Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 30
October 25, 2023
Author Spotlight: Wolf Golan
My wife is on a listserv and saw an email about an Indigenous sci-fi series and knew I needed to know every detail. It also very much amused me that the author had a similar name to my wife.
Wolf Golan (a.k.a Matt Gilbert) is Gwich’in Athabascan. You know how I feel about Indigenous books, if you don’t it is simple: WE NEED MORE. Indigenous voices are so important and have been silenced for hundreds of years now. You need to check out Wolf Golan’s stuff though. That is where the sci-fi is.
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The Long Fall Up
“From bestselling Nebula-Award winning William Ledbetter comes a groundbreaking collection of science fiction short stories that will bend your heart like a black hole. From AI to robot medics to life on Mars, Ledbetter takes real tech, blends it with hard science fact, and invents futures full of fantastic fiction. Includes 17 previously published stories and one original story.”
I got an ARC of this book.
I wasn’t sure about this book at first. The first story starts up with a man cha...
October 24, 2023
Illuminae
What a mess.
Don’t get me wrong, this was highly entertaining, but it was also all over the place.
Basically high-stakes, high-energy Sci-Fi teen drama with about any plot point stuffed in there you can possibly think of, told in a very sassy, easy-to-read way, and packaged in an inventive format.
The format is what’s most obvious about the book: it’s told as a collection of various files detailing the consequences of a big incident. There’s reports, transcripts, interviews, EMails, Direct M...
October 23, 2023
Haze
“When Eliza Owens gets a phone call in the middle of the night from a girl she’s never met, she doesn’t know what to think. The girl introduces herself as Paige, and says she used to date Erik Stern, Eliza’s fiancé. What’s more, she has something important to discuss.
The only problem? Paige has been dead for years.
Believing it to be a sick prank, Eliza tries to force it from her mind until Sam, Eliza’s older sister, tells her she met Paige only a few weeks before. And, according to Sam, ...
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
“Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning series.
Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children.
When her fellow students realize that Antsy’s talent for finding absolutely anything may extend to doors, she’s forced to flee in the company of a small group of friends, looking for a way back to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go to be sure that Vineta and Hudson are keeping...
October 11, 2023
Bad Grains
“Eleven-year-old Jo loves Halloween and all things horror, but she doesn’t believe anything bad could ever happen in Fels, her small German hometown. When Hektor, her annoying older brother, disappears on his way home from school, Jo assumes he is playing a prank on her. But then both her father and grandma forget Hektor’s name, and his stuff mysteriously disappears from his room. With the adults of no help whatsoever, Jo starts an investigation of her own, uncovering an old legend that has haun...
October 10, 2023
Dario is live!
A while back, I got to start my reading of all of Samuel Alexander‘s books. He has a lovely series about a group of friends, but it all started with Dario. The series was wonderful, it was unique, and now it is available as audio!
Dario (the audiobook) is free right now on Kobo. I believe it is free through October 20th.
I am super picky about my audiobooks. The narrator has to be JUST right, or I won’t be able to make it through. This narrator does amazing voices and has such a clear ...
October 9, 2023
Merry Critmas
“Celebrate a very geeky Christmas in this sexy fake dating romance…
The last time Jay saw Leo was on his knees at his cousin’s wedding.
The hookup had been hot, memorable, and they’d gone their separate ways in the morning.
However, when Leo moves to the Bay area right as Jay’s getting over a shitty ex, the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Jay’s a shy geek while Leo’s outgoing and charming, but their chemistry flares brighter than a lights display. Except Jay’s hesitant to dive right in...
September 29, 2023
Baby Bank
“Mila Torres is a successful divorce lawyer by day, stand-up comedian by night and by all accounts—except her mother’s—living a bisexual elder millennial’s dream life in Washington, DC. That is, until she realizes she’s only a year away from hitting the ripe old age of thirty-five and her doctor suggests at her annual pap smear that maybe she should consider freezing her eggs if she wants kids in the future. Except, she doesn’t want a child in the far future…she wants a child right now.
This pos...
September 28, 2023
All The Wrong Pages
“High school rivals turned small town enemies, a meddling family, and two stubborn guys who don’t realize they’re in love…
Logan Nichols is a snarky menace.
The man has been a blight on Cooper Ellis’s life ever since high school. Not only did Logan steal Coop’s high school girlfriend, but he’s made it his mission to annoy him. Glitter pranks to his leather shop, swooping in on potential hookups, and showing up at family dinners like he belongs there—he’s nothing but trouble. And Coop can’t...
