Date Read: June 13 Author: Cadwell Turnbull Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Certainly entertaining, but some of the characters were left undeveloped and needed some more attention rather than simply advancing the plot along. The universe didn’t care about strength. It didn’t care about anything. Indifference looked like malice to creatures with something to lose.Continue reading “The Lesson”
Category Archives: Science Fiction
The Children of Men
Date Read: May 20 Author: P.D. James Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 When the human race becomes entirely infertile, Earth becomes a world without hope of a future. Theo, a historian and the cousin of the Warden of England, is contacted by a group of revolutionaries, and finds that he must examine his values andContinue reading “The Children of Men”
Amatka
Date Read: May 13 Author: Karin Tidbeck Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Everything must be named, or else it loses its shape. Every morning, Vanja names her clothes: shoes, pants, shirt. Buildings are labeled and named when citizens walk past. Yet when Vanja arrives in one of the other colonies of her planet, she discoversContinue reading “Amatka”
Artemis
Date Read: May 13 Author: Andy Weir Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 From the author of The Martian comes Artemis, a story of crime and drama that takes place entirely on the moon. Jazz is a young woman on the moon who seeks to earn money through smuggling, but she stumbles across something much larger.Continue reading “Artemis”
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Date Read: April 12 Authors: Amal El-Muhtar and Max Gladstone Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Red and Blue, agents on opposite sides of a war that spans all of time and space, find themselves exchanging letters. The letters and the narrative are beautiful, woven together just as carefully as the strands of time that RedContinue reading “This Is How You Lose the Time War”
Arabella the Traitor of Mars
Date Read: April 7 Author: David D. Levine Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Arabella the Traitor of Mars is the conclusion to the Adventures of Arabella Ashby Trilogy, which begins with Arabella of Mars and Arabella and the Battle of Venus. If you enjoy the first book, then the conclusion will not disappoint. There areContinue reading “Arabella the Traitor of Mars”
Arabella and the Battle of Venus
Date Read: April 3 Author: David D. Levine Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 The sequel to Arabella of Mars, Arabella Ashby’s adventures continue as she travels to the planet Venus, once more braving the dangers of sailing in space. I loved the book, and I’m looking forward to reading the third book in the series.
Arabella of Mars
Date Read: April 1 Author: David D. Levine Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 In the late 1600s, Captain William Cook was in charge of the first ship to Mars. A century later, Arabella Ashby, born and raised on Mars, has to find her way back. An inventive blend of space travel and the 1800s, ArabellaContinue reading “Arabella of Mars”
14
Date Read: March 23 Author: Peter Clines Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 The first book in the Threshold series, 14 technically comes before The Fold, which I read earlier this month. However, I do not think I had any problems reading this series out of order, and would actually recommend reading the second book first.Continue reading “14”
The Fold
Date Read: March 14 Author: Peter Clines Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Technically, The Fold is considered the second book in a series, but I didn’t discover that until I finished it, and there was nothing in the book that would indicate reading the first book in the series is necessary. I enjoyed the bookContinue reading “The Fold”
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 