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I've picked up my reading pace and one of the ways I did so was to start reading short SFF again. For me, 2021 has not started off strong for short SFF stories. Many of the recent stories are so bleak I just can't read them. But these are some recent stories I enjoyed quite… Continue reading February Short SFF Reading
Reading in 2020 has been an up and down process for me, mostly down. Finding the mental space to simply escape has been a challenge. I'm a slow reader and lately it's taking me twice as long to complete anything. Short novels and novellas have worked best. As a writer, I'm exposed to recommendations from… Continue reading Finding Your Next Book
I'm not a reviewer but sometimes I just want to give a shout out to a book that struck me in a good way. Mem is set in an alternate 1920s Montreal where terrible (mostly) memories can be extracted from a person. But that memory becomes a living 'clone,' a Mem. This is the setup… Continue reading Book Shout: Mem by Bethany C. Morrow
I finally did some short story reading recently. The story that stood out most to me was The Hummingbird Temple, by C. C. Finlay at Beneath Ceaseless Skies. It was a nice change of pace, low fantasy. Low meaning low level of magic, which is my kind of fantasy. A lovely tale. The Virtue Retreats… Continue reading Reading Short
2020 Has not been a banner year for reading for me. It's been difficult to focus and sit still. However, I have been reading. I just haven't finished any novels that I started in 2020. My favorite novel so far, is The Unwritten Library by AJ Hackwith. It's just the right mix or humor, heaven,… Continue reading It’s Halfway Through 2020, What have you read?
