Author: Tim Scheidler

We’ve read plenty of fun books this week!

Bill: I’ve been busy with grading and writing, so haven’t read much the past two weeks (which as my family will attest, puts me in a bad mood). I am, however, slowly making my way through The Monster Baru Cormorantby Seth Dickinson(stimulating but not yet grabbing me). I’m also listening to the utterly fascinating Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Our Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky. Because I can grade with the TV on,

As Halloween approaches, we’ve been reading plenty of seasonal (and a few less-than-seasonal) new books!

Marion: I read An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. I hope to add my thoughts to the excellent reviews by Bill and Kat. The book is a literary science fiction novel; one of a handful that you can offer to your literary reading friends who can’t find their way into science fiction.

Bill introduced me to Sebastien de Castell in person at the 2016 WorldCon (MidAmeriCon).

Kat: In an effort to get better quality sleep, I’ve been forcing myself to get off the computer by 8:00 every night and then spending a few hours listening to audiobooks while working jigsaw puzzles. I’m sleeping better and I’m getting a lot read this way (plus, I listen during my commute to and from work). Since you heard from me last, I’ve read All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Dimension of Miracles and Untouched by Human Hands by Robert Sheckley, 

This week, due to an erro ron my end, we have fewer write-ins than usual. I’ve filled the gaps with an old method pulled out of retirement.

Ayesha: Week 148,345. Still waiting for inevitable Fate to once more sweep my lost love Kallikrates back to me across the winds of time. So, you know, same old. As it rolls back around to harvest time, I remember a night many years ago when a man came to my mountain seeking wisdom. It was a night much like this one, when the reapers were at work with their sickles in the fields,

And so ends the first week of October. Here’s what we’re reading!

Bill: This week’s genre reading was a bit disappointing as I was the outlier on a pair of books that have received mostly good reviews (including here at Fanlit). The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera honestly just bored me, while The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson had lots to admire idea-wise but never really engaged me with its characters or story. In non-fiction, Putting the Science in Fiction, 

Another week, more reading!

Jana: This week I made good progress with Julie Kagawa‘s upcoming Shadow of the Fox, which begins a new YA fantasy series (trilogy?) heavily influenced by Japanese feudal-era culture and mythology. It’s scratching my shoujo manga itch in a serious way, and I’m really enjoying it. I also read Waubgeshig Rice’s upcoming post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, which blends First Nations storytelling and history in a way that I don’t see nearly often enough.

Here we are at the beginning of Autumn, with plenty of new books to read.

Bill: First essays came in so not as much reading this week.  I did complete V.E. Schwab’s Vengeance and finished listening to Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Media-wise, my son and I both enjoyed the film The Endless, even if it overplays its metaphors a bit toward the end.  And we’ve really been enjoying The Travelers,

This week, some great reads for the changing season!

Jana: This week I started reading Legion, which compiles Brandon Sanderson‘s two previously-published LEGION novellas and a third, previously-unpublished novella which rounds out the trilogy. I’m not a frequent reader of Sanderson’s work, but there’s a lot to enjoy in these novellas. I’m still making progress with Nick Mamatas‘ new short story collection, The People’s Republic of Everything, as well. Next week I’ll be reading Barren,

We’re reading some interesting books this week! Take a peek!

Bill: This was an excellent reading week.  Jonathan Auxier’s Sweep: A Story of a Girl and Her Monster was a 5-star MG book, lovely and bittersweet. Meanwhile, Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls was a powerful retelling of The Iliadfrom the perspective of Briseis (the “prize” Agamemnon and Achilles fought over). I’m also continuing to enjoy listening to Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.