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July 2, 2026

Review: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

SiriusB Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / gay fiction with romantic elements / horror elements / moon3 Comments

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds. WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD • WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE ... more >

February 12, 2024

REVIEW: The Oxygen Farmer by Colin Holmes

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsantihero / dysfunctional family / moon / mystery / older characters / Science Fiction / space / thriller9 Comments

Sabotage, murder, cover-ups. Just another day on the Moon. After 35 years of living on the Moon, cranky old oxygen farmer Millennium Harrison has stumbled onto a hidden facility in the shadows of the Slayton Ridge Exclusion Zone with a radiation leak and a deadly secret. Mil’s discovery leads to ... more >

November 28, 2023

REVIEW: Everyone’s Gone to the Moon: July 1969, Life on Earth, and the Epic Voyage of Apollo 11 by Joe Cuhaj

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsmoon / NASA / non-fiction / poverty / racism / science / social activism / social issues / social justice2 Comments

Much has been written about the legendary flight of Apollo 11 and mankind’s first tentative steps into deep space. It’s often said that the world stopped, watching in awe as the crew of Apollo 11 completed their mission. It is true that in that moment, almost everyone had virtually gone ... more >

April 6, 2022

JOINT REVIEW: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1910s / future / investigation / joint review / Literary fiction / lunar colony / moon / mystery / New York City / nonlinear timeline / Pandemic / Speculative-Fiction / Time-Travel / Vancouver Island19 Comments

Recommended Read

Janine: Jennie and I loved Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel’s breakout novel (Jennie even caught up on one or two earlier books by the author), so we reviewed her follow up, The Glass Hotel, together. When we heard she had a new book, Sea of Tranquility, we decided to ... more >

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