Book Review: The Spear Cuts Through Water
Time to get a review of another Sword & Laser Book Club pick – this time an epic fantasy novel with a very distinct storytelling style. Continue reading Book Review: The Spear Cuts Through Water
Book (Video) Review: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
This week I’ve got a book review of one of the more recent Sword and Laser Book Club picks. Continue reading Book (Video) Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Book Review: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett puts a bit of weirdness into the urban fantasy genre. It’s not urban – not even close – it’s a very pastoral story. It’s not contemporary, being set in the 1800s. However, it’s definitely not heroic fantasy or horror, and certainly fits more into some elements of urban fantasy than it does to the other subgenres I’m familiar with. It’s…
Book Review: Sword of Kaigen
It’s time for another book review – as I take a look at one of the titles that was a recent Sword & Laser Book Club pick. Continue reading Book Review: Sword of Kaigen
Book (Vlog) Review: Shards of Honor & Barryar
This week I review the first 2 (ish) books in the Vorkosigan Saga. Continue reading Book (Vlog) Review: Shards of Honor & Barryar
Book Review: Barrayar
A little bit back I reviewed Shards of Honor, the start of the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold – which was a Swords & Laser book club pick. Well, that’s not exactly correct – it’s half of a Sword & Laser book club pick – it was instead selected as Cordelia’s Honor – a book that combines it with the novel Barrayar, which follows up right after it (and was originally intended to be the…
Book Review: Shards of Honor
Shards of Honor is the book that kicks off the long-running Vorkosigan series, though this book serves more of a “How I Met Your Mother” story – only in a case where the fact that our two leads will get together is a foregone conclusion strictly because I’m reading this now after there have been a slew of sequels based around their son, Miles. So the question then becomes, “How does this book…
Book Vlog Review: Shining Girls
Time to get caught up with book reviews again, with my thoughts on the novel Shining Girls. Continue reading Book Vlog Review: Shining Girls
Book Review: Shining Girls
January’s book pick for the Sword & Laser Book Club, Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, is almost something that would have worked better as an October book pick. It’s a story that features a serial killer as an antagonist who can move independently of the rest of us in the time stream – only this one can go back and forth, as opposed to only moving forward, never aging, like the killer in NOS4A2.…
Book Review: Kings of the Wyld
December’s Sword & Laser Book Club pick was a Dungeon Fantasy novel, Kings of the Wyld, one that takes a different spin on the “Adventuring Band” concept - treating the “Band” idea like a rock band.
December’s Sword & Laser Book Club pick was a Dungeon Fantasy novel, Kings of the Wyld, one that takes a different spin on the “Adventuring Band” concept – treating the “Band” idea like a rock band. Continue reading Untitled
Book Review: The Mimicking of Known Successes
The Mimicking of Known Successes is a queer science fiction cozy mystery that isn't quite solarpunk and is a nice, brisk read that doesn't break 200 pages.
If you asked me to describe The Mimicking of Known Successes by genre, I’d say it’s a queer science fiction cozy mystery that isn’t quite solarpunk, but I’d almost describe it as solarpunk-adjacent. It’s also a nice, brisk read that doesn’t break 200 pages, so if you’re also looking for a mystery that fits those criteria that you’d like to read when heading out for Thanksgiving (or other upcoming…
Book (Video) Review: Fourth Wing
This week I start getting a little caught up with some of the books I’ve read for the Sword & Laser Book Club, with a look at one of the best-selling fantasy novels of 2023 – Fourth Wing. Continue reading Untitled
Book Review: The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char was October’s pick for the Sword & Laser book club, as a “Sword” pick (meaning fantasy) and something meant to be mildly horror adjacent (as co-host Veronica Belmont doesn’t handle horror well – which is fine). The book itself is some okay splatter horror with a side of urban fantasy, but it didn’t quite land for me. Continue reading Untitled
Book Review: China Mountain Zhang
Time to catch up with the book reviews for the Sword & Laser Book Club, with my thoughts on China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh. Continue reading Untitled
Book Review: Fourth Wing
Unfortunately, I’ve fallen a little behind again on the books covered in the Sword & Laser Book Club, from a review standpoint, so it’s time for me to get caught up with some of the past books that I’ve read and finished. The first of these is Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Continue reading Untitled
Book (Video) Review: Children of Time
I’m continuing to get caught up with the Sword & Laser podcast books, with Children of Time. Continue reading Untitled
Book (Video) Review: Under Fortunate Stars
I continue to get caught up with my Sword & Laser picks with Under Fortunate Stars. Continue reading Untitled