by dancingstarpress | Nov 24, 2017 | Friday Five
In honor of both #smallpressweek and Shopping Madness Weekend, I thought today I’d round up five books from smaller presses that should either be on your wish list, or on your shopping list as gifts for your fellow book-obsessed friends. Whether you camped out...
by dancingstarpress | Nov 10, 2017 | Friday Five
Djinn seem to be having a bit of a moment in fantasy fiction these days, and I couldn’t be happier. When I first started to be interested in djinn stories, a few years ago, it seemed like a bit of a struggle to find the stories that I would be interested in....
by dancingstarpress | Nov 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Friday, I got all riled up about this article over at NYR Daily, but I knew I didn’t have enough time to sit down and write a piece about it. On Monday, I spent a few hours researching the entire American Heart controversy and the many Well Meaning White...
by dancingstarpress | Nov 7, 2017 | To-Read Tuesday
My overly ambitious hold list at the library continues to pop up to haunt me. I am buried in piles of books with ticking due dates. I am very excited about An Unkindness of Ghosts, though. What books are you excited about right now?
by dancingstarpress | Nov 3, 2017 | Friday Five
I am very, very picky about short stories. I have to be really excited about an author or anthology concept to not instantly drop a book once I realize it’s a collection of short stories. But they are an essential part of the science fiction genre, so...
by dancingstarpress | Oct 31, 2017 | To-Read Tuesday
I keep saying to myself (and in my book reviews), “I’m just not really into horror.” Between that and the Halloween season, it’s made me strangely nostalgic for my Stephen King phase. What are you reading this Halloween?
by dancingstarpress | Oct 20, 2017 | Friday Five
Today is the first of the guest series of Friday Five recommendations. Today’s list is from Sandy Ely, one half of the More Than Super Podcast, and she’s recommending five speculative manga series. More Than Super is a new podcast about non superhero...
by dancingstarpress | Oct 6, 2017 | Friday Five
This is not necessarily optimistic science fiction in the sense that they present views of rosy utopian futures where everyone is safe and happy. Indeed, there were a couple of far more utopian novels that I crossed of my working list for various reasons. Nope, this...
by dancingstarpress | Sep 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello, all! It has been far too long since I have posted or updated here. Between eclipse madness, back to school whatever, and a wicked oral surgery (41 is too old to get your wisdom teeth out, people. Get them out when you’re young.) — it’s been...
by dancingstarpress | Jul 19, 2017 | To-Read Tuesday
I am entertained by the mix in the stack. The top two in the stack are the partial result of my last trip to my favorite bookstore in the world, The Book Gallery. I am sure that 80-90% of the Lem in my book collection has come from that store. The bottom two were...
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