It’s been quite a while since I did a Teaser Tuesday post, even though the whole reason I started posting on Tuesdays was that I discovered “Teaser Tuesday” is a thing and I figured I could fall back to it on weeks when I didn’t have anything else to write about, so I decided it was about time to trot one out ― not because the book I’m currently reading is any great shakes, but it has a couple of interesting things to recommend it. That book is a Skip Langdon mystery1 called Death Before Facebook, by Julie Smith; or at least, that’s what it’s called now.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Burnt Worlds”
So this week I was reading Burnt Worlds, a science fiction novel by S.J. Madill, in which the spaceship Borealis tests out a new hyperspace jump drive by leaping 35,000 light years away from home, whereupon said jump drive promptly explodes, leaving the ship facing a multi-year journey to get back. Of course, they only packed enough supplies for a day trip. Whoops.
Teaser Tuesday: “The Guns Above”
So this week I was reading The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis, a low-technology steampunk adventure where they fly around in zeppelins, but shoot at each other with muzzle-load muskets, cannons, and flintlock rifles. Because why not?
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Teaser Tuesday: “Valley of the Lesser Evil”
So this week I was reading Valley of the Lesser Evil, by Carl Dane, which is not (gasp!) SF, fantasy, or (despite the title) horror, but is, in fact, an honest-to-God Western. It’s even set in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, as Westerns should be.
Teaser Tuesday: “Aurora”
So this week, I was reading Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson, AKA Humans: No Matter Where They Go, There They Are.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Jane Eyre”
So this week I was reading this book called Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë. Maybe you’ve heard of it.
Teaser Tuesday: “Smoke & Summons”
So this week I was reading Smoke & Summons, by Charlie N. Holmberg:
Teaser Tuesday: “That Wicked Apple”
So this week I was reading That Wicked Apple, the second in a long series of short books by Rob E. Boley in which the characters from classic fairy tales such as Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, etc., have to deal with a zombie apocalypse. Because of course they do.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Vita Nostra”
So this week I was reading Vita Nostra, by the Ukrainian authors Marina Dyachenko & Sergey Dyachenko, with a translation by Julia Meitov Hersey. The premise of this book is, basically, that a seemingly ordinary girl, Sasha Samokhina, meets a mysterious figure named Farit who informs her (more or less; more less than more) that:
- Magic is real; and
- She has to go to a remote college to learn it. Like, literally has to. They won’t let her not.*
If you are thinking, Oh, I’ve read this story before … Trust me, you haven’t.
Teaser Tuesday: “Fool Moon”
So this week I was reading Fool Moon, the second book Jim Butcher’s “Harry Dresden” series, which as far as I know I am the last person in the fantasy-reading-world to read.
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