A review by Nalini Haynes Viv is an orc who, with her bad back, wants to retire from a life of adventuring. She seizes her …
Comedy
From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
A review by Nalini Haynes In Payback’s a Witch, the scion of the necromantic Avramov family, Talia, falls in lust with the scion of another …
Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
A review by Nalini Haynes Never mix magic and vodka. Especially not curses. A young woman just learnt that the love of her life – …
CoOp by Tarah Dewitt
A review by Nalini Haynes LaRynne is a train wreck, returning to the “scene of the crime” because she inherited half an apartment that she …
Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt
A review by Nalini Haynes Farley is a comedian about to embark on a tour as warm up for a couple more established women. The …
Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
A review by Nalini Haynes The Love Hypothesis is another romantic comedy recommended during a Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) romance writers’ event. The …
I am not fine thanks by Wil Anderson
I am not fine thanks begins with the pandemic. Comedian Wil Anderson quit his radio job to tour a few shows in 2020 because what …
Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
A review by Nalini Haynes Solange Pereira is not quite a wedding crasher: she’s helping out her wedding planner cousin when she overhears the bride …
The Suicide Squad (2021)
A review by Nalini Haynes The original Suicide Squad was SO BAD that I decided not to watch any sequel. However, Daniel Haynes raved about …
No Hard Feelings by Genevieve Novak
A review by Nalini Haynes No Hard Feelings is a rom-com featuring lots of common tropes but, in an absolute win, left me wanting to …
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A review by Nalini Haynes Elizabeth Zott is a chemist determined to research abiogenesis, the chemistry version of researching the big bang. However, as a …
Resident Alien season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes An alien spaceship crashes on Earth. The alien kills a human and shape-shifts to take his place while searching for …
Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows by Denis Knight and Cristy Burne
A review by Nalini Haynes Wednesday Weeks is struggling in school. She’s in year 6 and is terrified her teacher will fail her because whenever …
Nancy Business by RWR McDonald
A review by Nalini Haynes The Nancys introduced Chinese Kiwi Tippy Chan, her white uncle Pike and his boyfriend (and possibly a person of color) …
A Class Full of Lizards by Alison Hart
A review by Nalini Haynes Josh and friends are back for the last term of grade 6 while deciding on high schools for next year. …