The concept of the Sin du Jour novella series is that there is a catering company that works specifically for the high-powered supernatural set. Yes, the dietary requirements and ingredient quests are as hair-raising as you might imagine. It's also great to see a behind-the-scenes look at a (highly unusual) catering company and what the day-to-day ( Read more... )

Rosie Revere, Engineer is the best children's book I've read to my kids in a couple of months. It's about a little girl who stopped showing people the things she invented after she got laughed at. It is funny in the absurd way that kids love, it has detailed illustrations that can be studied for long periods of time, and it gives great ( Read more... )

Beautifully written. Time travel, betrayal, revenge, family, love, cybernetics, and multiple identities, linked together into a coherent story that shoots ideas into your skull like bullets ( Read more... )

I loved this book. I am ALL GOOD with flawed female protagonists who are proficiently violent. I am also a third culture kid like the protagonist (I even grew up in Chad and frequently visited Cameroon, featured in this book). It didn't give me linguistic superpowers, although I can pick up languages pretty well, but many of the character ( Read more... )

In which I continue reviewing things I have read, especially short stories.

Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe
Naomi Kritzer--ahem, Hugo award-winning author Naomi Kritzer ( Read more... )

One of my resolutions (along with combing my hair in a reasonable time frame every morning) is to write reviews of what I read and like, so that I can remember these things later. Especially short stories, which I can't rate by simply clicking on a star rating on Goodreads ( Read more... )

Pulplike, noirish, Bollywood-with-no-dancing, marvelously multicultural, set in beautifully detailed historical Calcutta, and 100% awesome!! A mad scientist, a supervillain, a femme fatale, an engaging detective, and a couple of truly wicked fight scenes ( Read more... )

"From Their Paws, We Shall Inherit" by Gary Kloster is a gripping short story about new hope in a near-future world where government and society are failing. It made me care so much about the survival of the main character and his family. It's written in a highly enjoyable style, and I loved Kate Baker's reading.

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