January 30, 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, stop running and discuss Maze Runner: The Death Cure, which premiered in the United States on Friday, January 26, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
January 26, 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. We’re still experimenting with the format, so just like last month, this month we’re just doing a review followed by your discussion in the comments! Dawn (1987) Author: Octavia E. Butler Pages: 256…
January 13, 2018
Hello lovelies! I have overcome the wasting plague (mostly) and returned (kind of). Thank you very much to Editor-in-Chic Shara for covering for me while I was down. I’m back and ready to roll. Sort of. When she asked if I was well enough to return, the conversation between us went a little like this: To be fair, Shara’s office…
January 12, 2018
It’s no secret that there’s a bunch a readers here at Speculative Chic. Asking our writers what their favorite read of 2017 seemed like an easy task, but it wasn’t. When you read as many books as we do, how do you pick just one? And did it have to be a book published in 2017, or just a book…
January 9, 2018
This year, I resolved to read the works of N.K. Jemisin. No rules, no exceptions, the entire works. And because I really meant no exceptions, the first book I picked up was her most recent release, the Mass Effect: Andromeda tie-in novel released in November, when I have previously steered clear of any tie-in novel ever. But! Needs must when…
January 6, 2018
It’s the first weekend of the new year, and I hope the first week of 2018 treated you kindly. Here at Speculative Chic, we wanted to start the new year off with a bang, so let’s take a look at all of the awesome content this week, and see what you might’ve missed!
January 5, 2018
It’s 2018, everybody! Congratulations on surviving 2017. I’m proud of all of you. And I’m also here to announce the book club selection for February, as voted on by you! Brown Girl In the Ring (2001) Author: Nalo Hopkinson Discussion Date: 2/23/18 The premise: The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble.…
January 2, 2018
I have fallen down hard into the expanded Star Wars universe, clearly. It started with the book of short stories From a Certain Point of View, which I previously reviewed, and has honestly just devolved from there. I’ve never been one for media tie-ins, the end of 2017 has been a weird one for me. But hey, this book was…
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 29, 2017
We’ve shared our 2017 Disappointments with you, so now it feels only appropriate that we share what we’re most looking forward to next year. There’s a lot of amazing content being released, and for a lot of us, it was hard to narrow our picks to just one. Nevertheless, we managed, so without further adieu, come see what the writers…