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Author Archives: Amanda
There’s no theme with these!
The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown I don’t know how much the rest of America/the world learns about the Donner Party in school but for me, growing up in Northern California, it was local history and something that … Continue reading
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The story begins in 1901, with January Scaller, a young girl who lives in a lovely home in rural Vermont. This home is filled with strange and wonderful objects, found by her father for owner of the home, Mr. Locke. … Continue reading
A bunch of gay as hell space books
These are some of the sci-fi books I read in 2019. I’m not going to specify how for each one but they are all gay as hell in various ways, which is honestly just how I think space is going … Continue reading
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The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Set post a nuclear war that wiped out most of the population. Most of the action takes place in Marthasville, a town that is divided into two parts: a garrison of men and Women’s Country. Life in the garrison consists … Continue reading
Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols
Spoilers for this book, because I’m NOT recommending it and I very much would like y’all to know why. The blurb from Amazon is: An astronaut returns to Earth after losing her entire crew to an inexplicable disaster, but is … Continue reading
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You expect me to jump up on board with you and ride off into your delusional sunset
We open on a young man on a quest. He is the prince of his land and his father has just died. To claim his kingship, he must travel to the grey land, defeat a dragon, and bring back a … Continue reading
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Tagged awesomeness, book review, books, damsel, elana k arnold, fantasy, feminist, five stars, horror
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The first, last, and only
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. This was the most difficult book I’ve read all year and perhaps the most worthwhile. The story takes place on a generation ship, where the wealthy white people live in luxury on the … Continue reading
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January 2017 Books
1. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders. Audiobook. Eeeeeehhhhhh. I really wanted to love it, but I didn’t. I think I would have liked it much more if the guy was the nature loving witch and … Continue reading
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Book review: J is for Jones #atozchallenge
Okay, I am aware that I have totally failed at this challenge, but I had this entry already 90% completed, so I thought I might as well post it anyway! Remember how I said I might change things up a … Continue reading
The flight. 