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A set of five pictures showing the covers for Winter's Orbit, Silent Reading, Love or Hate, Lost in Never Woods and Nothing but Blackened Teeth

I read over 100 books in 2021 and here are the 30 best

By Amanda Hudgins • December 22nd, 2021

What I’m going to do here is talk about the best books I read in 2021.

On a wooden surface sits a copy of Eric LaRocca's book Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and a Starbucks drink, viewed from above.

100 books in a year

By Amanda Hudgins • October 22nd, 2021

There are a few things no one actually wants to hear about: your dreams, your diet, and how many books you’ve read this year.

A detail shot from Xiran Jay Zhao's book Iron Widow showing a black armor clad woman with her hair in an elaborate updo posing in front of images of flames

#AsianReadathon 2021

By Amanda Hudgins • May 31st, 2021

This year, I decided to once again participate in #AsianReadathon, an event run by YouTuber withCindy focused on getting participants to read books written by Asian authors.

Two covers from two different kpop novels: XOXO by Axie Oh, showing a young Asian woman held in the arms of a young Asian man on a city street, and the Comeback by Lyn Ashwood and Rachel Rose, which shows a bunch of boys from the boys from the back wearing casual clothing.

about 3000 words on K-pop novels

By Amanda Hudgins • April 14th, 2021

Despite these books having so little to do with each other – they vary wildly in terms of audience, genre, and quality – they have so much in common.

cover art for When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

By Amanda Hudgins • December 7th, 2020

A sequel to Nghi Vo’s also fantastic Empress of Salt and Fortune, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain is a story about oral history and mythmaking.

The cover for Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

2800 words on Ready Player Two

By Amanda Hudgins • November 30th, 2020

The weirdest thing about Ready Player Two is that it decides to confront the criticisms of Ready Player One head on in the least effective way you could imagine.

a mans face made of leaves and branches. This is a detail shot of the cover art from Emily Tesh's Silver in the Wood.

genre fiction by people who aren’t cis white dudes

By Amanda Hudgins • November 25th, 2020

Every few years there’s a push for people to read more books by writers who are not white or writers who are not male or writers who are not cis-gendered or Western.

A wolfs eyes looking straight to camera.

Strong Openers

By Amanda Hudgins • November 17th, 2020

A good opening line is like the sound of opening a can of soda on a hot day, it’s a promise of things to come.

Midnight Sun is a Mistake

By Amanda Hudgins • August 17th, 2020

Midnight Sun, the 2020 follow-up to the Twilight series, was a mistake.

Exploits Feature

Opening Statement

By Gavin Craig • February 1st, 2019

We experimented with a different format for this issue of Exploits. Gavin Craig explains.

Making Mulaka – Adventures in Not Making a Game

By Malindy Hetfeld • January 28th, 2019

Making Mulaka, a book released through Select Start Press is a about a group of people and their journey to make a game.

Exploits Feature

Not Enough Time

By Stu Horvath • May 2nd, 2018

Look, we’re all going to die. The real tragedy is that we’ll leave unread books on the shelf when we do. Or is it?

Polishing Up the Ol’ Dragonlance

By Levi Rubeck • March 21st, 2018

The War of Souls continues the Dragonlance series’ penchant for a willingness to let its characters fail—to be broken down completely while chasing meaningless power, given the chance for redemption, and convincing the reader when they stand or fall.

Two figures, one more slight and delicate with a peacock-like crown on their head and a masked face stands back to back with a swarthier man in a mask that is somewhere between the cow catcher on a old train and the mask Jason wears in Friday the 13th. He is also in a red coat. This is cover art for the third book in the Gentlemen Bastards series: the Republic of Thieves

Bromance and The Gentleman Bastards

By Sam Desatoff • June 1st, 2017

The relationship between the two lead characters is the backbone of The Gentleman Bastards, as every scheme and conflict would be neigh impossible to overcome without it.

The Burnt Offering

On Shelves

By Stu Horvath • August 23rd, 2016

The library as a focus for meditation, or Stu stares at his shelves a lot.

List-o-Mania – May 2016

By Team Unwinnable • June 23rd, 2016

Recommendations! Get your red hot book, music and game recommendations right here!

Shelf Space

By Stu Horvath • September 25th, 2012

It is a fact that Stu Horvath has too many books. Something needs to be done.

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