ICMYI: I have a book out that's about found family, disaster sapphics, martial arts in space, neurodivergent shenanigans, and SPACE JELLYFISH (there's an entire chapter called "strobilation". If you know, you know)
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250324887/navigationalentanglements/
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(cover art: Sija Hong)
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Tak! commented on Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
Tak! commented on Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson
The #SFFBookClub pick for February 2025
Tak! commented on House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tak! reviewed Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silver Nitrate
4 stars
This one takes a while to get going - after several chapters, I was convinced that this was going to be a slice-of-life novel about the glory days of the mexican movie industry as seen from the 90s. (Which it is not (I mean, it is, but there's also more))
It reminds me quite a lot of The Skeleton Key(2005), in a good way.
Good characters; fun, creepy, twisty plot; unique setting.
Tak! reviewed Blade of Dream by Daniel Abraham
Blade of Dream
4 stars
Blade of Dream is a very good sequel to Age of Ash. Instead of continuing the events from the previous book, it tells the story of different characters during the same time period. There are only a few points where events overlap, so it doesn't give that "ugh, I'm just reading a different flavor of the same story again" feeling that you can get from this approach.
I found it especially interesting that one of the main characters in Blade of Dream was a very marginal character in Age of Ash that one of the narrative characters had dismissed as a silly girl with no real agency (and thus the reader implicitly seeing her that way as well), and seeing the stark contrast here.
Tak! wants to read Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
Based on the company it keeps hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113766219774899936
Tak! rated Floating Hotel: 3 stars

Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the …
Tak! reviewed The West Passage by Jared Pechaček
The West Passage
4 stars
This is eldritch horror without the Cthulhu. It is weird and obscure and extremely obsessed with architectural minutiae. It rambles quite a bit in the middle, but that's honestly consistent with the tone of the world.
Tak! commented on The West Passage by Jared Pechaček
Tak! commented on The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
So pleased to see THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES on this Esquire list of the best SFF of 2024 💜💙💜 especially for a sequel, it's an amazing honor!
www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g60078949/best-sci-fi-books-2024/
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
5 stars
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain is a deeply dark yet eventually hopeful look at the continuation of current societal structures into space.
Tak! reviewed The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Tak! reviewed The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
The Archive Undying
4 stars
The Archive Undying is a kind of postapocalyptic fantasy kaiju novel that (d?)evolves into a philosophical treatise on the nature of the self. It's entertaining and extremely well written, but I got plot twist exhaustion after a while.
Tak! commented on The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar
The #SFFBookClub pick for December 2024