science fiction
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“Nobody should be barred from necessities or comforts just because they don’t have the right number next to their name.” A Prayer for the Crown-Shy continues where A Psalm for the Wild-Built left off, with Dex, the non-binary tea monk acting as a guide for Mosscap the sentient robot, as the two of them travel…
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“If we want change, or good fortune, or solace, we have to create it for ourselves.” Solarpunk is an optimistic view of the future, envisioning a world where people have learned to live in harmony with nature, emphasising sustainability and humanity. A Psalm for the Wild-Built is a novella that serves as a perfect example…
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She could have made herself small and unthreatening. She could have hovered over people’s shoulders like a pet or a children’s toy, as was the fashion among older shipminds. But she’d lived through a war, an uprising and a famine, and she was done with diminishing herself to spare the feelings of others. The Shadow’s…
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April was a month filled with great reads. From cozy mysteries to horror, from sci fi to historical fiction, from ebooks to physical copies to audiobooks, from ARCs and review copies to Read Christie 2026 and the A-Z Cozy Mystery Challenge, I read my way through murders and mysteries, celebrated Terry Pratchett Day and joined…
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How far is too far to go to get what you want? Infinity Frontiers is a psychological drama in a science fiction setting, taking an intense look at the human mind under strain, and a cautionary tale of the dangers of overlooking the importance of mental health. It is not a story of astronauts fighting…
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In Marts I found some great free books on Bookfunnel, from the very logical Saul Sheldon and the Crooked Shelf, to the two cozy 1920shistorical mysteries Murder Beneath the Roses and The Catalogued Corpse and the three contemporary cozy mysteries The Only Way is Larceny, Forecast: A Latte Trouble and A Mallard Point Mystery. I…
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Nobody ever believed that murders “just happened” around Mallory Viridian. Not at first, anyway. Imagine living the life of a murder mystery heroine. It might sound fun at first, but imagine finding dead bodies every time you move, start a new job, go to a party or simply take a walk. Imagine the suspicion and…
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February was a month of great ARCs, from Belle Époque Paris glamour and bohemian vibes in Secrets of the Maison Fournier to contemporary best friend sleuths in Dying to Live Here and Golden Age murder mystery in A Pretender’s Murder. For the A-Z Cozy Mystery Challenge on Instagram I revisited the lovely sleuth duo Edwina…
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My January reading was dominated by great debut novels, from Tudor-era action in A Bastard’s Bosworth to delicious Japanese food in The Kamogawa Food Detectives, gothic Holmesian mystery in the early 1900s with Strange Beasts, a character-driven crime drama in Blood Between Us, colonialism and identity in A Memory Called Empire, strong women, representation and…
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There was nothing safe; there were only gradations of exposure to danger. Mahit Dzmare is the newly appointed ambassador to the Teixcalaanli Empire. Coming from a small, independent mining Station, Mahit’s diplomatic mission is to try to ensure that the Empire allows the Station to continue to stay independent while still allowing for trade and travel…
Mostly Murders 