April 10, 2018
Do you enjoy the timeless fiction of Jane Austen or Charles Dickens? Are you a fan of rogues and bandits disrupting high society? Did you like Frozen? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I may have just the book for you. Allow me to introduce Yvienne and Tesara Mederos, the titular sisters in Patrice Sarath’s newest…
April 6, 2018
A Clash of Kings (2000) Written By: George R.R. Martin Narrated by: Roy Dotrice Genre: Epic Fantasy Length: 37 h 18 m (Audiobook) Series: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2 Publisher: Random House Audio via Audible The premise: A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding…
March 13, 2018
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, be a warrior and discuss A Wrinkle in Time, which premiered in the United States on Friday, March 9, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
March 8, 2018
So, 2018 is well-entrenched and that means Convention Season has started! I thought I’d do a post on some of the big ones that are coming up this year. I’m going to focus on the more “industry” type cons and not on the fan cons. Fans make up a good portion of the attendance at the cons below, it’s just…
February 22, 2018
Oathbringer (2017) Author: Brandon Sanderson Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer Genre: Epic Fantasy Series: The Stormlight Archive (Book 3) Length: 1,248 pages (Kindle); 55 h and 4 m (Audiobook)* Publisher: Tor Books Why I Chose It: I read Oathbringer as part of 2018’s Resolution Project. Also, I’m a big fan of both the series and the author. The Premise: Oathbringer, the…
February 12, 2018
Happy Monday to all! We’re doing something a little different this afternoon. I’m sure you’re used to the My Favorite Things column we publish every Monday morning, but we got to thinking: why not invite authors to share excerpts from their latest releases? We reached out to Entangled Teen, and they were more than happy to hook us up with…
February 8, 2018
For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see and have yet to get…
February 7, 2018
Nevernight (2016) Written By: Jay Kristoff Genre: Fantasy Pages: 448 pages (Hardcover) Series: The Nevernight Chronicle (Book 1) Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Why I Chose It: The cover mostly. I’m a sucker for good covers with stark contrasts. And wings. I really like wings. Premise: In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school…
February 6, 2018
I love whimsical fantasy that’s coated in glitter and smells like popcorn and sugar. I made a display at work featuring as many of these sort of books as I could find: Caraval, The Night Circus, Daughter of a Burning City. Circuses and carnivals are magical places — even if they happen to be the cheap traveling kind with rides…
February 2, 2018
Hello and good day and prepare yourselves for the March selection for book club, as voted by you, our readers! Daggerspell (1986) Author: Katharine Kerr Discussion date: 3/23/18 Premise: Even as a young girl, Jill was a favorite of the magical, mysterious Wildfolk, who appeared to her from their invisible realm. Little did she know her extraordinary friends represented but a…