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SciFi Month: Since We Last Met

Published on November 14, 2024November 13, 2024 by Celeste9 Comments

I may or may not be about a week late with this prompt. But who really has to know? Time travel is, after all, a nice component of science fiction. Consider it employed here. Anyway, as imyril explains here, “Since we last met” is a prompt to mention the sci-fi books I read since last SciFi Month.

I don’t usually read a ton of sci-fi. However, this is my second year as a SFINCS judge, so I’ve been exposed to more sci-fi than I might typically reach for (which is a good thing). Since most of my sci-fi reads are by self-published authors, I’ll just mention all of the books I read between November 2023 to the end of October 2024. Maybe one of the self-published novellas will catch your interest!

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November 2024 TBR

Published on November 1, 2024November 3, 2024 by Celeste16 Comments

It’s Friday, which is a good thing in and of itself. And with it comes the first of a new month and thus my November 2024 TBR. November also marks another round of SciFi Month, so I’ll try to focus some of my reading on scifi novellas or books.

For those who don’t know, SciFi Month is hosted by Annemieke of A Dance With Books, Mayri the BookForager, Lisa of Dear Geek Place, and imyril at There’s Always Room For One More. Information is on any of their blogs, but in a nutshell it’s an annual celebration of all things science fiction. Feel free to sign up if you’re interested.

Now, let’s blast off into this November 2024 TBR! The first prompt for this is Astronavigation also known as my TBR. How fitting.

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2023 Reading Challenges

Published on February 8, 2023February 7, 2023 by Celeste10 Comments

I dedicate this post to help me keep track of the 2023 reading challenges I joined. Below is the official list of what is ongoing and what I plan to join as the year progresses. My aim is to stick to fairly broad reading challenges that facilitate my long-term goal of reading more from my backlist. Please feel free to take a peek and see if any of these interest you and, if so, obviously join in. The more, the merrier!

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SciFi Month: Gone But Not Forgotten

Published on November 11, 2022November 1, 2022 by Celeste4 Comments

Well, well, well, time for a SciFi month prompt. Today’s is “gone but not forgotten.” In other words, share some wall-to-wall geekery about “a book written by an author who is now dead / film or tv made by or starring people now dead / a dead character you miss (spoiler alerts please).”

To be completely honest, I had to think for a hot second about this prompt. These days I find myself more in the fantasy realm rather than that of science fiction. However, I read and watched a lot more science fiction when I was a tween and teen than I do now. Let’s see what I have here…

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SciFi Month: Space Opera

Published on November 4, 2022November 1, 2022 by Celeste4 Comments

For my first foray into the world of SciFi Month prompts (aside from my November hopefuls), today’s is about the space opera subgenre. I had not heard about this subgenre until about one or two months ago. So, in case you’re like me, here’s a great definition from Wikipedia:

Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes science fictional space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it features technological and social advancements (or lack thereof) in faster-than-light travel, futuristic weapons, and sophisticated technology, on a backdrop of galactic empires and interstellar wars with fictional aliens, often in fictional galaxies.

Some well known space operas are Star Wars and the updated Battlestar Galactica show. Today, however, I’m featuring a book marketed as a space opera. (I’ll be surprised if I’m the only one to mention this book today!) It just so happens that this will be my first jump back into a scifi book in well over a year. At the time I’m scheduling this post I haven’t technically started it yet, but I plan to very shortly!

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