
ARC Review: Lords of Uncreation – Adrian Tchaikovsky

Hello readers! Summer is just around the corner and the weather is finally getting warmer. I have so many titles on my TBR for the next four months that narrowing it down to ten was a serious task, especially since some of these books have been on my list for several years. Most are from familiar authors, but I do have a couple that are new to my TBR too. Here are my top 10 most anticipated reads this summer!
Continue readingHello readers! Welcome to my stop on the BBNYA 2022 Finalist Tour for The Time Trials by Jon McConnell & Dayna McConnell! Thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads for including me in this tour and also to the author and publisher for the opportunity to read this book!
Merry Christmas and welcome to my 2022 book haul post!
The funny thing is that I intended to add very few physical books to my shelves this year and managed to keep myself from buying any books for most of 2022 – until my birthday, which is when it all went out the window and now I have a good sized pile of new books after all. Let’s take a look!
Continue readingWelcome to my annual post discussing my best of shelf picks for 2022! My regular readers will know that I rarely rate a book above 4 stars and even fewer of those make this list. Of the nearly 150 books I’ve read so far this year, I’ve chosen 5 for this list – a much lower number than recent years.
As a reminder of the criteria I use for this list, the book has to be published in the same year, I should have given it a rating of 4 stars or higher, with something that I felt made it stand out over the other books. The titles are actually ranked for a change this year. I usually have a really hard time doing so, but this time, there were some reads that were simply head and shoulders above the rest, so I figured it would be a shame to not rank them. Without further ado, let’s check out my favorite books of 2022!
Continue readingTitle: Eyes of the Void
Series: The Final Architecture #2
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Genre: Science Fiction
Published: May 3rd, 2022 (Orbit)
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Title: A Coin for the Ferryman
Author: Megan Edwards
Genre: Science Fiction, Historical Fiction
Published: March 1st, 2022 (Imbrifex Books)
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Title: Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves
Author: Meg Long
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Adventure
Published: January 11th, 2022 (Wednesday Books)
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Title: Steelstriker
Series: Skyhunter #2
Author: Marie Lu
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: September 28th, 2021 (Roaring Brook Press)
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Welcome to Day 20 of Blogmas 2021! It’s finally time to share the post I have been adding to all year – my best of shelf picks for 2021! My regular readers will know that I rarely rate a book above 4 stars and even fewer of those make this list. Of the 150+ books I’ve read so far this year, I’ve chosen 11 for this list – a slightly higher ratio than usual, but these books were simply too good to leave any out.
As a reminder of the criteria I use for this list, the book has to be published in the same year, I should have given it a rating of 4 stars or higher, with something that I felt made it stand out over the other books. The titles are just in publication order this year because if I started trying to rank them, this post would still be in my drafts. Without further ado, let’s check out my favorite books of 2021!
Continue readingTitle: Aurora’s End
Series: The Aurora Cycle #3
Author: Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: November 9th, 2021 (Knopf BYR)
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Title: Honor Lost
Series: The Honors #3
Author: Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: February 11th, 2020 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Title: Honor Bound
Series: The Honors #2
Author: Rachel Caine
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: February 19th, 2019 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Title: The Darkness Outside Us
Author: Eliot Schrefer
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: June 1st, 2021 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Hello readers! Welcome to my stop on the Ultimate Blog Tour for Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky! Thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads for including me in this tour and also to the author for the opportunity to read this book!
Title: Shards of Earth
Series: The Final Architects #1
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Genre: Science Fiction
Published: May 27th, 2021 (Tor)
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Title: Aetherbound
Author: E. K. Johnston
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: May 25th, 2021 (Dutton BYR)
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Title: Honor Among Thieves
Series: Honors #1
Author: Rachel Cain & Ann Aguirre
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: February 12th, 2018 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Title: Victories Greater Than Death
Series: Universal Expansion #1
Author: Charlie Jane Anders
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: April 13th, 2021 (Tor Teen)
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Title: The Infinity Courts
Series: The Infinity Courts #1
Author: Akemi Dawn Bowman
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: April 6th, 2021 (Simon Pulse)
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Mini Reviews #13
Blogmas Day 1
Hello readers, and welcome to Blogmas! It’s time for another round of Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. It’s been a while since I did one of these posts! With the hectic posting schedule I’ve had these past months, I haven’t really had the chance to share my thoughts on some of the other books I’ve been reading, so I figured it would be a great post to kick off Blogmas! This installment, let’s chat about: Hench, Rebel Spy, Heartstopper: Volume Two and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
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