July 2, 2020
I had a great deal of fun with the first two books, and with the whole COVID madness thing in the world, I’d forgotten that April was the release date for the final book. Until I remembered. Then I promptly got on the library’s wait list for the eBook. I prefer to not deal in eBooks if at all possible…
May 9, 2020
Ever have a week where bad luck just piles up on each other? I’m having that right now, where everything I touch becomes a mess. And with that in mind, I’m worried about botching my introduction, so I’ll just cut to the chase — let’s get started with your favorite recap on the web, The Weekly Roundup!
May 7, 2020
Welcome to another post involving Books Nicole Owns But Hasn’t Read Because She, Like Many, Is Actually A Book Dragon. So because of all this hoarding, I made my 2020 resolution to read most of the speculative books that I own. I’ve had Lock In for a few years because everything I’ve read by John Scalzi so far is a…
January 11, 2020
Hey, hey, hey! I’ve returned from my trip to Korea to visit family, and I have to give many kudos to Shara for taking the reins on my editing duties and all the Weekly Roundups while I was out. Thanks for your awesome work! And now I get to state my disbelief that we’ve made it to 2020, the decade…
January 10, 2020
After reading the first of John Scalzi’s Interdependency series, how could I not press on with the second book? I mean, literally everything connecting numerous human words is collapsing, which will leave them all stranded billions of light years from each other (aka just about everyone is going to die). So I kind of want to know what happens. Even…
January 4, 2020
It’s officially 2020, and at Speculative Chic, we’ve spent the entire week celebrating! Since our usual Round-Up editor is still on vacation, I thought I’d tackle all the fun we’ve been having this week to share the love with all of you! So take a breather, sit back, and start reading: I don’t want you to have missed any of…
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 31, 2019
We march into 2020 totally brave and bold with some of our most ambitious Resolution Projects yet! Whether it’s knocking through a catalog of 15 to 20 books, blazing through seasons upon seasons of series both old and newly beloved, or cracking open the cookbooks and assembling a smorgasbord of speculative treats, we’ve got something for everyone to look forward…
August 12, 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 Speculative Chic contributor Merrin, who you may also know as…
April 27, 2018
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! Redshirts (2012) Author: John Scalzi Pages: 316 pages (Kindle) Publisher: Tor Why I nominated this for book club: I…