Review: The Launch Party - Lauren Forry - June 2023 It seems that the way back into reading—and out of a slump—for me is thrillers, as yesterday I managed to read two books! The Launch Party was one that had been sitting on my bookshelf, and it immediately caught my attention. It’s a locked-room-style mystery set in an unexpected location: the moon. Ten people are given the opportunity of a lifetime—to experience Hotel Artemis, a luxury hotel built on the moon by the Apollo Group. The group of guests is flown up for what’s meant to be a two-week, once-in-a-lifetime stay. But what starts out as an exciting adventure quickly turns sinister. When they arrive, the hotel is completely empty—no staff, no explanations—and the guests are now stranded on the moon. Things take a deadly turn when one of the ten is found murdered, and suspicion immediately falls on another guest. A detective teams up with a journalist to uncover who’s responsible and why. Just when they think they’ve identified...

Review: The Love Code - Book #1 Chemistry Lessons Series - Susannah Nix - June 2017 As a reader who identifies as a bit geeky and quirky, I love the fact that STEM romances are becoming a big fan and that it is showing as well that straight people can be awkward, quirky, geeky, and nerdy. As I recall when I attended RT2017 one of the panels I wanted to listen to was Geeks in Literature. I turned up to the panel and all panelists were queer writers and their characters also queer. This part I didn't mind too much but I did find that often in literature back then all the characters that were nerdy, geeky, and quirky were asexual or part of the LGBTQA+ community and I was neither. Hell, even my own Dad thought I was a lesbian because I wasn't out there partying, doing drugs, and dating. Then STEM romance arrived and I finally was among characters that I could relate to. Those females who are a bit bigger than your average model archetype, girls who have glasses and a brain. In The...