The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson
Best for: Fans of Icelandic mysteries. People who don’t want to be totally in the dark but still want to be surprised. In a nutshell: Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is widowed and closing in on retirement. Early on she receives some surprising bad news, and is given the OK to look … [Read more]
The Menace from Earth by Robert A Heinlein
Assignment in Eternity by Robert A Heinlein
Red Planet by Robert A Heinlein
For Us, the Living by Robert A Heinlein
Between Planets by Robert A Heinlein
Farmer in the Sky by Robert A Heinlein
The Menace from Earth - 3/5 Stars - Like a lot of science fiction writers, Robert Heinlein just wrote and published tons of stories. Some of them are good and some of them are not, and a lot of them were published with pseudonyms. This collection was edited and revised and republished in the … [Read more]
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan
I was a weeny and put off writing a review of this because I wasn't sure what I wanted to say about it, and now it's been a month since I finished. I feel like I've told you this story before. Coincidentally, this is a retelling! I didn't pay too much attention to the specific plot of this one … [Read more]
Love, Comment, Subscribe by Cathy Yardley
Is this the part where I confess that I don’t get the whole YouTuber thing? Because, ok, while I’d heard lots of praise for this book, I wasn’t sure about whether I’d be interested in a romance with two influencer MCs. Luckily, this book drew me in with all of its geeky, cute glory. “I don’t know. … [Read more]
The Infinite Blacktop by Sara Gran
I really needed this book right now. I tried for almost a decade to get into the Claire DeWitt series. I thought the idea of a transgressive detective traipsing around the country solving crimes while spitting wry dialogue would be fun. But I felt like Sara Gran laced her books with too many … [Read more]
Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed
This is a beautiful novel about adjusting our expectations. Sometimes, things are more or less as we think they will be - but there is beauty and tragedy in the MORE and LESS of that. Imagine that sentiment said far more lyrically. Radiant Fugitives is the story of a family from Chennai. The … [Read more]
