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My June Reading Log

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold is very Bujoldian, and I wish it had been longer. It takes place before Cryoburn. My favorite part was the speculative science of dealing with a heavily-irradiated landscape, and how to … Continue reading →

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My May Reading Log

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang is Asian-flavored science fantasy with a familiar plot, following the twin children of a dictator as they grow into their paranormal abilities and oppose their mother’s reign. Only one of the … Continue reading →

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My April Reading Log

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey posits an extremely clever alternate American history in which hippo ranching took over the Mississippi Delta and other areas before the Civil War. Set in the 1890s, the plot follows an eccentric group … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas entertained me just as much as the first book in the series, and I am really bummed the third book isn’t out yet. I love the many female characters and the complexities … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Last October, my friend Natlyn recommended A Study In Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas to me. I’d read Thomas’ historical romances; she has really lovely prose, but I found her romances stressful (very good, just stressful!). I bought the … Continue reading →

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My September and October Reading Logs

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: In War’s Dark Shadow: The Russians before the Great War by W. Bruce Lincoln took me a year or more to finish. This book is from the 1980s, when it was a big deal that Lincoln had actually been … Continue reading →

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My June and July Reading Log

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells was so very fun and I wanted it to be so much longer. She’s an autobuy author for me, because her characterization is so very, very good and emotionally involving. … Continue reading →

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My April – May Reading Log

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older is a YA novel that ties in to his Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series. The magic of the shadowshapers is very, very cool, and so are the different ways it can be manifested. … Continue reading →

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My WisCon 2017 Schedule

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be attending WisCon 41: May 26 – 29, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin. Here’s my program schedule as it stands right now. Saturday, 10:00 – 11:15 am, University C “Join the Mod Squad: Enhance Your Moderation Skills” Christopher Davis [Moderator], … Continue reading →

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My September Reading Log

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee is space opera fantasy. From the plot description, I was expecting it to be a difficult read, but in fact the complex, fascinating, and unusual worldbuilding is really clearly presented, so I followed … Continue reading →

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