I finished a series! I have to be honest, my decision to read this whole series close togther was greatly helped by the fact that the books fit SO MANY prompts for the HRCYED challenge I'm doing, but I had wanted to read them all anyway. That challenge was just the nudge that got me… Continue reading Series Mini Review: Manners and Monsters
Reading has been up, down, and sideways this month. The only thing I read which I had planned to, really, was Ancillary Mercy. Beyond that, I had other plans for the month, and none of them went quite the way I had intended. I DNFed a book I was excited about (Death of the Author),… Continue reading Reading Recap: February 2026
There was a LOT of reading in October! A bunch of it was shorter pieces—including a short story, some graphic novels, and a picture book—but still. It was a lot. And most of it fit in with the Spooktastic Reads, which made me happy! I don't generally read creepy books much at all, so to read so many books that fit into the horror-adjacent genres and tropes felt much more seasonally appropriate than I usually manage.
There wasn't quite as much reading this month as I had intended, but that's a good thing since I had two trips in September. One was a family wedding, and one was a vacation, and between the two I did essentially no reading for just over a week. I wouldn't have changed anything about the… Continue reading Reading Wrap-Up: September 2025
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction edited by Sonia Sulaiman cover art by Iasmin Omar Ata Published by Roseway Publishing in 2024Genre: adult SFF short stories Tropes: memory ◊ home & belonging ◊ spaceCW: one story has bullying; some of the stories involve death; several mention war & gun violence; one mentions a… Continue reading Mini Reviews: Thyme Travellers, Galvanism and Ghouls, & Detective Beans #2
Half Magic (Tales of Magic #1) by Edward Eager illustrated & cover art by N.M. Bodecker This edition published by Harcourt Children's Books in 2020 (originally published in 1954)Genre: children's fantasy Tropes: magic wishing coin ◊ King Arthur ◊ summer vacationRecommended for: readers wanting a fun mild twist to their children's fantasy books, who are… Continue reading Mini Reviews: Half Magic, Up To No Gouda, & Manners & Monsters
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