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I interviewed one of my favorite authors and lived to tell the tale

I was a little concerned about it when I got on the interview call to guest host the Skiffy & Fanty interview with Ann Leckie for the release of Provenance. But it ended up totally fine. Here’s the show description: Space Opera, heritage, and alien ambassadors, oh my! Shaun is joined by guest host Feliza CasanoContinue reading “I interviewed one of my favorite authors and lived to tell the tale”

Horimiya, Vol. 8 returns to the series’ lighthearted slice-of-life tone

I’m extremely happy with the newest volume of Horimiya: Hori and Miyamura return to the forefront in Volume 8, and their interactions are absolutely adorable. After the past two volumes, this one is especially refreshing as it returning to a more typical slice-of-life storyline. You can find my full review at Girls in Capes.

Drop what you’re doing and go buy Ann Leckie’s PROVENANCE

Maybe I’m being a bit dramatic. But I’m also not. Provenance marks a return to the universe of Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy, which began in 2013 with the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Provenance is similarly centered around a plot of intergalactic political intrigue, following a young woman who’s frankly too inexperienced to navigate the situation she’s put herself in.Continue reading “Drop what you’re doing and go buy Ann Leckie’s PROVENANCE”

I struggled with the most recent volume of Love at Fourteen

Love at Fourteen has been one of my favorite ongoing series to review, but Volume 6 was difficult for me: An extremely uncomfortable aspect of Volume 6 is the continued emphasis on romances and crushes between middle school students and the adults in their lives, in particular between students and their teachers. Students having crushesContinue reading “I struggled with the most recent volume of Love at Fourteen”

One-week warning: August 2017 Girls in Capes Book Club

We’re one week out from our August book club discussion of The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi: Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart whenContinue reading “One-week warning: August 2017 Girls in Capes Book Club”