Tag: speculative

Charis Cotter’s The Painting Explores Mother-Daughter Relationships via Time Slip

17 September 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Charis Cotter’s The Painting Explores Mother-Daughter Relationships via Time Slip

The Painting by Charis Cotter Format/Source: eBook/Netgalley Published: 19 September 2017 Publisher: Tundra Books Length: 288 pages Genre: Middle grade time slip Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for my honest […]

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #4

17 August 2017 / brief reviews, meme / 1 Comment
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #4

Read and Enjoyed: The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutsie For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She’s been a Reckoner trainer-in-training ever since she could walk, raising the genetically-engineered beasts to defend ships as they […]

Brief Thoughts on Some Fables

15 January 2016 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Brief Thoughts on Some Fables

During last week’s Bout of Books, I read two books that you might call fables. The Magician’s Elephant is an extended middle grade fable, while Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day puts a contemporary, speculative twist on the […]