February 6, 2020
I seem to do this thing where I’ll be super-excited for a book, buy it the day it’s released…and then never get around to reading it. Or read it much, much later than originally planned. I think part of that stems from knowing once I’m finished, I’m back to waiting for the next/final book in a particular series. That’s pretty…
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…
November 9, 2019
Hello, friends! Happy to see you again, and much thanks to Shara for covering for me while I was out and about chasing down the myths of Japan! I headed off to Shimane Prefecture to visit the stomping grounds of the kami: Susanoo, the trickster god of storms and sea; Amaterasu, one of Shinto’s most important kami and the renowned…
November 6, 2019
One of the most common questions authors face is a deceptively difficult one to answer: “Where do you get your ideas?” Yet, the answers to that common question can be almost as interesting as the resulting story. Welcome to You’re My Inspiration, a new column dedicated to discovering what inspires a particular author and their work. Whether it be a…
November 22, 2018
Hello all! Happy Thanksgiving to those in the USA who celebrate it. The “official” winter holiday shopping season kicks off tomorrow (even though there are some businesses who have decided to open up today, but that’s neither here nor there, and nobody wants to hear me gripe about that). Either way, the gift-giving season is upon us! I asked our…
June 5, 2018
Bring Me Their Hearts (2018) Author: Sara Wolf Genre: YA Fantasy Pages: 400 (Hardcover) Publisher: Entangled Teen Disclaimer: I was offered a free NetGalley copy from Entangled in return for a fair review. Why I Chose It: When you’re presented with a smorgasbord of ARCs but only one of them involves fantasy, royalty, and the cutting out of hearts…I mean, what else…
June 2, 2018
Hi, I’m Kristina, a new contributor to Speculative Chic. Today’s Weekly Roundup is coming to you from Japan, where the Kyushu heat and humidity hath rendered me a beached whale, splayed beneath my apartment air conditioner. Maybe I’ll stay there until the rainy season passes. In the meantime, I hope your corner of the world is cool and comfortable!
May 28, 2018
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 New York Times bestselling author, Sara Wolf! Sara is the…