ARC Review: Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar Nelson, by Tara T. Green

I'm still hoping to read more nonfiction books in 2022, so I jumped on the chance to get this one through NetGalley - the biography of a queer, Black woman who was a writer and activist from the late 1800s to the 1930s. The Book Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson is …

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Review: No Man of Woman Born, by Ana Mardoll

This book was part of my OcTBRChallenge reading list, for one very shameful reason: I got the ARC for it like 2 years ago, before I even HAD a blog, when I was still using tumblr and basically only had the vaguest idea of how NetGalley worked. I downloaded it and then... completely forgot about …

Small reviews: Hugo-nominated novellas

After a thread from Seanan McGuire earlier this year, I decided to get myself a supporting membership for Worldcon. It's in DC this year so it's safe to say I'm not going, I likely wouldn't even go if there weren't a pandemic on - but the supporting membership gives you votes in the Hugos (for …

ARC Review: Scales and Sensibility, by Stephanie Burgis

I've been following Stephanie for ages on twitter and I keep telling myself I need to read her books - especially the regency ones. So when she tweeted about available ARCs for this one, I jumped on the opportunity. I mean, a Regency book, referencing Austen, but with DRAGONS? Sign me the F up! Look …

ARC review: Elves on the Fifth Floor, by Francesca Cavallo, illustrated by Verena Wugeditsch

I read this book in the hottest days of the year, and it's a weird weather to be reading about Christmas elves, as we were all melting from the heat here in Ireland... I was thinking of the people in the southern hemisphere who're experiencing winter right now, and I do envy them quite a …

ARC Review: The Merchant and the Rogue, by Sarah M. Eden

Sometimes all you want is a little bit of historical romance. I gotta say I was really into the cover with its silhouettes, it reminded me of the Invisible Library, so I had to see for myself what it was about. It turned out to be part of a series (I feel a bit clueless), …

ARC Review: Heartbreak, Inc. by Alex de Campi

I'm writing this with a cold, and I finished it at about 2am, so I may not be fully coherent. Please bear with me! It was one of those books you have to read in one sitting, even if it won't fit in one sitting. This cover is amazing and more than half the reason …

ARC Review: The Jasmine Throne, by Tasha Suri

I was so lucky to get this ARC, but due to some circumstances unrelated to the book, I struggled to get to it and then finish it (part of it is really my struggle with ebooks). But I did finish it as part of my mini-readathon this weekend, and I'm very glad I stuck with …

ARC review: Luckmonkey, by Alysia Constantine

So I got this ARC a while back, then sh*t hit the fan for me in my personal life and I didn't get to it before it was long published... then struggled through the first half, if I'm being honest. It did pique my interest though, so I stayed with it and eventually ended up …

ARC Review: Local Star, by Aimee Ogden

I originally planned to post this on F/F friday (I was somehow convinced it came out on the 9th, too, which would have been perfect!) but as it is out TODAY I thought it would be just so much better to talk about it now! The Story Local Star is a polyamorous space opera with …