Science Fiction
That was the thing about good people. They did the right thing just because it was. — Orfeus, Foxhunt Orfeus the musician is searching for hope in the heart of danger… In a lush solarpunk future, plants have stripped most of the poison from the air and bounty hunters keep resource
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“There will be nothing left to save.” In Daniel Craig's last movie as James Bond, the character earns an ending that is as fitting as it is final; while giving the franchise a push into a new direction. A Man With One More Lesson Left To Learn, and
Romance
Feeling is always worth it. — Dani Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits… When brooding security
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What is SOLOS about? SOLOS is about 8 people, from different times but the same universe. Eight people who drift together or apart, who are tied up together in the fabric of space. Each episode stars one person, only the finale features two. Each protagonist has someone to play off
Science Fiction
The Regional Office Is Under Attack is about revenge, from cover to cover. One stroke of vengeance begets the other, and when it ends, there’s a sense of satisfaction, or there isn’t — it’s up to the reader which side they’re on. What’s definitely there is
Literary Fiction
Teil 1 der Montevideo-Reihe, übersetzt aus dem Spanischen von Peter Kultzen und herausgegeben vom Unionsverlag Berlin, dt. Ersterscheinung Februar 2020 Ich bekam »Falsche Ursula« von einer Freundin zum Geburtstag geschenkt und war, auf der Stelle und auf einen Schlag, begeistert. Allein der Waschzettel verspricht Krimivergnügen, wie man es vielleicht sonst
Literary Fiction
Spoiler warning! This review contains major, in-depth spoilers for the novel both in terms of plot and emotional beats. Content warnings: the novel contains depictions of domestic violence, emotional abuse, and mentions of childhood abuse. In Sally Rooney’s second novel Normal People, people make decisions based on what other
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A showrunner and her assistant give the world something to talk about when they accidentally fuel a ridiculous rumor in this debut romance. Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a couple. The so-called scandal
Fantasy
SPOILER WARNING: This reading journal contains major spoilers for the events of this story. Here's the spoiler-free version: Girl, Serpent, Thorn | Review. It didn’t occur to me at first, but when Soraya remarks how much she relies upon being able to be up on the roof of
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“Even if she’s upset with you now, if you do right by her, she will forgive you.” — Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn This is the spoiler-free review of this novel. If you'd like to read my full reading journal, you can check it over on my Ko-fi.
Fantasy
I love short stories, and I love myth retellings — if you, too, love both of those things, then you’ll have a blast with Where the Wild Ladies Are. It’s a collection of retellings of Japanese myths, and set in Japan, using many of the historical locations as a
Literary Fiction
I am all for the author indignantly rejecting the notion of her novel being Joycean. (I have never read Ulysses.)Reading the brief introduction with at least some biographical details (albeit, I feel, not a fraction of the whole story) has made me very curious for the rest of Lispector’