September 26, 2019
Jade War (2019) Written by: Fonda Lee Series: Jade City #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 590 (Hardcover) Publisher: Orbit Why I Chose This: For my 2019 Resolution Project I decided to tackle my fear of long books by reading three super-sized sequels to books I already enjoyed. Jade War is the final of these three books. The Premise: On the island…
September 25, 2019
One of the most common questions authors face is a deceptively difficult one to answer: “Where do you get your ideas?” Yet, the answers to that common question can be almost as interesting as the resulting story. Welcome to You’re My Inspiration, a new column dedicated to discovering what inspires a particular author and their work. Whether it be a…
September 25, 2019
Geekerella (2017) Written By: Ashley Poston Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance Pages: 337 pages (Kindle) Series: Book 1 of Once Upon a Con Publisher: Quirk Books Why I Chose It: Continuing with the fairytale trend. So, this isn’t exactly speculative fiction, I know, but bear with me because it is entirely about a sci-fi fandom and love in nerd culture.…
September 24, 2019
Because I work as a librarian, the way I discover new-to-me books has changed from when I was younger and not a librarian. I see what titles cross the circulation desk; peruse the records in the library catalog; read entries in themed book lists from Barnes & Noble and Orbit; and find books or DVDs when I straighten the library…
September 23, 2019
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 Kate Alice Marshall, whose latest release, Rules for Vanishing, comes…
September 22, 2019
Hello and welcome back to the Weekly Roundup! We’re coming to you a day late and a dollar short because I encountered a timeslip (or had a colossal brainfart…which is the more plausible? 🤔). How was your week? Did you keep to your worldline? Stay out of the wardrobe? Keep your hands and feet tucked in at all times? Good,…
September 20, 2019
Magic Shifts (2015) Written by: Ilona Andrews Series: Kate Daniels #8 Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 375 (Paperback) Publisher: Ace Why I Chose This: My 2019 Resolution Project for Speculative Chic is to read the books in the Kate Daniels series and finish up with a first read of the final book. I first read Magic Shifts in 2016 and reviewed it at my own blog.…
September 19, 2019
Kung fu meets sci-fi meets Asian street food. That’s the tagline in the trailer description on YouTube, and if that’s your thing, Wu Assassins is for you. The series dropped on Netflix on August 8 with 10 episodes.
September 18, 2019
Since I already said my piece about Blumhouse Productions, the driving force behind this ambitious year-long project, and Hulu’s odd lack of promotion in my first post, I think we can jump right into the reviews of Into the Dark, episodes 7-12. Oh, I do want to give a shout-out to whoever made the posters for this series. The images…
September 17, 2019
The Journey thus far….. In our quest for urban fantasy, we have hitherto journeyed only through the realm of fairy and its migration into the cities of Minneapolis and Newford. But how did we arrive in St. Louis? Well, the master of the city, Jean-Claude, invited us, we gave consent, and followed him and his lover, Anita Blake down from…