Somehow I ended up accidentally buying Axiom’s End (Lindsay Ellis) twice.
My friend recommended it, and I first picked it up on the nook and then
in hardcover.
This book is a lot of fun. It’s a first contact story,
where Earth gets caught between two warring factions …
I’ve been reading the web fiction series Worm. It’s a little difficult to describe, but it’s essentially a long-form superhero story, structured in arcs. The main character, Taylor, finds herself wrestling with the ideas of what being a hero or a villain means, in a world were …
I’m not going to lie, I bought these two books entirely based on the titles. “I Come With Knives” is just a fantastically evocative title. They’re straight horror books, which isn’t …
After working for 5 years, Jim Butcher mentioned that Peace Talks was shaping up to be the longest, bloodiest Dresden Files book yet. The he surprised everybody by announcing it was actually two books - Peace Talks and Battle Grounds.
So this is the first half of single planned book, and …
Just finished A Blight of Blackwings by Kevin Hearne. It’s the second in a series, and I like them both.
The general premise is that there has been a war on the continent, and a bard is telling the story of the war through narration as the various characters …
I finished all of the remaining Incryptid novels, and they are great at telling a good story while keeping an eye on the larger storylines for the series. Especially once the stories …
I think the Expanse series is my favorite series in sci-fi right now, and I’ve been slowly rereading them. Nemesis Games is awesome, and effectively kicks off the back half of the series. Some shit …
These books are a fun take on the “monsters live among us” trope, with secret societies and large extended families helping and hunting them. The world seems pretty big and interesting, and there are plenty of jokes …