Category: Sci-Fi

Lola’s Ramblings: top ten sci-fi books

Lola’s Rambings is a feature on Lola’s Review where I talk about me. Usually these posts are everything that doesn’t fall under any standard header, like blog tours, book blitzes, cover reveals or reviews. Lola’s Ramblings posts are are personal discussions of a certain topic. Sometimes about book related topics and sometimes about non-book related topics. If an Lola’s Ramblings post is about a non-book topic it gets the non-book content posts tag. This feature was previously known as About Me. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Design. Today I want to talk about the […]

Posted November 13, 2014 by Lola in Dystopia, Lola's Ramblings, Sci-Fi / 14 Comments

Interview: Matthew Alan Thyer

As part of sci-fi month I am interviewing author Matthew Alan Thyer today! Hi Matthew, welcome to Lola’s Reviews! Thanks for stopping by for an interview. First can you tell me something about yourself? I am probably not qualified for this position. But I’m a rogue, a person who has made it this far through the liberal application of improvisation and a stalwart refusal to fail. I write hard science-fiction and speculative cli-fi. Prior to finding my voice as a writer I’ve worked as a signals analyst, operations engineer, wildland firefighter, backcountry ranger, kayak guide and river rat. My hobbies […]

Posted November 12, 2014 by Lola in Sci-Fi / 10 Comments

Review: Temptation by Susan Kaye Quinn

Temptation (Debt Collector #13) by Susan Kaye Quinn Blurb: THIS IS SEASON TWO OF DEBT COLLECTOR* Recommended: start with Season One. *pre-order of the full season available What’s your life worth on the open market? A debt collector can tell you precisely. After dirtying her hands with the inner workings of Moloch’s Cult of Death, Wraith gets a glimpse of what Gehenna has to offer… and it may be the one thing she cannot resist. Contains mature content and themes. Temptation is approximately 15,000 words or 60 pages, and is the fourth of nine episodes in the second season of […]

Posted November 10, 2014 by Lola in Release Day, Review, Sci-Fi / 8 Comments

My To-Be Read List #3: Chosen Book

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and later that month my review will follow. Last week you could vote for which book you wanted me to read this month. As it’s sci-fi month I choose for three sci-fi books. I am happy to announce I wil be […]

Posted November 8, 2014 by Lola in My To-Be Read List, Sci-Fi / 10 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Sci-Fi and me

Lola’s Rambings is a feature on Lola’s Review where I talk about me. Usually these posts are everything that doesn’t fall under any standard header, like blog tours, book blitzes, cover reveals or reviews. Lola’s Ramblings posts are are personal discussions of a certain topic. Sometimes about book related topics and sometimes about non-book related topics. If an Lola’s Ramblings post is about a non-book topic it gets the non-book content posts tag. This feature was previously knows as About Me. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Design. As soon as I signed-up for Sci-fi […]

Posted November 6, 2014 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings, Sci-Fi / 16 Comments

Review: Revealed Part Three by SJ Pajonas

Revealed: Part Three: Lover, Friend, or Enemy? (The Nogiku Series 0.3) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: Meeting Sanaa Griffin in the dōjō is not the kind of first date Jiro had in mind. In fact, teaching her to sword fight is more like a cruel joke. He’s told not to get involved. He’s told to instruct her and make her fight, but that’s it. No flirting, no dating, and keep it business. Though she’s small and nervous, Sanaa surprises him when he puts her to work, and a slight but cautious friendship develops between the two. Who is Sanaa really, and […]

Posted November 5, 2014 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 2 Comments

Review: Menace by Susan Kaye Quinn

Menace (Debt Collector #12) by Susan Kaye Quinn Blurb: THIS IS SEASON TWO OF DEBT COLLECTOR* Recommended: start with Season One. *pre-order of the full season available What’s your life worth on the open market? A debt collector can tell you precisely. Wraith has agreed to Gehenna’s first demand, but Moloch’s Cult of Death has a larger, more mysterious mission… and Wraith has to decide how far she’s willing to go to stop it. Menace is approximately 14,000 words or 56 pages, and is the third of nine episodes in the second season of The Debt Collector serial. This dark […]

Posted November 3, 2014 by Lola in Release Day, Review, Sci-Fi / 2 Comments