Book Reviews
‘Witch King’ Sometimes I just want to lose myself in a strange place, meet some interesting people with fascinating stories and forget about reality. Thankfully, Martha Wells is a master storyteller...
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By Chuck Tingle7/18/23256 pages$25.99Tor Nightfire ‘Camp Damascus’ Dr. Chuck Tingle is beloved for many reasons, not the least of which is his unapologetic, boundless support for all types of people —...
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By Lauren J.A. Bear 8/8/23 368 pages $28 Ace ‘Medusa’s Sisters’ There are a lot of successful books out there that take classic stories and spin them around, showing the villain’s side of a fairy tale,...
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By Malka Ann Older3/7/23178 pages$19.99Tor Books ‘The Mimicking of Known Successes’ I make an effort each month to review books with wide appeal, stories most people could read and enjoy. That said,...
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By Emma Torzs5/30/23416 pages$30William Morrow ‘Ink Blood Sister Scribe’ What do you like with your fall leaves and pumpkin spice? How about some dark family secrets, a couple of mysterious libraries,...
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By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith11/2/23448 pages$32Penguin Press ‘A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?’ One of the many common...
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‘The Iliad’ If you are shuddering from echoes of long, boring classes back in school, stick with me for a few minutes. I promise, there is more to the classics than difficult-to-pronounce names and...
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‘Martyr!’ There’s something special about reading a debut novel. When that author is a beloved poet, however, I get a little worried. Poetry in long form doesn’t always translate well, and sometimes...
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By Aimee Pokwatka1/16/24320 pages$27.99Tordotcom ‘The Parliament’ I’m a huge fan of parallel stories — books that flutter back and forth between two worlds, two people’s lives, or the past and the...
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By S.T. Gibson2/13/24352 pages$18.99Orbit ‘An Education in Malice’ Is it weird that I wish I had been sent away to boarding school? I’ve read so many books about people having strange and fantastic...
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