We like science fiction an awful lot on this blog, squiders, and I, at least, also like a good time travel story. (If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ll know I come back to this topic every few
The Sparrow Readalong
Woo, squiders! This is quite a book. Bit rough to read in places. And apparently there is a sequel, Children of God, which starts up almost immediately after the first book ends. I’m always a bit amused with science fiction books
The Return of the Space Dinosaurs
Ugh, Squiders. It is already getting hot for the year, and I do not like hot. My Celtic and Scandinavian genes are not equipped to deal with this madness. (It could be worse. I could live in Arizona. Ha. Ha.
Announcing the Sparrow Readalong
Right, squiders, the results are in from last week’s poll! So for this month’s/quarter’s/however often we get to it’s readalong, we’re going to the doing The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. My spouse will be pleased, as he greatly enjoyed the book
Humanity and Prey (Video Game)
Oh, squiders. We humans are an interesting bunch. We do interesting, unexpected things. And today, we’re going to look at interesting, unexpected things in relation to a video game called Prey. Prey is made by Arkane Studios, which also does
Review: Electric Gardens by M. Black
Happy Tuesday, squiders. Today, for your reading pleasure, I have Electric Gardens, the first book in a dystopian YA series, by M. Black. Robotics Dystopian Date Published: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Eloquen Enraptures Publishing In our future, robots known as Tins
All and Sundry (and Your Favorite Poll)
Hi Squiders! We’ve almost run out of March already. How does that always seem to happen? (We got a ton of snow yesterday, and our power’s been flickering on and off all day, which is very annoying, especially when one
Readalong: Dream Thief by Stephen R. Lawhead
The title looked really barren for a second, and then I remembered that this was our first standalone readalong, so I normally have the series title as well. Anyway! It’s the 18th! Let’s get to it. First, the basics. Dream Thief is
Library Book Sale Finds: The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Hey, look, squiders! I actually picked a scifi novel out of the bunch for once! (Well, in actuality, I was talking to my grandmother about Connie Willis and the Oxford time travel novels because I’d seen Connie at MileHiCon and
Readalong Announcement: Dream Thief by Stephen R. Lawhead
Well, squiders, I’ve gone through my bookshelves and picked a book for us to try for our first stand-alone book readalong. (Of course, since I was looking for a standalone, I found a ton of duologies and trilogies, because that
