TW: This review and book deal with slavery and intergenerational trauma, as pertaining to the Black American experience. So I wasn’t totally sold on the Riordanverse books,…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia”
The Gremlin’s Library: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
This book and review deal with cancer, abortion, iffy consent re: surgical procedures and manipulation/abuse. This is also a review with spoilers for the WHOLE book, including…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey”
The Gremlin’s Library: Pluralities, Or by Avi Silver
Full disclosure! I was a hired sensitivity reader for this novella, so I acknowledge that there might be some bias. Also, a TW for misgendering and dysphoria…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: Pluralities, Or by Avi Silver”
First Chapter Thoughts: The Changeling by Victor LaValle
I made a point of seeking out Black horror to read in February, and the first book I read was the wonderful but strange White is for Witching by…… Read more “First Chapter Thoughts: The Changeling by Victor LaValle”
The Gremlin’s Library: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
I’ve been meaning to read some of Seanan McGuire’s books for a long time, but – do you ever get that thing when a book or author…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire”
Short Story Review: “I live with him, i see his face, i go no more away” by Helen Oyeyemi
Some girls wearing school uniform (lucky girls) helped me fold up the frills at the bottom of the skirt so that it didn’t scrape the floor. It…… Read more “Short Story Review: “I live with him, i see his face, i go no more away” by Helen Oyeyemi”
Short Story Review: Of Warps and Wefts by Innocent Chizaram Ilo
In his other life, my husband is another woman’s wife. This does not perturb me. What sprinkles fear-flakes on my bones is the dark splotches my husband’s…… Read more “Short Story Review: Of Warps and Wefts by Innocent Chizaram Ilo”
