• Science Fiction Stories I’m Pretty Sure I’ve Read

    Okay so, I am very bad at remembering science fiction titles or authors. (It is very easy for gatekeeping fans to say I’m not a real fan because I don’t have an encyclopedic memory for every novel or story I’ve read, or every show that I watched. This is extremely annoying! It is also another…

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  • Book Review: Witch King by Martha Wells

    I have been eagerly anticipating this book for months since I first heard about it (and then read the excerpt on Amazon). I am a long-time fan of Martha Wells’ work, and her settings, worldbuilding, and characters are always top-notch. As a result, I was extremely gleeful to get a galley from NetGalley. In Witch…

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  • Book Review: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

    The Goblin Emperor is a steampunk-ish fantasy novel. The book is about Maia, a young half-goblin prince who has spent his entire life “relegated” to a distant estate under the guardianship of an abusive relative. Maia’s situation changes rapidly when a messenger from the Imperial Court arrives to tell him that his father the emperor…

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  • Lord of the Black Mountain 8/?

    “There are three main books for this class,” Tsaris Karan, the teacher of History of the Reclamation (I), says after everyone has seated themselves in the classroom, and attendance is noted. The teacher is a short woman with dark hair she wore twisted in a knot, with two side plaits. Her eyes were light hazel…

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  • You Can’t See Me But I’m Playing the Tiniest Fiddle for Your Matrilocal Marriage

    So I was on Viki watching various shows,  and I noticed that several Chinese costume dramas have the following plot point: A guy is being forced to marry into his wife’s household instead of the reverse and the fact is so shaming, he literally tries to run away. (Or is dragged off screaming to his…

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