Damn this book was good. That’s it. That’s the review. (Just kidding.) But really, This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone quickly became one of the best books I read in 2020. A novella, I started reading in the afternoon…and only put it down when my phone died.… Read More
The Acid Test of Naia Mills: A Feminist Book Review
I’m almost certain Fiona J.R. Titchenell has never been a con artist on an intergalactic space station, but she could’ve fooled me. The Acid Test of Naia Mills, the first in Titchenell’s series of novella-length science fiction fairy tale adaptations, was so textured it jumped right off the page. Before starting the novella, I wondered… Read More
Upright Women Wanted: A Feminist Review
As someone who works in a library, Upright Women Wanted was a must read for me. Sarah Gailey’s latest novella doesn’t focus on hippos (like River of Teeth) but rather on queer librarians surviving in a dystopian future. Like the Pack Horse Library Project of old, the librarians travel across what is left of America… Read More