Craig DiLouie / Our War / Very Near Future / Very American Civil War

At time I had to set the book down
There are young people in my life
I fear their future more than mine

A brother and sister, teen and preteen
A loving mother and father
Normal teen rebellion

War is coming
War arrives
Stuff happens

Our War by Craig DiLouie
An upsetting, unsettling book
Full of possibilities

Cory Doctorow / Radicalized / Four Novellas / A Possible Future

If you read only one of the four stories in the book

Read Radicalized  by Cory Doctorow
Every story in the book has it's merit
Cory Doctorow "sees" the future
It is not always pretty

Radicalized
A loved one dies
American health care refuses to treat them
What to do, What to do

Science Fiction is full of future possibilities
Cory Doctorow sees one such possible future

Brandon Sanderson / Skyward / All-In / YA Space Opera

Skyward wastes no time

You are All-In all the way

Book one of the Skyward Series

Brandon Sanderson at his YA best

What can I say

Strong Female Protagonist

Spensa delivers

Sanderson delivers

Spenca is that little girl

The bullies can't break her

The pointed fingers can't break her

The whispers can't break her

The 'authorities' can't break her

This could easily be a standalone read

But, But, But

The Universe Sanderson opens at the end

The Universe is BIG, really BIG

I await book two with eager anticipation

Rebecca Roanhorse / Trail of Lightning / Navajo Monster Slayer

Rebecca Roanhorse has created a Monster
Actually a Monster Slayer
Maggie Hoskie is a protagonist you want to know
Conflicted does not cover her
Complex does not cover her
Trail of Lightning is Brilliant!

Tidbits of Dine' (Navajo) lore throughout
Cohorts you want to know
Villains who intrigue and disgust
Coyote, Trickster does not cover it
Coyote, a love/hate thing

The post-water rise world, Believable

This one gets a "Staff Pick" sticker