Title: Neuromancer (Sprawl Book 1)
Author: William Gibson
Published: New York: Ace Books, 1984
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 270
Total Page Count: 185,720
Text Number: 547
Read Because: buddy-read with Teja, purchased used (years ago!) from Duvall Books
Review: A burned-out hacker is given a risky second chance when he's hired by a rogue AI. This is ( Read more... )

Title: Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch Book 2)
Author: Ann Leckie
Published: New York: Orbit, 2014
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 350
Total Page Count: 181,820
Text Number: 535
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Breq is sent to Athoek Station, home to Lieutenant Awn's sister, to stabilize the ( Read more... )

I recently completed The Great Star Trek: TOS first viewing; I grew up on TNG and Voyager and DS9, but had never watched TOS until just now. As I watched, I read along with Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson's re-watch, here on Tor.com, with the third season on The Viewscreen. Torie's analyses I found particularly relevant, both because she came it ( Read more... )

Title: Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
Editor: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Published: New York: Open Road, 1998
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 350
Total Page Count: 176,955
Text Number: 518
Read Because: fan of the editors, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: 22 stories that combine fantasy with erotica by exploring seductive, ( Read more... )

Title: Alphabet of Thorn
Author: Patricia A. McKillip
Published: New York: Penguin, 2005 (2004)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 300
Total Page Count: 176,285
Text Number: 516
Read Because: fan of the author & mentioned in OK, where do I start with that? M (in comments), ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Deep within underground ( Read more... )

The Great British Bake Off (The Great British Baking Show), series 5, 2014 ( Read more... )

This is late! and I don’t care! This is way longer than usual—I suppose I just encountered a lot of strong stories this year—but it feels a shame to trim it down. So, I present: The best media that I encountered in 2015.

Best books:

Hexslinger Series by Gemma Files. The sequels live up to A Book of Tongues, as brutal, as lyrical, as distinctive ( Read more... )

Title: Fingersmith
Author: Sarah Waters
Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2011 (2002)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 582
Total Page Count: 170,311
Text Number: 498
Read Because: fan of the author, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: In Victorian England, petty thief Sue Trinder agrees to help con a naïve young woman out of ( Read more... )

Title: Hemlock Grove
Author: Brian McGreevy
Published: New York: FSG Originals, 2012
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 320
Total Page Count: 169,729
Text Number: 497
Read Because: fan of the television adapatation, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Two strangers are drawn together by the death of a young woman to an apparent animal ( Read more... )

Title: Radiance
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Published: New York: Tor, 2015
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 432
Total Page Count: 168,756
Text Number: 494
Read Because: fan of the author, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Severin steps out from the shadow of her father, a director of gothic melodrama, to make a name for herself ( Read more... )