January 21, 2025

Waiting for Fairies

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Review: Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite

Can a murder mystery even BE cozy? Is that really a thing? I wouldn’t have sought this book out on my own, but the publisher reached out to me to see if I’d like to read it and the blurb caught me. A cozy murder mystery in space? I’ve been all about sci-fi lately, so […]

Review: Thornhedge by T Kingfisher

Everything T Kingfisher (and Ursula Vernon) does is perfect. This is not an exaggeration. Everything I have read under any pen name, I have loved. This story is no different. Yes, this is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. No, it is not the Disney or even the Grimm version. This is a story about unintended […]

Review: The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

I jumped at the chance to review this book based on the synopsis. Gods that are AIs? Well, as someone who’s been thinking people have been a little too worshipful of AIs lately, I was incredibly interested in this book. It wasn’t what I was expecting, to be honest, but I found it intriguing and […]

Review: The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

Tesla Crane is a glittering, outer space version of extreme wealth and privilege, tempered by her physical disability and PTSD. The wealth seems like a fair balance to the former issues (if only everyone with a disability had the chance for that sort of repayment for their struggles), and I will forgive the privilege because […]