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I'm a scholar, a writer, a late-blooming artist, and a lover of narrative. Books have been my solace for as long as I can remember. I have a particular love for sci fi/speculative fiction and poetry
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tracynicholrose rated Into the Riverlands: 5 stars
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorious near-immortal martial artists …
tracynicholrose rated The Grief of Stones: 4 stars
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct sequel …
tracynicholrose rated French Braid: 3 stars
tracynicholrose rated Far from the Light of Heaven: 4 stars
Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having travelled light years from home to bring one thousand sleeping …
tracynicholrose rated Briar Rose: 5 stars
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (The Fairy tale series)
Grandmother Gemma always told the story of Briar Rose, and after she dies, her grandaughter discoveres that Gemma was a …
tracynicholrose rated Horseman: 3 stars
tracynicholrose rated Wayward: 3 stars
tracynicholrose rated The Marriage Portrait: 5 stars
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang (duplicate)
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
tracynicholrose rated High Conflict: 4 stars
tracynicholrose rated Meander, Spiral, Explode: 5 stars
Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison
As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: "For centuries …
tracynicholrose rated Imago (Xenogenesis, #3): 5 stars
Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) by Octavia E. Butler
Child of two species, but part of neither, a new being must find his way. Human and Oankali have been …
tracynicholrose rated Adulthood rites: 5 stars
Adulthood rites by Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis -- 2)
The second book in the Lilith's Brood trilogy, this story takes place years after the arrival of Oankali aliens in …
tracynicholrose rated Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1): 5 stars
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) by Octavia E. Butler
Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final …