Review: A Memory Called Empire – A Brilliantly Ambitious Space Opera

Title: A Memory Called Empire (Texicalaan 1) Author: Arkady Martine Publisher: Tor Books Release Date: March 26th, 2019 Genre(s): Science Fiction Space Opera Subjects and Themes: Political Intrigue, Culture, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 464 (hardback) Rating: 8.0/10 Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the …

Review: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? – In Space, Everyone Can Hear You Dream

Title: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? Author: Temi Oh Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Release Date: March 7th, 2019 Genre(s): Literature, Sci-Fi Subjects and Themes: Space expedition Page Count: 528 (hardback) Rating: 8.5/10     A century ago, scientists theorised that a habitable planet existed in a nearby solar system. Today, ten astronauts will leave …

DNF Review: Here and Now and Then – Your Name Is What Now?

Title: Here and Now and Then Author: Mike Chen Publisher: MIRA Release Date: January 29th, 2019 Genre(s): Sci-Fi Subjects and Themes: Time Travel, Families Page Count: 336 (hardback) Rating: DNF @ 37%     Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect …

Review (DNF): Mage Against the Machine – An Exercise in Anger Management

Title: Mage Against the Machine Author: Shaun Barger Publisher: Saga Press Release Date: October 31st, 2018 Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction Subjects and Themes: Artificial Intelligence Page Count: 512 (hardback) Rating: DNF (@ 50%)     The year is 2120. The humans are dead. The mages have retreated from the world after a madman blew up …

Mini Review: Time’s Children (The Islevale Cycle 1) – A Fast-Paced Time Travel Fantasy

Hey all! It's been a terribly busy week and I've been neglecting my reading and blogging in favour of pretty much everything else. So I'll try to catch up on your comments and posts in the upcoming week. In the meantime, here's one very overdue mini review! (I told myself I would do more of …

Novella Review: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach – Smart Eco Scifi

Title: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach Author: Kelly Robson Publisher: Tor.com Release Date: March 13th, 2018 Genre: Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalypse Subjects and Themes: Time Travel, Ecology Page Count: 240 (paperback) Rating: 7.5/10       First of all, can we just take a moment to appreciate how fantastic that cover is? Secondly, to all you …

Review: Past Imperfect – I Never Asked For This

Title: Past Imperfect Author: Carrie Pack Publisher: Interlude Press Release Date: August 9th, 2018 Genre(s) and Subject(s): Sci-Fi, Mental Health, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 274 (paperback Goodreads Rating: 3.5/10         Note: there are some minor spoilers for In the Present Tense, Book 1 of the series, as well as spoilers for Past Imperfect. …

Review: In the Present Tense – Great Scott, You’re a Time Traveller, Miles!

Title: In the Present Tense Author: Carrie Pack Publisher: Interlude Press Release Date: May 19th, 2016 Genre(s) and Subject(s): Sci-Fi, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 336 (paperback) Goodreads Rating: 6.5/10           Imagine waking up one morning to find yourself 8 years in the future and in bed, not with your teenage boyfriend, but …

Review: Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers 3) – A Cozy Space Soap Opera

Title: Record of a Spaceborn Few Author: Becky Chambers Publisher: Harper Voyager Release Date: July 24th, 2018 Genre(s) and Subject(s): Space Opera, Aliens, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 368 (paperback) Goodreads Rating: 8.0/10         Becky Chambers' third entry in her highly-acclaimed Wayfarers series opens with a catastrophic accident and a mass funeral. Thousands of …

Review: Annex (The Violet Wars 1) – Kids VS Aliens

Author: Rich Larson Publisher: Orbit Release Date: July 24th, 2018 Genre(s) and Themes: Sci-Fi, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 368 (paperback) Goodreads Rating: 7.0/10       Annex bucks my recent trend of reading books that have strong beginnings and lackluster endings, because I struggled hard with the beginning of this one. The book presents a city …