January:
Short Fiction: Seanan McGuire's Snake in the Glass, Ursula Vernon's Razorback and Jim C. Hines' Chupacabra's Song

New Reads:
Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs
Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast
(editors) John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey's the End Has Come:  Third in a triptych of apocalypse-themed short fiction anthologies.  The last ( Read more... )

October
Short Fiction: Michael Swanwick's Pyramid of Krakow, Yoon Ha Lee's Variations on an Apple, John Chu's Hold-Time Violations, Malka Older's Tear Tracks, Maria Dahvana Headley's Some Gods of El Paso & Seanan McGuire's the Way Home & Velveteen vs. a Disturbing Number of Crows

New Reads:
Marion G. Harmon's Ronin Games (supers in Japan fighting ( Read more... )

The finale, well perfectly fine, lacked some of the emotional punch of the previous movies.  I mean part of it is knowing several of the big "shock" deaths were coming.  But there wasn't a lot of connection with most of the deaths during the final assault on the Capitol.  I mean I know Katniss' new squad of Army pals had names, but I just thought ( Read more... )

JULY
Short Fiction: John Chu's the Water That Falls On You From Nowhere, David Herter's Islands Off the Coast of Capitola, 1978, Seanan McGuire's Velveteen Presents: Polychrome Vs. the Court of Public Opinion & Not Punching Anyone, Alan Gratz' Join, or Die & Kelly McCullough's the Totally Secret Origin of Foxman.

New Reads:
Katherine Addison's the ( Read more... )

*Gets Shepard's Crown in mail*

*Manages to only cry a little bit while glancing over the complete Discworld book list*

*Gets to bit with Granny Weatherwax*

I'm gonna need a moment.  Or a few moments...

APR
Short Fiction: Veronica Schanoes' Ballroom Blitz & Usman Malik's the Pauper Prince & the Eucalyptus Jinn

New Reads: Kat Richardson's Sea Witch
Ian Thomas Healy (ed) the Good Fight 2: Villains
Eric Flint/Paula Goodlett (ed) Grantville Gazette VII
Eric Flint/Walter H. Hunt's 1636: the Cardinal Virtues (royal sucession shenannigans all up in ( Read more... )

Tanith Lee 1947-2015

JAN:
Short Fiction:Daniel Jose Older's Kia & Gio, Benjuan Sridvangkavew's And the Burned Moths Remain, David Levine's Damage, Seanan McGuire's Velveteen vs. the Thaw, Forbid the Sea, In Sea-Salt Tears and No Sooner Met; and Cecil Castellucci's Useless Wings

New: Paula Goodlet (editor) on Grantville Gazette vol. 43-45
Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer ( Read more... )

Fell behind on doing these while having the computer problems.  So just a quick listing for the final three months, rather than the regular thumbnails.

OCT:
Short fiction: Kelly Barnhill's Mrs. Sorensen & the Sasquatch, Tim Roesch's Letters Home, Elizabeth Bear's This Chance Planet and Max Gladstone's a Kiss With Teeth.

New: Carolyn McCray's ( Read more... )

Only three free-range short pieces for September.  The GOON Squad Summer Special 2014 by Jonathan L. Howard is several short shorts showcasing brief interludes for the main characters of his "GOON Squad" series.  Kendare Blake's When Gods & Vampires Roamed Miami has a retired goddess being mistaken for a vampire by would-be child-of-the-night.  And ( Read more... )