At a Loss for Words – Carol Off
We’re reading this for February 2026 book club. Join us to get weekly discussion on the book.
Style: Non-fiction
Tailored Realities – Brandon Sanderson
This is a collection of short fiction that Sanderson has written over the decades. Some of it has been seen published in various magazines or online, but some of it is seeing it’s first publishing. All of the stories were good, and a few were great. This spans both fantasy and science fiction. You can…
Style: Fiction
Careless People – Sarah Wyn-Williams
Did Facebook have some promise of being a force for good in the world, yes it probably did. But here Sarah Wynn-Williams shows that they were just lucky to be in the right place with a decent idea at the right time. The brass at Facebook are terrible managers, who merely stumble between bad ideas…
Style: Non-fiction
The Girl and the Galdurian – Tim Probert
Beatrice must find her father, the pig wizard, who has wandered off to fix some seal. The problem is that he’s old and getting more and more forgetful so she’s worried he made the whole thing up and is out in the world lost. Luckily she meets Cad, the last known Galdurian, who matches her…
Style: Fiction
The Poisoned King – Katherine Rundell
This is the second installment in the Impossible Creatures set of books. Here we find Jacques has escaped the Archipelago to find Christopher because dragons are dying. Christopher must get back in to the magical land without his Grandfather catching him on the way in then figure out what is killing the dragons. He also…
Style: Fiction
Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell
If you think all the magical creatures in the world were myth, you’ve fallen for the same protection magic that the rest of the world has. Christopher however is different. All the animals love him and after a trip to his Grandfather’s he finds out he’s from a line of guardians that guard the portal…
Style: Fiction
Kutath – C.J. Cherryh
We get the end of the Faded Sun Trilogy, with Kutath and the fate of the mri, Regul and humans in the balance. Though only the mri are bound to this single arid old world of Kutath. Duncan fully inhabits his mri learnings and humans get to see the real face of the Regul.
Genre: Science FictionStyle: FictionTake Back the Fight – Nora Loreto
This is January 2026’s first book for book club. Join us for weekly emails about the book of the month. Nora Loreto takes on the massive task of exploring feminism in Canada, going back to the roots of the National Action Comittee on the Status of Women through to today, which is mostly defined by…
Genre: feminismStyle: Non-fiction
Shon’jir – C.J. Cherryh
Back into the Dark the mri go following their holy relic that holds the path back to their real home world. There have been over 80 darks each lasting multiple generations and between each dark there has been service in war, many lasting thousands of years. We now get to reckon with just how old…
Genre: Science FictionStyle: Fiction
Kesrith – C.J. Cherryh
This is the first book in one of my favourites series of all time. For many years I read my tattered paperback copy which contained all three volumes to start each year over the holidays. In book one we meet our characters. The mri are a race of humanoid warriors who were contracted into fighting…
Genre: Science FictionStyle: Fiction
