Good anthology, but it's set during various apocalypses so was a tough read right now
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Holly Becker reviewed Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva
Teens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet. A woman faces …
Review of 'Defying Doomsday' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Good anthology, but it's set during various apocalypses so was a tough read right now
Holly Becker rated Where the Drowned Girls Go: 4 stars
Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)
There is another school for children who fall through doors and fall back out again. It isn't as friendly as …
Holly Becker reviewed The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal (A Lady Astronaut novel)
It's 1963, and riots and sabotage plague the space program. The climate change caused by …
Review of 'The Relentless Moon' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Took a while to get going, but once it did it didn't slow down. Heartwrenching, and full of great scenes of folks being good at what they do
Took a while to get going, but once it did it didn't slow down. Heartwrenching, and full of great scenes of folks being good at what they do
Holly Becker reviewed Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. …
Review of 'Riot Baby' on 'Storygraph'
I couldn't finish this book because it was too good at what it set out to do. It delves into the lives and systematic problems that Black people in America face, and was too challenging for what I wanted to read.
I couldn't finish this book because it was too good at what it set out to do. It delves into the lives and systematic problems that Black people in America face, and was too challenging for what I wanted to read.
Holly Becker reviewed Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments …
Review of 'Haunting of Tram Car 015' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Excellent short piece in a magical modern metropolis of Cairo in the early 1900s. Makes me want to read more in this universe
Holly Becker rated Paladin's Hope: 4 stars
Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #3)
Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. …
Holly Becker rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 4 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
Holly Becker reviewed The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The …
Review of 'The Galaxy, and the Ground Within' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I rarely cry at books but this one made my cry. So much emotion and character as these three travellers are unexpectedly stranded together and learn and teach a little with each other. Their stories are unfinished, but this provides a brief, heartfelt glimpse into their lives
Holly Becker rated Fugitive Telemetry: 4 stars
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
The security droid with a heart (though it wouldn’t admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry!
*No, I …
Holly Becker rated The Empress of Salt and Fortune: 4 stars
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress …
Holly Becker rated Upright Women Wanted: 4 stars
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity.
“That girl’s got more wrong notions than …
Holly Becker rated Big Girl: 4 stars
Big Girl by Meg Elison (PM Press Outspoken Authors, #25)
These are stories that ambush the reader with Elison's signature style: a drolly disturbing admixture of dry irony and simmering …
Holly Becker reviewed Finna by Nino Cipri (LitenVerse, #1)
Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the multiverse …
Review of 'Finna' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Weird, heartwarming adventure from an IKEA-analog with wormhole to other universes. I enjoyed the setting and loved the characters.
Holly Becker reviewed The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (Great Cities, #1)
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city.
Every city …
Review of 'The City We Became' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Lots of character, lots of sense of place. I liked the different avatars of New York and the twist at the end. Looking forward to the next book.