Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
Award season is truly upon us bookwyrms, and the Subjective Chaos 2021 winners have been chosen! Congratulations to all the winners and to Alix E. Harrow and C. L. Polk in particular for being the first joint winners in the Fantasy category! It was an honour to be asked onto this years panel and hats... Continue Reading →
It seems both forever ago and only yesterday we were announcing this year's Subjective Chaos nominees. Well, after seven months of reading the longlists, the panel have voted for our finalists! BEST FANTASY FINALISTS THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by Alix E. Harrow & THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN by C. L. Polk BEST SCIENCE FICTION FINALISTS... Continue Reading →
WHEN THE TIGER CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN is Nghi Vo's second book, after her beautiful, wonderfully-crafted novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune. When the Tiger is a standalone that follows the insatiably curious Cleric Chih on another outing to document the history and folklore of the Ahn Empire for their order of monks, The... Continue Reading →
Recently Finished: SOURDOUGH by Robin SloanThis was such a delightful book. It's basically just the story of a computer programmer who finds happiness in baking bread when her favourite soup and sandwich takeout closes and the owners gift her their (possibly sentient?) sourdough starter. It was recommended to me by eriophora (@BasiliskBooks) on Twitter when... Continue Reading →
THE EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE is the book that got me excited enough to finally kick my imposter syndrome in the head, log on and request an ARC from Netgalley. Needless to say I was pretty shocked when I was actually approved, but also excited to curl up with an advance copy of a... Continue Reading →
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