book-reviews

  • Valentine Week 2025: Fairytale Fantasy, Day Two

    This year’s theme: RED RIDING HOOD A reminder: The novels I’ll review during this year’s Fairytale Fantasy series Red Rider, by Kate Avery Ellison (2019, indie-published)—TODAY’S REVIEWED NOVEL Wolves and Daggers: A Red Riding Hood Retelling, by Melanie Karsak (2018,… Continue reading

  • Color My Speculative Fiction GREEN

    Now that the planet is burning up, it’s no accident that novelists are writing about it–especially as devastating fires sweep down on the LA area while I’m writing this post. Completely understandable we’re using speculative fiction to explore climate collapse… Continue reading

  • Two More for the Hugos

    In a previous post, I gave pocket reviews of four novels short-listed for the 2024 Hugo Award for best novel. Earlier, I had posted more extensive reviews. That’s because those four novels had already been short-listed for the 2024 Nebula,… Continue reading