It's the last Monday of 2022, so it's time for my favorite list of the year - all the books I adored from my favorite genre of FANTASY (though I will try to squeeze in a couple of sci-fi books here too). As expected, fantasy is my singular most read genre of the year, though... Continue Reading →
Best and Worst Series of 2022 Book Tag
I first did this tag way back in 2019 (check it out here) and had even more fun posting it last year, which you can find here. While I'm still figuring out what books will make it to my 2022 favorites list (it's currently at 48 and I haven't even started my Dec reading ...),... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell
From the multi BSFA award-winner comes a stunningly inventive action-packed science-fiction epic adventure. A brand-new series for fans of Becky Chambers and Ann Leckie.Seventy-five years from today, the human race has been cast from a dying Earth to wander the stars in a vast fleet of arks—each shaped by its inhabitants into a diverse and... Continue Reading →
ARC Review: The Stars Undying by Emery Robin
A spectacular space opera debut perfect for readers of Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice and Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire, inspired by the lives and loves of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.Princess Altagracia has lost everything. After a bloody civil war, her twin sister has claimed not just the crown of their planet Szayet but the Pearl of its... Continue Reading →
ARC/Audiobook Review: The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy from Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven, full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs.This is the story of Misery Nomaki (she/they) – a nobody from a nowhere mining planet who possesses the rare stone-working powers... Continue Reading →
US Cover Reveal : The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard
I've actually never done a cover reveal post on my blog in all these years but when I got an opportunity for revealing the cover of THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE, US edition, I knew I had to do it because Aliette is one of my all time favorite authors and I've been eagerly awaiting the... Continue Reading →
Exciting August 2022 Releases
I'm so excited to be writing this post because August is so so full of amazing releases that I feel I'm gonna be pretty busy this whole month. So, ofcourse I have to share them with all of you and hope that I succeed in increasing all of your TBRs. Aug 2, 2022 Mary may... Continue Reading →
Most Anticipated Releases of Second Half of 2022
While I did post my July anticipated releases post just a couple of days ago, rounding up some of my most anticipated releases of the rest of the year is a fun thing to do and I can't wait to talk about some of them. I did a similar post for the first half of... Continue Reading →
Book Review: On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
For generations Prosper Station has thrived under the guidance of its Honoured Ancestress: born of a human womb, the station’s artificial intelligence has offered guidance and protection to its human relatives.But war has come to the Dai Viet Empire. Prosper’s brightest minds have been called away to defend the Emperor; and a flood of disorientated... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Like everyone else she knows, Mallory is an orphan of the corporate war. As a child, she lost her parents, her home, and her entire building in an airstrike. As an adult, she lives in a cramped hotel room with eight other people, all of them working multiple jobs to try to afford water and... Continue Reading →