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But what kind of cheese?

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

June 11, 2025 by stegolily 1 Comment

When The Moon Hits Your Eye is the latest in a string of very strange books by John Scalzi. The Kaiju Preservation Society introduced us to a former Postmates-ish driver taking a job at a wildlife preserve for horrifying monsters. Starter Villain pondered the moral implications of inheriting your uncle’s supervillain business. When the Moon Hits Your Eye introduces another premise so ridiculous that I can only assume Scalzi wrote the book on a dare: “What if the moon suddenly turned into cheese?” The story unfolds through a […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi

stegolily's CBR17 Review No:18 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: john scalzi ·
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Cover of Malka Older’s The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses

When I probe the gallimaufry of blurred memories from that night I can still feel the potency of the ungovernable impulse that demanded I place my palms on her bony shoulders

The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older

June 10, 2025 by Emmalita 4 Comments

Every time I pick up a Malka Older book, I am struck anew by how beautifully she writes. As much as I enjoy the melding of mystery, romance, and science fiction in her Mossa and Pleiti series, the way she uses words is such a joy to read. The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses is the third in the series, and you must read the first two books in order to understand this one. The Rector’s actions in The Mimicking of Known Successes continues to reverberate. Mossa and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: Malka Older, Mossa and Pleiti, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: Malka Older, Mossa and Pleiti, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses ·
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Best book of 1998?!

The Decision by K. A. Applegate

Megamorphs 2: In the Time of the Dinosaurs by K. A. Applegate

The Departure by K. A. Applegate

June 9, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

It’s possible that the best book I’ve read all year is a thirty year old Animorphs book. This whole batch of books is a lot of fun, but book 19 is next level. Book 18, The Decision, is an Ax the Andalite book, and it’s quite good. I think I mention this in an earlier review, but one crazy sci-fi element of the Animorphs books comes to morphing animals that are smaller than oneself. If you, as a human, morph into a tiny cockroach (yes, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, animorphs, dinosaurs, k.a. applegate, middle grade, the 1990s, time travel

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:37 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, animorphs, dinosaurs, k.a. applegate, middle grade, the 1990s, time travel ·
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The Expanse keeps expanding!

Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey

June 8, 2025 by llp Leave a Comment

This is the fourth book in The Expanse series, and sees the focus both narrow back to our main crew while also expanding into genuinely new worlds. I have been making my way through both the books and the TV series at the same time, and am now at the point where my reading is how way beyond my TV progress, but it’s ok. In this series, focal character James Holden is a perennial optimist, with noble ideas about humanity and truth and morality. He’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cibola burn, james s.a. corey, the expanse

llp's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cibola burn, james s.a. corey, the expanse ·
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“Captain Kirk would have thought of something by now, I’m sure, but I have no red-shirted confederates to feed to it.”

Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky

June 8, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

Being an astronaut – it isn’t all tiny balls of ice cream and zero gravity bouncing. Plot: Gary has wanted to be an astronaut all his life. And not only did he become an astronaut, his first trip was to be part of a team investigating potential evidence of alien life. This is the stuff dreams are made of. Only that dream turned into a nightmare as they arrived and disaster starts taking them out. Gary is now alone, with no provision, and no sense […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Nart's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky ·
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“What an entirely haunted time to be alive.”

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

June 7, 2025 by stegolily 1 Comment

Nona has the best life ever. Sure, she lives on a war-torn hellscape of a planet with a malevolent blue sphere hovering in the sky. And okay, she can’t remember anything further back than 6 months ago. And also, it sure seems like she’s some kind of inhuman, immortal entity somehow inhabiting the body of Harrowhark Nonagesimus. But Nona has a family that loves her. She has a group of friends to explore abandoned buildings with. Sometimes, she even gets to pet a 6-legged dog […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: tamsyn muir

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: tamsyn muir ·
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