Rue Sparks Disabled, a widow, and a member of the queer community, Rue Sparks traverses the equally harsh and cathartic landscape where trauma and healing align to create stories that burrow into the hearts and minds of their readers. In addition to The Stars Will Guide Us Back, Sparks has authored the novella Daylight Chasers, Read More
Ready Player Read(athon) Wrap-up
I joined the Ready Player Read(athon) hosted on the SFF Oasis Discord and I wanted to see if I could get a blackout. Some banter in the channels also motivated me to go for it, so I switched out books to make it easier. Shorter books, more novellas, three graphic novels (the max allowed). I Read More
Review: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
I got The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water as a gift for Sinterklaas. I love Zen Cho’s writing so I was looking forward to this but only now did I give myself the time to read it. It’s a novella, not too long, but that doesn’t matter for the story. A monk Read More
BBNYA 2022 Semi-Finalists
The first round of BBNYA ended not too long ago and we’re already into the second round. This week, the semi-finalists were announced and all the panellists received their excerpts for the second round. We’ve got eight 10k word excerpts to read this time before the deadline in September. I’m really excited to get started Read More
Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers was recommended to me by Moon and Aurelie (and many more who loved it and said it in passing). Moon said it was ‘so me’, and she was right. The book follows Sibling Dex as they leave the city to become a tea monk. But even after Read More
Indie Ink Awards 2022 – Nominate now!
The indie community keeps growing and more initiatives pop up. Last year, the Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off’s science-fiction counterpart launched the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. And now a new indie award has entered the scene: the Indie Ink Awards! This new competition was announced during the Write Hive writing conference and was received with much Read More
Cover Reveal: The Children of Chaos by Trudie Skies
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of reading The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies and it became (and still is) my favourite book of the year. The cover alone was enough to seduce me, and then the blurb won me over. But it was the intrinsic worldbuilding that I fell in love with. Soon Read More
ARC Review: Touchstones by Stephanie Burgis
Thank you to Stephanie for sending me a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. These last few years have been hard. Some of us cope by writing, others by reading, and there are those who do both. We all have our way to get the day. Stephanie Burgis has written Read More
Ready Player Read(athon)
I joined the SFF Oasis a while ago after a friend, Jaedia, dragged me in. It’s a great Discord community with readers and authors who share a love for the SFF genre. It’s a fun mix of people who are all supportive to each other’s endeavours and chosen paths. Benny, the server owner, and the Read More
Review: K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee
K-pop is booming. The pop bands from Korea are finally taking over the world, so it was to be expected it would find its way into other pop culture as well. K-pop Confidential is one of the first wave of K-pop books and I really wanted to read this (and all of the others) as Read More