We were fortunate enough to snag an interview with Rebecca Roanhorse, author of the smash-hit debut Trail of Lightning. The book follows Maggie Hoskie in Dinétah, the post-global-warming former Navajo reservation, as she fights…
The Big Water came, bigger than anyone expected. Dire climate change warnings weren't dire enough, and much of the world either drowned or descended into chaos. But the Diné—the proper title for the Navajo…
Archivist Wasp was one of my favorite books of 2015 and up there for one of my favorite new fantasy titles, period. It was such a rough, raw book, the literary equivalent of a…
What's the collective noun for books featuring ravens? A group of actual ravens is an "unkindness," so maybe it's a discourteousness, just to enhance the erudition? Anyway, Ann Leckie, author of the Ancillary Justice…
Bright We Burn (Kiersten White) – July 10 – WHY is this trilogy ending? I mean, I know it has to. It’s not a series. Also, it’s based on historical figures who are extremely…
Sometimes, and not on purpose, a book will just migrate its way down my TBR pile. It's inevitable, I suppose. There's an endless supply of both shiny new titles and neglected classics, and I…
Eelyn is a warrior. Her father and best friend are warriors. Her mother and brother, before they were slain, were warriors. It's in her blood and all around her, for everyone physically able to…
This was the first year I watched Eurovision, in no small part thanks to Catherynne Valente's wonderful Space Opera. I think they owe her some royalties, or at least the chance to do publicity…
"It's like Romeo and Juliet meets Mad Max meets X-Men with a little bit of Blade Runner cheering from the sidelines." With a tagline like that, there was no way I wasn't going to…
I have a confession to make. I judged this book by its cover. I almost didn't buy The Epic Crush of Genie Lo because it looked like a combination of bad military SF from…