I've got ten #NetGalley reviews due in March, because I'm an out-of-control #ARC requester! @bookstodon Readers, you're about to be served a smorgasbord of great fiction this Spring. I will be very interested to know your favorite new releases as we go. 📚📚📚
That's an only-one scenario," someone said. When I asked what he meant he told me, "A situation where the only option is equally seductive and terrifying."
@Likewise@bookstodon where are you with #NetGalley obligations? I just finished my last one for 2023. :ablobcatbongokeyboard: I don't consider them due until their publication date. I've got 16 lined up for 2024, plus three books to review for Hellbound Books (horror indie) plus four Goodreads Giveaways. So, I guess I'm not really done! 😁❤😂📚
Heads up: #NetGalley just updated their TOS. I know it's not fun, but I do recommend reading them as carefully as you can; I have refrained from accepting them for now, until I get answers to a couple of questions I have, including what's covered under "vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable" in reviews, and the reporting mechanism. Some people object to the existence of queer people and/or books/reviews talking about them, for example.
I highly recommend emailing them (they tell you how) with any questions and concerns you may have about their updated TOS; the more people ask for clarification on how they are going to protect those users most likely to be reported in bad-faith, etc., the more likely they are to pay attention.
This YA fantasy is perfect for fans of Robin McKinley and Tamora Pierce. Kirkus Reviews called it “A compelling story that will leave readers anticipating the sequel.”
🆕 blog! “Book Review: Starter Villain - John Scalzi”
★★★★⯪
The bad news is - this book isn't released until September 2023... The good news is - I have an advance reader copy. So I get to revel in it now! I appreciate that you might not consider that much of an upside. But sucks to be you, I guess? Scalzi's writing reminds me why […]
I read Starter Villain from @scalzi this week, it's extremely fun.
I was attracted to this book by the cover (cats in suits!) plus I LOVE stories about people put Into Situations™️ (& super-villainy.)
This did not disappoint - there were surprises, and twists - and it also felt really good to read. I enjoyed the pithy dialogue, and also super smart cats.
Another book to add to the ol' TBR I think. Coming out in September. Read courtesy @TorDotComPub
& #NetGalley
I savoured The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport. This one feels special. Add it to your TBR! It comes out in October. I would also happily read more in that world.
Most of the time when people say, “this book has murderbot vibes,” I’ll read it, and I'll feel disappointed. But there is something about this book that captures a sense of the murderbot comfort read magic for me, but still in a completely unique way.
Book Review: The Transgender Issue - An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'debate' which generates reliable controversy for newspap
The first-draft Alien screenplay by William Gibson, the founder of cyberpunk, turned into a novel by Pat Cadigan, the Hugo Award-Winning “Queen of Cyberpunk.”
William Gibson’s never-before-adapted screenplay for the direct sequel to Aliens, revealing the fates of Ripley, Newt, the synthetic Bishop, and Corporal Hi
Book Review: The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoë Playdon
Ewan Forbes was born Elizabeth Forbes to a wealthy landowning family in 1912. It quickly became clear that the gender applied to him at birth was not correct, and from the age of six he began to see specialists in Europe for help. With the financial means of procuring synthetic hormones, Ewan was
Book Review: "Index, A History of the" by Dennis Duncan
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvi