Speculative Fiction – Page 39 – Cannonball Read 17

No More Robert Bloch For Me

More Nightmares by Robert Bloch

January 11, 2024 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

This is my second time reading a collection of Robert Bloch short stories and my last. His stories are never real standouts for me and there was one in particular in this collection that was so racist it turned me off of him completely as a writer. The cover is great, though, very eye-catching and a fun example of classic 1960s SF/F art. I wish they listed who did it in the copyright page, but at this time I guess it was seen as work […]

Trying to Come Up With Some Pros Here

Orbit 10 by Damon Knight (Editor)

January 8, 2024 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I’m going to try to list some pros here so that this is not yet another one of my reviews about how I’m grimly slogging through these 1960s/1970s collections (this one in particular is from 1972, so the worst of both worlds). Pro: the cover is very fun and mysterious. I like that it shows a weird space world and I like a painted cover, so this is a win in my book. The cover text is a nice font and has a strong impact. […]

The end of an era but not really

My Hero Academia Vigilantes, vols. 14-15 by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court

January 7, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

My Hero Academia Vigilantes is a side series, and it’s just wrapped up. The main series is apparently in the process of winding up its final story but who knows how long that takes. The final two volumes of vigilantes show the conclusion of the final epic battle and hints at the not too distant futures for those who survive (mostly). Koichi aka Crawler, the seemingly lucky idiot who wants to be a hero but not an official one, has been facing off against the […]

Celeste Ng Does Not Disappoint

Our Missing Hearts by Celest Ng

December 31, 2023 by thegirlwhogotoverit Leave a Comment

Wow. Celeste Ng continues to not disappoint. What a heartbreaker this was, for me*. This is a Covid novel, set in a US where all Asian races are blamed for pretty much all that ails society. I don’t consider myself a racist person, but what stuck with me on reading OMH was the notion that Margaret “didn’t have to know” about the kids being taken by the authorities, about how unjust PACT was, until she did. I don’t have to know a lot of stuff, […]

A subversion of the fated mates trope in Tangle of Need

Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh

December 30, 2023 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I’m slowly making my way through the first set of Psy Changeling novels by Nalini Singh. As Singh is from New Zealand and Tangle of Need has the couple trotting the globe, this counts towards the passport challenge. CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books from different countries (book 2 of 3) In the eleventh book, Singh subverts the idea of fated mates with Lieutenant wolf shifter Riaz and wolf soldier Adria. Riaz’s wolf recognized a married woman as his mate. He struggles with the fact they can never […]

I ended 2023 reading Part I

Teen Killers Club V02 Teen Killers in Love, by Lily Sparks

December 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality. Though I do not think I am a teenage assassin (I really don’t like cleaning up messes and chasing/hunting people is soooooo much work) but I do like an escapist story and book two in the Teen Killers Club series, Teen Killers in Love, […]

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