09/02/2020

September 2020 TBR

By Jo ¶ Posted in TBR List, Uncategorized ¶ Tagged Alex London, Daniel Kraus, Eric Smith, fantasy, George Romero, JoReads2020, Linden A. Lewis, Luke Arnold, Nonfiction, P. Djeli Clark, Poland, reading, Rin Chupeco, S.A. Hunt, Seth Dickinson, Ursula K Le Guin ¶ Leave a comment

Posting a day late, but here are the books I intend to read. Not featured is a beta read for K.A. Black, which I am pumped about.

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02/01/2020

February 2020 TBR

By Jo ¶ Posted in TBR List, Uncategorized ¶ Tagged Alix E. Harrow, Elana K. Arnold, Eric Smith, fantasy, Hafsah Faizal, Jenn Lyons, JoReads2020, Kim Smejkal, Lila Bowen, Nino Cipri, Nonfiction, R.J. Theodore, S.A. Jones, Sarah Beth Durst, Sarah Gailey, science fiction ¶ Leave a comment

Here are my intended reads for February.

Hard Copies

Conspiracy of Ravens (The Shadow #2) by Lila Bowen (Library Borrow)
The Fortress by S.A. Jones (ARC)
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (ARC)

Kindle

Finna by Nino Cipri (ARC)
Fire & Heist by Sarah Beth Durst (ARC)
Flotsam (Peridot Shift #1) by R.J. Theodore
Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal (ARC)
Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold (ARC)

Audiobooks

Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith
The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons #1) by Jenn Lyons
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Plus two books I offered to beta read. Wow, this month is busy.

08/04/2018

Reading Recap: July 2018

By Jo ¶ Posted in Ramblings, Reading Recap ¶ Tagged ALA 2018, Alex London, amreading, Anna-Marie McLemore, BookCon, books, Cecil Wilde, commentary, Eric Smith, learning, Reading Recap, Scott Reintgen, SFF, tips, Wendy Heard, world building, writing ¶ Leave a comment

RRJuly2018 Year 2 of #QBFFsRead and I read a queer book every week of July. I also caught up on some other reading and I don’t understand where July went.

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05/16/2016

BookCon 2016

By Jo ¶ Posted in Interactions ¶ Tagged Authors, Book Events, BookCon, Eric Smith, Leopoldo Gout, Michael DiMartino, Pierce Brown, Property Brothers, Red Rising, Signings, The BookCon 2016, United States of Japan ¶ Leave a comment

I went to BookCon last year and loved it. The collective enthusiasm for books of all genres and a great space for fans to connect with authors had me itching to go back. While last year was all panels, this year, I spent more time in queues and still had a pretty great time.

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I’m on the right with a beanie on and coffee in hand. As one does.

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