Dawn (Xenogenesis #1) – Octavia E. Butler

Genre: Science FictionPublisher: Grand Central Publishing Pages: 320Release Date: April 27, 2021 (first published May 1987) Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final war. Hundreds of years later Lilith awakes, deep in the hold of a massive alien spacecraft piloted by the Oankali—who …

Onyx (Lux #2) – Jennifer L. Armentrout

Genre: Young adult Science Fiction, Romance, Paranormal  Publisher: Entangled Teen Being connected to Daemon Black sucks… Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve …

Obsidian (Lux #1) – Jennifer L. Armentrout

Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction/Romance Publisher: Entangled Teen Starting over sucks. When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring… until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking …

Story of Your Life – Ted Chiang

Story of Your Life is a mind-blowing short story that is sure to alter the way you perceive the world and think about language. Story of Your Life follows a linguist who is assigned to decode the language of the aliens who have shown up on earth unexpectedly. The entire story unfolds as she makes …

Waiting on Wednesday #5

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post created by Breaking the Spine that features anticipated books. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27161189-united-as-one?ac=1&from_search=true The epic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! The Mogadorian invasion has come to Earth, and they have all but won the battle for our planet. Their warships loom over our most populous cities—like …