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#TBRChallenge – Unusual Profession: Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls by Matt Ruff won the 2003 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, now renamed the Otherwise Award, which “celebrates science fiction, fantasy, and other forms of speculative narrative that expand and explore our … Continue reading →

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My August Reading Log

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein, set mostly in Scotland during World War II, is a prequel to Code Name Verity. The main characters are Louisa Adair, a half-English/half-Jamaican teenaged girl; an elderly German immigrant woman who adopts the … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Author with More Than One Book in TBR: The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Coincidentally, like last month’s TBR Challenge book, The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages is set during World War Two and revolves around a friendship forged between two girls. However, these girls are ten years old, and the story is … Continue reading →

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My July Reading Log

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Demon Fighter Sucks by Katherine Crighton is short fiction at Apex Magazine. It’s speculative fiction about YouTube and grief. After the Gold: A Twin Cities Ice Book by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese is a contemporary romance whose protagonists … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Secrets and Lies: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

I know, I know, I should have read Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein back in 2012 when it came out because I had pre-ordered it, but I never felt quite ready. By exerting a magnificently huge effort, I managed … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Book with One Word Title: Distances by Vandana Singh

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

The novella Distances by Vandana Singh is Volume 23 in the “Conversation Pieces” series from Aqueduct Press. It won the 2008 Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award and was on the Honor List for the 2009 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, now … Continue reading →

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My May Reading Log

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell mashes up space opera with a Marriage of Convenience, with the added level of this being one partner’s second marriage of convenience after his husband is killed in what appeared to be an accident. … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Fairytale: The Serial Garden by Joan Aiken

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Small Beer Press page for The Serial Garden. The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken “is the first complete collection of Joan Aiken’s beloved Armitage stories — and it includes four new, unpublished stories.” The world … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Old School: Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Given that Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson was published in 1982, I decided it could safely fit this month’s challenge theme. Plus, I’ve been looking forward to reading it for a long time, as one of the few by this … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Battle Hill Bolero by Daniel José Older is third in the Bone Street Rumba trilogy, one of the best urban fantasy series I’ve ever read because of its superb, deep grounding in contemporary Brooklyn. I’d been hoarding it for … Continue reading →

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