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. Count me in for a new James Islington book! Scion is a science fiction book described as John Wick meets Blade... Continue Reading →
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm – Review
Published: November 11, 2025 Publisher: Ballantine Books Series: N/A Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 267 (Kindle) My Rating: 4 Stars Synopsis:They’re all around us, hiding in plain sight. One could be in the room with you now, just to your left. You could be seeing it right now—but from this second to the next, you’ll forget... Continue Reading →
Shadows Upon Time by Christopher Ruocchio – Review
Published: November 18, 2025 Publisher: DAW Series: The Sun Eater #7 Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 928 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5 Stars Synopsis:The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen Ambitious universe-building combines... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Infinite State by Richard Swan
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. Richard Swan is a must read author for me now and he has a shiny new sci-fi series coming out! The... Continue Reading →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Absence by Andrew Dana Hudson
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'm on a mission to read more weird books in 2026 and Absence caught my eye while I was perusing NetGalley... Continue Reading →
Weekly Recap: 12/7/25
It's been a cold week, perfect for reading and getting a head start on my Christmas baking plans. I decided to do a re-read of The Will of the Many before jumping into The Strength of the Few. I read a summary, realized I didn't remember that much (even after the summary) and decided that... Continue Reading →
Weekly Recap: 11/30/25
By the time this post goes live I will have finished up Snake-Eater, which has been a strange and fun read with a nice change of scenery for T. Kingfisher. I also decided to pick up Brimstone while I had a little extra time to read this week and while I definitely have some criticisms... Continue Reading →
