‘Our Child of the Stars’ will inevitably draw comparisons with E.T. It’s excellent pacing and strong characters make it an very fine read. Read More
5 reasons to read the quietly brilliant ‘Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful.’ A tale of genetic modification and the future of humanity. Read More
Finally catching up with the rest of the world, I’ve read N.K. Jemisin’s ‘The Fifth Season.’ Here are five reasons why you should too. Read More
‘Unholy Land’ by Lavie TIdhar is a bold alternate history with tissued layers of reality and a Jewish state in the heart of Africa. Read More
What’s best about discovering a trilogy when all the books are out? Devouring the whole lot at once. My 5 Reasons to Read the ‘Themis Files’ by Sylvain Neuvel. Read More
‘Priest of Bones’ by Peter McLean is a dark fantasy set after a brutal war. It blends intrigue and violence to make a very impressive tale. Read More
‘The Psychology of Time Travel’ is a brilliant, mind-bending locked room mystery with a time-travel twist. It’s like nothing you’ve ever read before. Read More
Set in a near future dystopia, ‘Night of the Party’ by Tracey Mathias has great characters, a fine plot, and a palpable sense of menace. Read More
‘Run Riot’ by Nikesh Shukla is a real-time Young Adult thriller. Politically charged with an incendiary plot, it’s an absolute page turner. Read More
‘The Stars Now Unclaimed’ is a military sci-fi novel for people who don’t like military sci-fi. Awesome fights, great characters, better world-building! Read More
‘Foundryside’ is a magnificent fantasy novel filled with innovative magic and dark intrigue. Here are five reasons why you should read it.
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Tom Pollock’ sWhite Rabbit, Red Wolf is a glorious geeky math and spy thriller. Check it out for awesome action with a sensitive heart. Read More
‘Slay’ by Kim Curran is about a rock band that hunts demons. That’s one reason to read it, along with 4 more in our 5 Reasons to Read post. Read More
Looking for some great reads take you through the Summer? Here are 5 great books with 5 reasons to read them! Read More
‘I Still Dream’ by James Smythe is a meditation on our relationship with technology and the evolution of artificial intelligence. Here are 5 reasons why you should read it. Read More
Sarah Maria Griffin’s ‘Spare and Found Parts’ is a steampunk dystopia that channels Frankenstein and A.I. It’s a stunning coming-of-age novel set in a fractured mechanical society. Read More
With ‘A Hero Born’ Jin Yong opens his epic ‘Legends of the Condor Heroes’ sequence. It’s sold over 300 million copies in China. Here are 5 reasons to read the first book from “the Chinese Tolkien.” Read More
‘The Wren Hunt’ by Mary Watson is a modern tale steeped in Celtic mythology. This beguiling tale is perfect for fans of Susan Cooper’s ‘The Dark is Rising.’ Read More
‘Starlings’ by Jo Walton is a short story collection that showcases the writer’s wonderful writing. The tales cover a wide range of genres and deliver satisfying narrative shots time and time again. Read More
Robin Sloan’s satirical novel is a delicious metaphor for the life of a tech start-up. It pokes fun at Silicon Valley whilst asking probing questions about our relationship with the world. It will also make you want to make bread. Read More
The DC Icons series continues with Batman! In ‘Nightwalker’ Marie Lu delves into Bruce Wayne’s teenage years. As Bruce stands on the cusp of his destiny has he met his match in the mysterious Madeleine? Read More
Neil Patrick Harris turns his hand, very successfully, to fiction. Here are five reasons why you should read his first book for children, ‘The Magic Misfits.’ Read More
Oxfam has released a beautiful edition of Tove Jansson’s ‘The Invisible Child’ this holiday season to help promote equality for women across the globe. Here are 5 reasons why you should take a look. Read More
Reading comics is all about the fun. And fun increases reading skills. Read More
What do you want to read this year? The GeekDads and GeekMoms share our reading resolutions for 2018. Read More
As the end of the year draws near, many of us book geeks like to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve read in the past year, particularly compared to our reading resolutions from the beginning of the year. Read More
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending December 21, 2018. Read More
In 2018 Games Workshop has released a wealth of material aimed at bringing new players into the hobby. Here are five great reasons to have a Games Workshop Christmas Read More
Reading Time: 5 minutes Photo taken of The Nutcracker show we saw in Greensburg, PA, last year, by my 10-year-old on a phone. So, pretty good considering. It’s that time of year again: the perfect time to introduce your children to ballet. It isn’t usually hard to find a small, relatively local performance of The… Read More
In Neal and Jarrod Shusterman’s ‘Dry,’ California has run out of water. Here are 5 Reasons to Read this prescient and incendiary YA thriller. Read More
