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Bookshelf Roundup: 01/01/22: Stacking the Shelves & Recent Reads
Posted on January 1, 2022 13 Comments
Bookshelf Roundup is a feature I do every weekend which fills the role of several blog memes, like Stacking the Shelves where I talk about the new books I’ve added to my library or received for review, as well as It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? where I summarize what I’ve finished reading in the last week and what […]
Bookshelf Roundup 01/11/20: Stacking the Shelves & Recent Reads
Posted on January 11, 2020 25 Comments
Bookshelf Roundup is a feature I do every weekend which fills the role of several blog memes, like Stacking the Shelves where I talk about the new books I’ve added to my library or received for review, as well as It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? where I summarize what I’ve finished reading in the last week and what […]
Tough Traveling: Non-Human Heroes & Protagonists
Posted on June 1, 2017 26 Comments
Back in 2014, the idea for Tough Traveling started with Nathan of Fantasy Review Barn who came up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in (and inspired by) The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, a tongue-in-cheek parody of the fantasy genre by Diana […]
#RRSciFiMonth: Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
Posted on November 2, 2015 10 Comments
Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Rinn Reads and Over The Effing Rainbow this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre […]
#RRSciFiMonth: Skeptical About SciFi? Try These
Posted on November 10, 2014 18 Comments
Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Oh The Books and Rinn Reads this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre and […]
Book Review: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
Posted on September 19, 2014 14 Comments
I can’t truly appreciate Octavia E. Butler, without reading her friend and mentor, Harlan Ellison.
Posted on July 13, 2014 Leave a Comment
“When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling
Book Review: Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler
Posted on July 12, 2014 2 Comments
Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Open Road (June 24, 2014) Author Info Wendy’s Rating – 4 of 5 stars “Our worldview is transformed by an imagination that sees no border between thought and what is real.” ~Walter Mosley on Octavia E. Butler American novelist Walter Mosley opens this short story collection […]
Book Review: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Posted on September 19, 2012 1 Comment
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler Octavia E. Butler’s books are not for the squeamish and most certainly not for people who want happy, Hollywood endings. Things work out in the end – but never in a nice neat package. There is always a lot of loss in all of its most painful forms. Her […]
Book Review: Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler
Posted on June 19, 2012 1 Comment
Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler This was the most disturbing books by Octavia E. Butler that I have read yet, further inspiring my desire to have a conversation with her to find out just how that brain worked. Her concepts are fascinating, even when as disturbing as this one. Perhaps it was the violence […]
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