April 30, 2019
Magic Bleeds (2010) Written by: Ilona Andrews Series: Kate Daniels #4 Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 349 (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 Bleeds in 2010. The Premise: Kate Daniels works…
April 3, 2019
Magic Strikes (2009) Written by: Ilona Andrews Series: Kate Daniels #3 Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 310 (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 Strikes in 2009. The Premise: When magic strikes…
March 8, 2019
Magic Burns (2008) Written by: Ilona Andrews Series: Kate Daniels #2 Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 260 (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 Burns in 2008. The Premise: Down in Atlanta,…
January 29, 2019
Magic Bites (2007) Written by: Ilona Andrews Series: Kate Daniels #1 Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 260 (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 Bites in 2007. The Premise: Atlanta would be a…
December 31, 2018
Welcome to the very end of 2018! For the past few years, we have challenged our contributors to come up with a goal for the coming year. Those goals have varied from “read a certain book” to “consume ALL of the Game of Thrones content currently available.” You’d be surprised and perhaps a little amused that those of us who…
October 11, 2018
On Labor Day weekend every year, more than 80,000 people descend on Atlanta, Georgia to celebrate dozens and dozens of fandoms, from Star Trek to Vampire Hunter D to X-Men to Firefly. The event takes over five host hotels and two of the America’s Mart buildings, and hosts hundreds of guests — writers, actors, artists, bands, and more. To say…
January 1, 2018
Last year, a handful of our writers embarked on a Speculative Chic Resolution. As with all resolutions, we started out with the best of intentions, but as 2017 progressed and wound down, well, you can see how we fared here. But the lure of a New Year is that clean slate, a chance to start over, and a chance to…
December 11, 2017
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 author and Speculative Chic contributor Lane Robins. You may know…
July 17, 2017
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome to the new and improved version of 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 author and Sound Off! editor…
January 23, 2017
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, a weekly column where we gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we’re all about an awesome character from SyFy’s The Expanse, and a duo of fabulous books. One is the latest…