June 1, 2019
Welcome back, friends, to your favorite internet recap ever: Speculative Chic’s Weekly Roundup. Thanks for playing along! I’m your host, Kristina, and this week we have a slew of goodies in store for you. Join us this week for the game where every post is a prize and every reader wins!
May 31, 2019
Welcome to the Speculative Chic Book Club! Each month, we invite you to join us in reading a book that is voted on by YOU, our readers. Following a short review, please feel free to discuss the book in the comments! Shards of Honor (1986) Written by: Lois McMaster Bujold Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 255 (paperback) Publisher: Baen Premise: When…
May 19, 2019
I have returned!!! Many thanks to Shara and Casey for covering for me during a break that started awesomely (Golden Week! Yay!), then abruptly deteriorated (respiratory infection! Boo!). Two weeks of disconnection ended up feeling more like two months, and I’m all discombobulated from the passage of time. I’m sure there were lots of exciting things happening in the speculative…
May 13, 2019
Welcome to Summer, friends! To celebrate this summer solstice, let’s read about ways the world could possibly end! Doesn’t that sound fun? Without further ado . . .
May 11, 2019
Did you miss me? You know you did. Kristina has been doing a magnificent job covering the weekly roundups, but she’s not feeling well today. This means that your Auntie Casey is going to be taking you down memory lane this week, for old time’s sake. Get well soon, Kristina! And now, we begin.
April 27, 2019
Hello once again! I’m writing to you from lovely Kumamoto as the Heisei era winds down to its final days, and the new emperor Naruhito will ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne. That sounds so majestic as I write it! And I think it’s exciting to be able to say I’m living through my third Japanese era (Showa to Heisei and now…
April 26, 2019
Welcome to the Speculative Chic Book Club! Each month, we invite you to join us in reading a book that is voted on by YOU, our readers. Following a short review, please feel free to discuss the book in the comments! The Bards of Bone Plain (2010) Written by: Patricia A. McKillip Genre: Fantasy Pages: 336 (Hardcover) Publisher: Ace Premise:…
April 5, 2019
May the Fourth be with you (and also with you). For May’s poll I had you choose from Star Wars adjacent books, and I’m super pleased with the results.
March 29, 2019
Welcome to the Speculative Chic Book Club! Each month, we invite you to join us in reading a book that is voted on by YOU, our readers. Following a short review, please feel free to discuss the book in the comments! The Fox Woman (2000) Written by: Kij Johnson Genre: Fantasy Pages: 380 (hardback) Publisher: Tor Premise: Yoshifuji is a…
March 9, 2019
Hi there! Guess what time it is? It’s time for me to apologize for my absence last week. I received some bad news last Friday evening, and thus my weekly responsibility completely flew from my mind until approximately some time on Sunday evening. But here I am, back again, to walk you through our magnificent week! Let’s go!