Book Reviews
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ON
SHELVES
ISLES OF THE FORSAKEN by
Carolyn Ives Gilman
"I hate, hate, hate
child-women in life and in
fiction, and it’s what put me
off this book in the end,
despite the many other things
it has going for it." -- Kate Nagy
KNIGHT'S
CURSE by Karen Duvall
"Aydin is a hottie with
a naughty body and, by the Most
Revered Laws of Mary Sue-ism,
cannot be anything but truly
interested in Chalice." -- Kate
Nagy
LORD OF THE VAMPIRES by Gena
Showalter
"I
appreciate the considerate
inclusion of an actual plot on
which to hang all the sex." -- Kate
Nagy
REALITY 36 by
Guy Haley
"Reality 36
is
gritty, adventure-filled cyberpunk
with witty characters and
an open concept of what the
future could be." --
Cassandra Chin
STONE COLD SEDUCTION by
Jess Macallan
"Two things have now
become even more apparent to
your intrepid reviewer. One, he
is convinced that his editor
likes to torture him. And two,
he really doesn't understand
women." -- K.
Burtt
STORIES FOR NIGHTTIME AND
SOME FOR THE DAY by Ben Loory
(INCLUDES EXCERPT)
"Absurd. Profound.
Insane. Insightful. Perplexing.
Delightful. And everywhere in
between." -- Rachel
Hyland
THE MAGICIAN KING
by Lev Grossman
"
The Magician King, at
its heart, is the story of
heroism, and everything that
entails -- including the
consequences." -- K. Burtt
THE POSTMORTAL
by Drew Magary
"A highly plausible
vision of the future that may
keep you awake nights -- it did
me -- but it’s a chilling,
fascinating, absorbing read, and
well worth your time." -- Kate
Nagy
ULTRAVIOLET by
R. J. Anderson
"If this book isn’t the
Next Big Thing in YA paranormal
obsession, then it damned well
should be." -- Rachel
Hyland
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IN THE STACKS
Our topic this month:
Mythology
BEOWULF
by Unknown
"Time
for some
'literary
analysis'..."
-- Jason Luna
METAMORPHOSES by Ovid
"If the only other reading material
you had were
religious texts,
but you could,
say, read about
the Naiad
Salmacis popping
the cherry of
innocent
Hermaphroditus…
wouldn’t you" -- Sara Paige
THE AGE OF ZEUS
by James Lovegrove
"A military-esque
sci-fi book that
has a simple
set-up. What if
the Greek gods
suddenly
appeared in
modern day and
took over?"
-- K. Burtt
THE MAGICIANS by
Lev Grossman
"The
Magicians
is
kind of a cross
between Harry
Potter and the
Chronicles of
Narnia, if
either of those
were more adult
and realistic" --
K.
Burtt
THE RED PYRAMID by
Rick Riordan
"Um,
excuse me, Mr.
Archaeologist
Dude? Have you
read any
Egyptian
mythology? Those
guys were
nuts!
" --
Rachel
Hyland
WHITE TIGER by
Kylie Chan
"Emma
doesn’t know
much about Mr
Chen, but she
immediately
packs up and
moves into his
house without a
qualm. In her
place I’d
definitely have
been more
suspicious..." --
Amy Gordon
Our topic next month:
NPR's Top 100 SFF Books