book reviews Your Behavior Will Be Monitored: Justin Feinstein (Review) March 3, 2026 / March 3, 2026 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment our Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein is an unsettling meditation on surveillance, control, and the subtle ways modern systems shape human behavior. Grounded in psychological tension and speculative unease, the novel feels timely and uncomfortably close to our current reality. While the themes are compelling, I wasn’t entirely sold on the execution. The […] Read more » book review new books science fiction
book reviews “The Universe Box” by Michael Swanwick January 17, 2026 / January 26, 2026 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment “The Universe Box” is a dazzling short-story collection from Hugo Award-winning author Michael Swanwick, blending science fiction, fantasy, and myth with sharp wit and boundless imagination. From high-tech futures to timeless legends, these stores explore humanity’s ingenuity, ambition, and sense of wonder. Featuring brand-new tales alongside celebrated classics, this collection showcases Swanwick at his most […] Read more » book review fantasy Literary Fiction new books Novellas & Short Stories Sci Fi
book reviews “Akira Falling In Love” By Shinta Harekawa January 17, 2026 / January 26, 2026 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment “Akira Falling In Love” is a charming and genuinely funny high school romcom that leans fully into awkwardness, miscommunication, and heartfelt intent. Akira’s determination to confess to her childhood crush – and her spectacular inability to do so smoothly – makes for consistently entertaining moments, while Hajime’s obliviousness only heightens the comedy. Shinta Harekawa’s expressive […] Read more » book review comics graphic novels manga Romance Young Adult Fiction
book reviews new books New Stuff Review: “I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200” – Robert Brockway January 7, 2026 / January 7, 2026 by nikatichi | Leave a Comment No, not every paragraph in this book is a run-on sentence, but this short rant of endless ‘ands’ perfectly represents its sarcastic tone and overall mood of childhood loneliness; The kind of loneliness that would spur the creation of imaginary friends. Themes of neglect, abandonment, social disorders and general boredom are slathered in a gravy […] Read more » book review comedy horror horror comedy indie bookstore local bookseller new books
ARCs ARCs Ahoy! October 19, 2015 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment We just got in a boatload of ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) from the American Booksellers Association. Most of these books won’t be out until January or even March 2016. I don’t have time to read them all (though there are a few I have my eyes on to skim to see if we want to […] Read more » ARCs book review
book reviews Book Review: Supersymmetry August 17, 2015 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment SUPERSYMMETRY by David Walton, 290 pp., $9.99, pub date Sept. 1, 2015 Following on its prequel, Superposition, this starts 15 years later with some of the original characters, including the family affected by the varcolac in Superposition. The varcolac is back, as can be seen from a disaster in a stadium at the beginning of […] Read more » book review science fiction
book reviews new books A review: the new Margaret Atwood July 9, 2015 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment THE HEART GOES LAST, by Margaret Atwood (pub date Sept 29, 2015) As noted in the flap copy for this title, the basic premise for this latest dystopian novel from Atwood revolves around a society that’s undergone some sort of economic and social collapse worldwide — although it’s left vague enough that we never do […] Read more » book review new books science fiction
book reviews new books The Fire Children by Lauren M. Roy June 9, 2015 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment THE FIRE CHILDREN by Lauren M. Roy (Rebellion, $9.99, pub date June 30, 2015) https://www.netgalley.com/re/1791244?r=f This quest-type YA pulled me in from the start with the unusual setting of a society that must retreat underground to historical tunnels beneath their homes every “eclipse,” which appears to happen at random years. The Fire Children are to […] Read more » book review new books science fiction YA books
book reviews new books Superposition: a book review March 25, 2015 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | 2 Comments on Superposition: a book review Another review for you: A book that will soon be in the store (next week!): SUPERPOSITION by Dave Walton (Pyr, trade paperback, $17.00) A cross between a whodunit and some of the best quantum physics SF I’ve ever read, this held me so hard I literally stayed up all night reading the galley and fell […] Read more » book review new books science fiction
book reviews new books The Galaxy Game, by Karen Lord March 24, 2015 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment I just reviewed this on Netgalley, as I read this in ARC (advanced reading copy) form before it was published, but it’s out now, and we have it in the store. I can’t recommend it highly enough: it blew me away. Fabulous SF, fabulous YA (or adult) — it’s just plain fantastic. I couldn’t put […] Read more » book review science fiction YA books
