April 14, 2019
Hello, Game of Thrones fans! Tonight, Sunday April 14th at 9:00 pm on HBO, marks the moment so many of us have been waiting for: the premiere of the final, six-episode season. What kind of answers are in store for us? Will we be happy with the ending? Who lives? Who dies? What theories are left to confirm or deny?…
April 13, 2019
Greetings, gentle readers! It’s your friendly neighborhood otaku, Kristina! Today’s weekly roundup is coming to you live from Japan, where the cherry blossoms have fallen and given way to the fresh green leaves that herald the warm spring season. I won’t mourn the sakura for too long, though, because at end of this month and into early May, the wisteria…
April 11, 2019
The Reckoners Series Steelheart (Book 1) Mitosis (Book 1.5) Firefight (Book 2) Calamity (Book 3) Written by: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Post-apocalyptic, YA Lengths: 12h 42m (Book 1); 1h 3m (Book 1.5); 12h 5m (Book 2); 12h 18m (Book 3) Publisher: Audible Studios Normally, when I review books in a series, I do it individually, reviewing one book (or more) as…
January 12, 2019
Howdy! Hard to believe it, but January is almost halfway finished. Tempus fugit, and so on. Anyway! Let’s take a peek at the delightful tricks and wonders that we had on offer for you this week! Onward!
January 10, 2019
First, a warning: Mary Poppins lives very close to my heart and is quite emotional for me. So when they’d announced in 2017 that they were going to do something with the Mary Poppins story, I was apprehensive. Really apprehensive. I didn’t want Hollywood ruining it like they’d ruined Willy Wonka. However, when the first trailer dropped a few months…
December 31, 2018
Hello, friends and amazing readers! I wanted to take a moment to sit down, breathe, and reflect not only on last week, but on the year that we’ve had here at Speculative Chic. I know that we usually throw the roundup party on Saturdays, but given that it was a holiday week, and that this is New Year’s Eve, I…
December 22, 2018
Hello! Happy Saturday! Seasons Greetings, and what-not! For some of us, this is the last weekend before a big holiday. If you are among those running to and fro, attempting to navigate busy stores and coordinating travel plans, may the odds be ever in your favor! Take a few minutes to stop, rest, and look back over what we published…
December 17, 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 Speculative Chic contributor Venessa Giunta, whose debut novel, Jivaja, was…
December 16, 2018
Hello friends! A day late, and I apologize profusely. But, what’s done is done, and the past is gone, and etc. That said, why don’t we examine the past for a few minutes, to get us ready for the coming week!
December 13, 2018
The Wendy (2018) Written by: Erin Michelle Sky and Steven Brown Genre: YA Fantasy Length: 254 (Nook) Series: Book One of Tales of The Wendy Publisher: Trash Dogs Media, LLC Why I Chose It: I met half of the author duo at Dragon Con last year and when I read the blurb for their book, I was immediately intrigued! The premise:…