The 2015 Hugo Awards: A Huge Sigh of Relief
The 2015 Hugo Awards were just announced. I'm just happy that the Sad and Rabid Puppies didn't further soil the carpet, and that common sense prevailed. Continue reading The post The 2015 Hugo Awards:...
View ArticleAnd When She Was Good by Laura Lippman: Lies, Landmines, and Double Lives
Laura Lippman's "And When She Was Good" is a thriller for the post-Gone-Girl age full of economic anxiety, razor sharp prose, and dangerous secrets. Continue reading The post And When She Was Good by...
View ArticleOn the Map by Simon Garfield: Great Minds, Google Earth, and GPS Boxes
Maps and forgeries and Google Earth, oh my! On the Map is Simon Garfield's attempt to give a thoughtful, birds-eye view of the history of cartography. Continue reading The post On the Map by Simon...
View ArticleThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin: Orogene Lives Matter
A look at N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season, a fantasy book that speaks deeply about oppression, inequality, and how society benefits from perpetuating both. Continue reading The post The Fifth Season by...
View ArticleThe Longer I’m Prime Minister by Paul Wells
Canada's next federal election is less than a month away, which makes it a perfect time to read "The Longer I'm Prime Minister" by Paul Wells. Politics, yay! Continue reading The post The Longer I’m...
View ArticleThe Mangoverse Books by Shira Glassman
The Mangoverse books are fun, light fantasy with queer characters, happy endings, and tasty-sounding food. And dragons. And Judaism. Did I mention the fun? Continue reading The post The Mangoverse...
View ArticleBad Feminist by Roxane Gay: Learning Craft Through Personal Essays
Roxane Gay may call herself a Bad Feminist, but this insightful collection of personal essays on race, gender, and culture proves that she's a Good Writer. Continue reading The post Bad Feminist by...
View ArticleThe Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson:...
I'm nuts about The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson. How often do you get a comic with such humour and a kick-ass theme song? Continue reading The post The Unbeatable Squirrel...
View ArticleTooth and Claw by Jo Walton: Pride and Prejudice and Dragons
A Victorian-ish, Jane-Austen-ish drama where everyone is a dragon. Yes, this is literally what happens in Jo Walton's "Tooth and Claw". Continue reading The post Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton: Pride and...
View ArticleThe Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes: Time Travel, a Serial Killer, and the...
Lauren Beukes displays her razor sharp prose in The Shining Girls, a story that pits a determined young journalist against a time-travelling serial killer. Continue reading The post The Shining Girls...
View ArticleCarbide-Tipped Pens: Showcasing the Full Variety of Hard SF
Carbide-Tipped Pens, an anthology edited by Eric Choi and Ben Bova, showcases the full variety of hard SF and interrogates the boundaries of the genre. Continue reading The post Carbide-Tipped Pens:...
View ArticleThe Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings
The Outside Circle is a graphic novel about the First Nations experience in Canada and the aftereffects of the residential school system; an important read. Continue reading The post The Outside Circle...
View ArticleThe Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew
The Reason You Walk is Wab Kinew's powerful memoir of his relationship with his father and their attempts to promote reconciliation and cross-cultural understanding. Continue reading The post The...
View ArticleBinti by Nnedi Okorafor: Alienation and Alien Nations
Mathematical meditation, living spaceships, and unexpectedly brokering a peace between two warring species: a lot happens in "Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor. Continue reading The post Binti by Nnedi...
View ArticleThe Tea Book by Linda Gaylard
Info about tea ceremonies, tea cultivation, and even tea blending and tea recipes: Linda Gaylard's The Tea Book has it all. Continue reading The post The Tea Book by Linda Gaylard appeared first on...
View ArticleCumin, Camels, and Caravans by Gary Paul Nabhan: A Spice Odyssey
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans by Gary Nabhan is a look at our quest for spices across the world, and how the spice trade set the stage for the globalization of today. A spice odyssey, indeed. Continue...
View ArticleReading Diverse Books in 2016
In 2016, I'm making a commitment to reading diverse books. Here's a look at what kind of books I want to read next year, and why. Continue reading The post Reading Diverse Books in 2016 appeared first...
View ArticleDouble Review: A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett and Mini-Habits by...
So much for getting my 2016 reviews off on the right foot. After not posting something last week, here's a double capsule review of two very different books. Continue reading The post Double Review: A...
View ArticleThe Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
Science fiction? Adventure? Romance? Travelogue? Karen Lord's "The Best of All Possible Worlds" is an unusual blend of genres. Continue reading The post The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord...
View ArticleElysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
Elysium combines the alternate reality concept of The Matrix with the gender-switching concept of Orlando and the retelling-Roman-history aspect of Julian Comstock to create something deeply inventive....
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