The Little Red Reviewer
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My favorite genres of speculative fiction include space opera, new weird, low fantasy, and that gorgeous poetic stuff. This site contains positive reviews, critical reviews, observational reviews, not-reviews, combined to over 500 book reviews.
The Little Red Reviewer
1y ago
The secret to making me love your story is to tell me just less than I want to know. As the writer, you of course are welcome to know all that stuff. But don't tell me all those details, keep me wanting, keep me looking for everything. Make me want it so bad I start making up my own stories ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
1y ago
11 months into my sabbatical and . . . I started grad school and it is kicking my ass. Andy and I have published TWELVE episodes of Retro Rockets, with two more coming! and . . . I finished reading the book that may very well get me back into blogging. There will be spoilers ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
well, that happened. Now everyone gonna watch the Oscars next year, to see who gets slapped! If you are a comedian and an audience member doesn’t smack you, are you even? oh, and this happened. You know, 10 years on a blog is a pretty damn good run. My friend Andy wanted to start a ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
I’m on Sabbatical. I’ll see you around. Take good care of yourself, ok? I love you! -Andrea ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
Seems like SFF is on a trend of super high stakes for the last . . . while now. Hyped novels are about saving the world, changing society (hopefully for the better) really good vs really bad, sympathy for baddies and morally grey characters, getting reading to change our thought processes and world views, etc ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
I recently finished a book that I really enjoyed. I whipped through it, thought the idea and approach was great, was pleasantly surprised by a few plot twists. But something about the main character annoyed the hell out of me. I’m not going to say the name of the book or the name of the ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
It’s been so hot and humid lately, almost hard to believe it is nearly autumn! the sun is coming up later in the morning, and the acorns are plink-plinking off the trees and on to the driveway, the purple cone flowers are dying, and the hostas are starting to look done. Yep, summer is over ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
Howdy! Happy August! Up here in the Great Lakes we’ve had brutal thunderstorms, tornado touch, higher than normal humidity, and wildfire smoke in the air. These aren’t the dog days of summer, these are the Cerberus days of summer, and I hope they are over soon. I’m ready for cooler days, lower humidity, and the ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
If you’ve known me for a while, you know I’m involved with Apex Magazine. I mostly do two things – Author Interviews, and as many shenanigans as the Editors will let me get involved with. Most recent super fun shenanigan was hosting Snap Judgment, a cross between The X Factor, The Gong Show, and speed ..read more
The Little Red Reviewer
2y ago
This Sunday at 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific, LIVE on YouTube, I’ll be hosting SNAP JUDGEMENT! Organized by Apex Magazine, SNAP JUDGEMENT is a rapid fire critique show. Think The X Factor, but for slush short stories. As I read short story excerpts, the judges decide if they’d keep reading, or stop and not accept the story ..read more