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…
August 3, 2019
Welcome back, denizens of geek! We’ve got another Roundup in store for you, with all the best of spec this week! I’m quivering with antici… …pation, so let’s cut the usual goofy intro and jump right in!
July 27, 2019
Hey, hey, kiddos, and what a week it’s been! Weather armageddon continues throughout the world, manifesting in varied and extreme ways, and I got to experience my own scare during the start of the week, when everyone’s phones exploded with emergency alerts about my hometown in a level-4 evacuation emergency for floods and mudslides. Remember how I complained about tsuyu…
July 26, 2019
Greetings, Book Clubbers! Your Editor-in-Chic is stepping in for the month of July with an important announcement. Do you remember, when we voted on July’s Book Club selection, that we picked the book based on helping Merrin clear out her TBR pile, because July is her birthday month? Well, because Merrin has been working so hard for this blog, I…
June 7, 2019
Happy birthday to me and my fellow July babies!! This month I made you pick from my to-be-read stack and I’m so pleased with your choice . . . A Darker Shade of Magic (2015) Written by: V.E. Schwab Discussion date: 7/26/19 Premise: Kell is one of the last Antari — magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel…
October 11, 2017
A Conjuring of Light (2017) Written By: V.E. Schwab Genre: Fantasy Pages: 624 (Hardcover) Series: Shades of Magic (Book 3) Publisher: Tor Books Why I Chose It: Because the second one ended on the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers and I’m only human. The Premise: As darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, the once precarious balance of power among the four Londons…
October 3, 2017
A Gathering of Shadows (2016) Written By: V.E. Schwab Genre: Fantasy Pages: 512 (Trade Paperback) Series: Shades of Magic (Book 2) Publisher: Tor Books Why I Chose It: I really liked the first one, which didn’t end on a cliffhanger. Strangely enough, I find that more of a reason to read a sequel than when a book just cuts off…
August 30, 2017
When someone mentions fantasy book covers, inevitably a stereotypical image pops up. One of knights standing near dragons, perhaps a chain-mail bra-clad woman with him. Or at least, that’s what used to be the norm. As today’s standards of what’s “cool” and socially acceptable continue to shift, so do the covers of speculative fiction books. Fantasy, science fiction, and horror…