Title: My Real ChildrenSeries: Author: Jo WaltonGenre: FantasyPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 0765332655 Summary: It’s 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. “Confused today,” read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know—what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don’t seem possible. She remembers …
Title: All the Birds in the SkySeries: All the Birds in the Sky #1Author: Charlie Jane AndersGenre: FantasyPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 0765379945 Summary: Childhood friends Patricia Delfine, a witch, and Laurence Armstead, a mad scientist, parted ways under mysterious circumstances during middle school. But as adults they both wind up in near-future San Francisco, where Laurence …
Title: Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for SpiritsSeries: Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits Vol. 1Author: Midori YumaGenre: MangaPublisher: VIZ Media LLCFormat: PaperbackISBN: 197470372X Summary: Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself! Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather’s ability to see …
Title: LadycastleSeries: Ladycastle Issues #1-4Author: Delilah S DawsonGenre: Graphic NovelPublisher: Boom! StudiosFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1684150329 Summary: When the King and all the men of the castle die, it’s time for the women to knight up. When King Mancastle and his mighty vassals ride off on a crusade, the women left behind are not at all put out—that’s …
Title: The Man on the RoofSeries: Author: Michael Stephenson Genre: Mystery, Suspense, ThrillerPublisher: Self PublishedFormat: eBookASIN: B07BP8ZD7T Summary: Someone has been creeping in the dark while the others sleep, and they’ve done terrible, terrible things. “There was a man on your roof,” claims curmudgeonly lane-hermit Herbert McKinney. Then, he initiates an unprovoked fight with a local punk. Drama escalates …
Title: Beethoven’s SkillAuthor: Tim RaybornGenre: Historical Fantasy, MusicPublisher: SkyHorseFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781510712713 Summary: Beethoven’s Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fates …
Title: Gods, Monsters and the Lucky PeachSeries: Author: Kelly Robson Genre: Science FictionPublisher: TorFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1250163854 Summary: Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined planet or luxuriate in a less tainted pass. In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation …
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now is perched on my bookshelf, the passionate red cover sitting on top of The Book of Dust and Octavia’s Brood like a victor at the top of Mount Everest. Written by debut author Dana L Davis, Tiffany Sly is only the second Contemporary YA novel I’ve ever read, and – if I’m being honest – the first YA book I’ve read where the protagonist is a black female teen. From beginning to end, I couldn’t put Tiffany down — or out of my mind, for that matter. And…I’m still struggling to sort out my thoughts about this book.
Title: An Unkindess of MagiciansSeries: An Unkindess of Magicians #1Author: Kat HowardGenre: Fantasy, Urban FantasyPublisher: Saga PressFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1481451219 Summary: There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city’s magicians’ power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard. In New York City, magic controls …
Title: Fatal InfatuationSeries: Almost Human The First Trilogy, #1Author: Melanie NowakGenre: Fantasy, Paranormal RomancePublisher: Self PublishedFormat: eBookISBN: 0982410204 Summary: ALMOST HUMAN – the first trilogy –In this witty paranormal adventure/romance, each chapter alternates perspective between an elder vampire and a young human girl as they navigate the difficulties of addiction and desire; the perils of zombies and …
