 5, 2019
Pet (2019) Written by: Akwaeke Emezi Genre: Fantasy/Young Adult Pages: 204 (Paperback) Publisher: Random House Why I Chose It: We get a lot of Advance Reader Copies at the bookstore — this happened to be one of them. But if you dangle a book featuring a blood-summoned monster from a painting in front of me, I’m going to read it…
November 29, 2019
To Kill a Kingdom (2018) Written by: Alexandra Christo Genre: Fantasy Pages: 352 (Paperback) Publisher: Square Fish Why I Chose It: At this point almost everything I find to read I discover at work (the bookstore) first. Same goes for this one. Unfortunately at the time this one was due to be sent back to the publisher, but the tentacles…
November 7, 2019
Our Bloody Pearl (2018) Written by: D.N. Bryn Genre: Fantasy Pages: 230 Series: These Treacherous Tides Publisher: Avos Publishing Why I Chose It: I received a copy of this book in return for a fair review. However, I accepted the book in the first place because I enjoy a good siren story and they’re so hard to come by these days.…
October 3, 2019
For the year of 2019, both Erin and I have come to realize that we have way too many games hanging out in our Steam library that we still haven’t played. Our resolutions? To whittle that number down to something much smaller. Given that 2020 is only a handful of months away, I think it’s safe to say that neither…
September 5, 2019
The Little Shop of Found Things (2018) Written by: Paula Brackston Genre: Historical Fantasy Pages: 307 (Hardcover) Series: Found Things Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Why I Chose It: When you work at a bookstore you see a lot of titles, and often you end up giving them a peek. This one sounded interesting, kind of chill, kind of cute, a bit…
August 1, 2019
I decided to take a page out of Merrin’s book and go on a dig in the salt mines. I, too, have things that stick under my craw for various reasons. We all have a lot of feelings about certain things, not all of them are good, and sometimes you just have to let the world know about them. In…
July 4, 2019
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (2018 — 2019) Written by: Yu Tomofuji Series: Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (Vol. 1-5) Genre: Manga (Fantasy) Publisher: Yen Press Why I Chose It: Working in a bookstore, I’ve read a lot of things based off what customers ask for (not what they recommend — no disrespect, but everyone recommends…
June 6, 2019
Disclaimer: If you have not seen Avengers: Endgame, DO NOT READ THIS. This article includes major spoilers and should be avoided at all costs. Endgame has been billed as the essential finale to the vast majority of our beloved Marvel heroes. However, we are talking about a comic book universe where literally anything can happen (and often does), so even…
May 2, 2019
The Need (2019) Written by: Helen Phillips Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 260 (Paperback) Publisher: Simon and Schuster Why I Chose It: This book is an Advance Reader’s Edition that, in all honesty, I plucked off the shelf while on lunch at work. I started to read and got to a point where I figured I might as well finish the whole thing…