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Good evening, everyone. I'm Leslie Monster, and this is Nightline. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: narfna's Quick Questions interview.)

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Goodbye, Kelly Sue. We hardly knew ye.

December 29, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

In case you’re curious, and too lazy to Google it, “Alis Volat Propriis” is Latin for “she flies with her own wings.” I think that’s lovely. It’s a lovely phrase, and it’s a lovely sentiment to end Kelly Sue DeConnick’s run on Captain Marvel. That said, man, I’m just not thrilled with the way this whole thing has turned out. I read Higher, Further, Faster, More earlier this year, and absolutely fell in love with it, and with Carol Danvers. Everything that has come after […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: alis volat propriis, captain marvel, Comics, david lopez, Kelly Sue DeConnick, marvel, marvel now!, narfna, superheroes, vol. 3

narfna's CBR7 Review No:201 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: alis volat propriis, captain marvel, Comics, david lopez, Kelly Sue DeConnick, marvel, marvel now!, narfna, superheroes, vol. 3 ·
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If anything ever deserved the label ‘feminist as f***’, it’s this book.

December 29, 2015 by narfna 4 Comments

I don’t even really know what to say about this book, other than you should probably read it. I was a bit skeptical going in to Bitch Planet, despite glowing reviews, because I’d read Kelly Sue DeConnick’s other non-superhero ongoing comic, Pretty Deadly, earlier this year, and was pretty unimpressed with it at the least, actively turned off at worst. Still can’t decide which at this point. (The art was gorgeous, though.) But holy crap, I shouldn’t have been worried. This was AWESOME. Like, I […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Bitch Planet, dystopia, Extraordinary Machine, feminism, Kelly Sue DeConnick, narfna, Satire, sci-fi, science fiction, vol. 1

narfna's CBR7 Review No:200 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Bitch Planet, dystopia, Extraordinary Machine, feminism, Kelly Sue DeConnick, narfna, Satire, sci-fi, science fiction, vol. 1 ·
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YA readers should definitely check this out–you might like it better than I did.

December 19, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

I had medium expectations for this book, despite the almost overwhelmingly positive reviews from everyone I know who’s read it. Jay Kristoff’s writing never completely gels for me, but he’s always an interesting author, and the small writing issues I usually have with him don’t matter in the grand scheme, so I keep reading his stuff. The two books I’ve read by his co-author, Amie Kaufman, I haven’t been very impressed with. So I kept my expectations low on purpose. This turned out to be […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: amie kaufman, horror, illuminae, jay kristoff, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the illuminae files, Young Adult

narfna's CBR7 Review No:199 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: amie kaufman, horror, illuminae, jay kristoff, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the illuminae files, Young Adult ·
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Book exchange goodies from MsWas!

December 18, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

Received a happy surprise when I got home from work today. I read the first book in this series this year for CBR7 and loved it. I’m so excited I have the next three all ready to go for CBR8. Thank you so much, MsWas!!! You’re the best 🙂 (P.S. I am obsessed with these covers. I wish they had continued making the series with them instead of the ones they do now. They’re so purty.)

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Book Exchange, laurie r. king, mary russell, Mswas, narfna, Sherlock Holmes

narfna's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Book Exchange, laurie r. king, mary russell, Mswas, narfna, Sherlock Holmes ·
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A surprisingly great entry into the new Star Wars canon. Would rec for even non-Star Wars fans if you like YA/sci-fi/romance.

December 14, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

So, this book basically came out of nowhere, right? I only heard about it a couple of months ago thanks to some Goodreads friends, all of whom were also completely surprised by how good this book was. (Granted, I think a lot of them don’t regularly read YA and might be unaware of some of the wonderful authors currently working in the genre.) But still. Even with all of those reviews, the book still managed to surprise me. Because what’s so surprising about it isn’t that […]

Filed Under: Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: claudia gray, journey to the force awakens, lost stars, narfna, sci-fi, space opera, star wars, Young Adult

narfna's CBR7 Review No:198 · Genres: Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: claudia gray, journey to the force awakens, lost stars, narfna, sci-fi, space opera, star wars, Young Adult ·
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The Expanse novellas aren’t just a money grab.

December 13, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

The Churn “To go from an unregistered birth such as his to having any power and status at all was an achievement as profound as it was invisible.” Before he was the engineer on the Rocinante, Amos Burton lived in Baltimore. A product of prostitution himself, he spent his childhood in sexual slavery, before being rescued by the woman who would essentially become his step-mother. This novella takes place about twenty years before the main events of the series, during a time when the organized […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: gods of risk, james s.a. corey, jefferson mays, narfna, novellas, science fiction, space opera, the butcher of anderson station, the churn, the expanse, the vital abyss

narfna's CBR7 Review No:197 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: gods of risk, james s.a. corey, jefferson mays, narfna, novellas, science fiction, space opera, the butcher of anderson station, the churn, the expanse, the vital abyss ·
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