It's time for the 2026 book release calendar! As before, I will be periodically updating this throughout the year with more new releases and/or release date changes. Highlighted cells indicate a placeholder that will be updated when more information is available. If you’d like to download your own copy, you can access the Google Sheet... Continue Reading →
2025 Book Releases
I'm back again with another 2025 book release calendar! As before, I will be periodically updating this throughout the year with more new releases and/or release date changes. Highlighted cells indicate a placeholder that will be updated when more information is available. If you’d like to download your own copy, you can access the Google... Continue Reading →
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz – Review
Published: August 5, 2025 Publisher: Tordotcom Series: N/A Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 168 (Kindle) My Rating: 4 Stars Synopsis:You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make... Continue Reading →
Weekly Recap: 1/11/26
I had a VERY productive and enjoyable week of reading! I finally finished Shadows Upon Time after 6 long weeks, so I'll be working on a review soon. I binge read the second book in the Ether Witch series, Confronting the Crafty Concubine, and thought it was very fun. I also picked up and finished... Continue Reading →
Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis – Review
Published: January 27, 2026 Publisher: Bramble Series: Queens of Villainy #2 Genre: Fantasy, Romance Pages: 304 (Kindle) My Rating: 4 Stars A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:Stephanie Burgis delivers another irreverent, sparkling, and sexy installment in the Queens of Villainy, where a seductive fae... Continue Reading →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Dirty 20 by Bill Schweigart
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I keep coming back to this book every time I'm searching for my next Can't Wait Wednesday feature. Dirty 20 follows... Continue Reading →
Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison – Review
Published: June 23, 2026 Publisher: Tachyon Publications Series: N/A Genre: Science Fiction, Satire Pages: 192 (Paperback) My Rating: 4 Stars A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:When a radical think tank clones America’s founding fathers, The Boys from Brazil meets the bicentennial in this ingeniously... Continue Reading →
Weekly Recap: 1/4/2026
I wrapped up Enchanting the Fae Queen on the last day of 2025 and thought it was a great way to end the year. To start the new year off right, I decided to pick up a sci-fi novella that caught my eye. Automatic Noodle was very different from my usual read but was delightfully... Continue Reading →
2026 Reading Goals
2026 is here and that means it's time to talk about my yearly reading goals! Some of these goals are ones that appear year after year, but they are nonetheless worthy of mentioning again. Goodreads Reading Challenge This year I'm keeping my Goodreads goal the same as what I ended up adjusting it to in... Continue Reading →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Heart of the Nhaga by Lee Young-do
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I haven't read any Korean fantasy before (that I can recall) but The Heart of the Nhaga sounds like a classic... Continue Reading →
Powder & Page’s Best Books of 2025
It’s that time of year again where I share my 20 favorite books of 2025. The books selected are rated either 5 or 4.5 stars and you can check out my full review by clicking on the title links! A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson - 5 StarsA political fantasy with properly nasty villains,... Continue Reading →
The Strength of the Few by James Islington – Review
Published: November 11, 2025 Publisher: Saga Press Series: Hierarchy #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 736 (Kindle) My Rating: 5 Stars Synopsis:This highly anticipated follow-up to The Will of the Many—one of 2023’s most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels—follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions. OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM The... Continue Reading →
