I received this book through Young to Publishing Group’s “Word of Mouth” program for my honest review (Published by Broadway Books, September 9, 2014). This book was excellent: political intrigue, dead gods, a crumbling city, and a female spy as the main character. Sign me up. Not only is our main character, Shara, a bad-ass woman, she’s … Continue reading REVIEW: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
There’s a list for everything, and for everything there’s a list. It’s that time of year when every publication known to man starts ranking this and that. We thought we should join in, because we love lists too. Maybe some of these won’t make any official ‘best of’ countdowns, but we at 80 Books loved … Continue reading 80 Books' Favorite Reads of 2014
There’s a list for everything, and for everything there’s a list. It’s that time of year when every publication known to man starts ranking this and that. We thought we should join in, because we love lists too. Maybe some of these won’t make any official ‘best of’ countdowns, but we at 80 Books loved … Continue reading 80 Books’ Favorite Reads of 2014
*This week, Around the World in 80 Books is traveling from outer space to the underground world of kink and BDSM. See what I did there?* If you’re new to Tiffany Reisz’s Original Sinners novels, you have to read The Red Years before you read The White Years. Start with The Siren and go from … Continue reading REVIEW: The King by Tiffany Reisz
My first review on this site is for an epic sci-fi novel that defies time and space, so our world view (Around the World in 80 Books) is about to get much broader. I’m speaking of the highly-regarded, critically-acclaimed space opera known as Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit Books, October 1, 2013) . I will be … Continue reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
