What I read this August and my thoughts on it.
Tag: Anthologies
A Wrap-Up of the Books I Read in May 2021
In which I review the books I read in May 2021.
A Wrap-Up of Reading I Did in January 2021
Live Girls by Ray Garton Live Girls is a short and fast-paced vampire adventure of a book. Don’t reach for it if you like your horror to have deep characterization or be character-driven. Because during most of the book, all the protagonist does is whine, get his blood sucked out, and use one of his female…
A Wrap-Up of Reading I Did in November 2020
Race To The Finish Line by Aisha Yusuf I requested this book from Netgalley and I’m glad I did so! With a cover like that, there was no way I wasn’t requesting this book from Netgalley. I know that this is the work of a very young author and her craft will improve with experience. However,…
A Wrap-Up of Netgalley Reads — October 2020
And the Last Trump Shall Sound by Harry Turtledove, James Morrow, Cat Rambo This isn’t a novel but an anthology of three stories by different writers. Each one takes the events of an alternative US a bit farther. Mainly, Trump has died and Pence has succeeded him. The former has achieved a god-like stature for the masses. Things…
June 2020 — Netgalley Reads
What I requested from Netgalley in June and their reviews.
Forays into the Enderverse
First Meetings in Ender’s Universe by Orson Scott Card This anthology seemed like the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel that this series has become. That’s because, in it, we find some of the humor that made the previous books sparkle. It also shows us how long the military had been planning to reap…
February 2020 — A Wrap-Up
Books read and reviewed in February, 2020
Hex Appeal by Various Authors isn’t as Spellbinding as Expected — a ☆☆☆ Read!
Retribution Clause by Ilona Andrews ☆☆☆ Last book I read by the duo left me unimpressed. So, I wasn’t expecting a lot from it. As I began, I realized that I’d read this short before but went ahead anyway. Two mercenaries get a contract to enact the retribution clause on the husband of one of their clients….
If You Love Robots, then the anthology, Made To Order: Robots and Revolution, was Made for You!
Feb-March were anthology months. Find reviews of other collections here. A Guide for Working Breeds by Vina Jie-Min Prasad ☆☆☆ A feel-good story about a robot mentoring another. There are dogs and contract killers in it too. I liked it but the characters kept changing their handles — you read their chats with each other….
A Review of Two Anthologies Set in a Fun-to-Read Universe from Jim Butcher
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Restoration of Faith This one has a Pre-Murphy setting. Although, Harry does meet her in the story but it’s for the first time. As a PI, he’s on a case of a kidnapped child. Of course, things always go wrong in Dresdenverse. The child’s parents…
I Found Several Gems Hidden in The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Ghost Days: ☆☆☆ What would be the most important thing to a dying civilization? Whether alien or not, we all want to think we won’t be erased completely by history. A group of humans are trying to colonize an inhospitable planet. Their solution: hold onto Earth’s memories and traditions and imbue them on a hybrid generation….
