2018, in retrospective

I can't believe it's January already. The last two months of 2018 were a bit of a blur, and both reading and reviewing fell a little to the side for me, priority-wise. It was a momentous year, though, so I guess I should be excused - among other things, in the last couple of months, …

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[ARC] Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein, edited by David Thomas Moore

I read this book courtesy of the publisher and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Crossposted to GoodReads. A collection of stories about Frankenstein's Monster, published right in time for the 200th anniversary of the original monster's conception, offers a rich range of reinterpretations and rewritings. Themes of monstrosity are a given, but we have …

[ARC] Aliette de Bodard, In the Vanishers’ Palace

...I realise this place has been a bit of a ghost haunt for the last couple of months. I promise, I had good reasons for that. But now I'm back! Hopefully to stay. And I bring a review of a recent book, and one I quite anticipated enjoying. I received an electronic copy of this …

August reading update

I need a vacation after my vacation. The only thing I actually did alright with is reading. My August was actually pretty great, reading-wise, and not only because of the read-a-thon. I read thirteen books! For those keeping score (so me, myself and I): this month's reads included four Polish books + three additional translations …

24 in 48: a spontaneous readathon

A couple of weeks ago, I first heard of 24 in 48 readathon -- a challenge where in the space of forty-eight hours, the readers spend 24 reading. Since I'm currenly enjoying my hard-earned time off from work, I suggested to my wife we could try it: and so we did. Our goal was dual …

[ARC] Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver

I read this book courtesy of NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I intend to also buy a paperback copy of the novel once it comes out. There aren't terribly many English-language authors I have seen in person, though the list that exists is somewhat prestigious, I suppose. To the best of my recollection, …

July is almost over; Reading update #15 (I think)

This month has sort of got away from me. I spent much of it away from home, visiting my and wife's respective families, hosting various guests and being tired after both. I am actually quite happy with how much reading I managed to get done in the meantime, I just wish I had blogged about …

Pride month update

I remember when June was beginning and I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and ambitious. Do you? I was going to read SO MUCH lesbian fiction. I was going to read so many different queer books. I was going to read the world and then some. Let's just say I closed important work projects instead, and …

[EN] Yoon Ha Lee “Revenant Gun” [ARC]

I read this book courtesy of NetGalley in exchange for an honest review; nonetheless, I also bought a paper copy with my own money (and it's reportedly on its way to me already). (I'm always grateful when the ARC from the publisher contains a proper cover.) It's difficult writing the review of a next or …

Pride reading! 2018 edition

I'll try to post my review of Yoon Ha Lee's excellent Revenant Gun tomorrow or sometime soon, but meanwhile, I wanted to share my Pride Month reading plans. These are only some of my intended reads: I've already started Winter, from one of my favourite literary fiction writers; I am also very curious about Lesbos. …