Roseanna Pendlebury
@chloroformtea.bsky.social
SFF enthusiast, hobby-collector, blogger, shouter-at-the-internet. Editor at Ignyte and Hugo winner Nerds of a Feather, along with reviews elsewhere. 2025 Hugo Fan Writer finalist. All links here: https://linktr.ee/roseanna.pendlebury (she/her).
Ed currently has some friends over, and this is the second time I have overheard him explaining the joke from a worldcon ribbon. The first was "experts in edging" and the second was "Bigolas Dickolas energy", and I am not at all sure what impression this is giving of us.
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Ed currently has some friends over, and this is the second time I have overheard him explaining the joke from a worldcon ribbon. The first was "experts in edging" and the second was "Bigolas Dickolas energy", and I am not at all sure what impression this is giving of us.
First book order of the year is some poetry, because I was slacking in 2025.
January 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
First book order of the year is some poetry, because I was slacking in 2025.
Reposted by Roseanna Pendlebury
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! Maybe put some guard rails on your TBR lists. :)
Intergalactic Mixtape #34
Hey! Welcome to 2026. Also, welcome to the new subscribers; I assume lots of you are here from the very kind rec in The Rec Center. Thanks very much to...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! Maybe put some guard rails on your TBR lists. :)
Rounding off the trilogy, we just watched Return of the King again. Whatever else I think of it, this film is Too Fucking Long.
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Rounding off the trilogy, we just watched Return of the King again. Whatever else I think of it, this film is Too Fucking Long.
I had such fun discussing the shortlists with Casella, and do not even slightly regret running into the mural with gleeful abandon.
Possibly proving that we're both Wile E. Coyote-esque fools who will gladly run headfirst into a mural of a pile of books, @chloroformtea.bsky.social joined me to talk about ALL 12 of the 2025 Hugo novel & novella finalists, with MANY THOUGHTS thereon:
A Meal of Thorns 25 – THE HUGO NOVELS & NOVELLAS with Roseanna Pendlebury
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Roseanna PendleburyTitles: The 2025 Hugo Novel & Novella…
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January 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I had such fun discussing the shortlists with Casella, and do not even slightly regret running into the mural with gleeful abandon.
Now we’re in 2026, I’m looking ahead to what’s coming out this year and I think there are some gaps in my awareness.
So, what are you looking forward to in SFF coming in 2026?
I’d be extra interested in any good romantasy and in genre-blurry/hard to define fantasy stuff.
(My current list for ref)
So, what are you looking forward to in SFF coming in 2026?
I’d be extra interested in any good romantasy and in genre-blurry/hard to define fantasy stuff.
(My current list for ref)
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Now we’re in 2026, I’m looking ahead to what’s coming out this year and I think there are some gaps in my awareness.
So, what are you looking forward to in SFF coming in 2026?
I’d be extra interested in any good romantasy and in genre-blurry/hard to define fantasy stuff.
(My current list for ref)
So, what are you looking forward to in SFF coming in 2026?
I’d be extra interested in any good romantasy and in genre-blurry/hard to define fantasy stuff.
(My current list for ref)
There are so many good podcasts, full of so many interesting conversations, and I really do wish I were a person better at listening.
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 PM
There are so many good podcasts, full of so many interesting conversations, and I really do wish I were a person better at listening.
Happy New Year! It’s 3am post karaoke and my throat won’t thank me tomorrow, but nonetheless 2026 has been welcomed in with joy, beverages, silliness and the worst rendition(s) of “My Generation” I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t ask for a much better entrance to the new year; may yours be as excellent.
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Happy New Year! It’s 3am post karaoke and my throat won’t thank me tomorrow, but nonetheless 2026 has been welcomed in with joy, beverages, silliness and the worst rendition(s) of “My Generation” I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t ask for a much better entrance to the new year; may yours be as excellent.
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My 2025 reading roundup is now up! Come for the stats and graphs, stay for the silly awards (or possibly vice versa).
2025 in Books
2025 book crafts! I’m writing this a day early, because I have plans for the last day of the year that aren’t sit and home under a blanket thinking about books and stats. Madness. Despi…
readerofelse.wordpress.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My 2025 reading roundup is now up! Come for the stats and graphs, stay for the silly awards (or possibly vice versa).
Reposted by Roseanna Pendlebury
Last post of the year! We present ARB's Notable Criticism of 2025—ten articles that highlight the vitality and possibilities of speculative criticism:
ARB’s 2025 Notable Criticism
In the field of speculative criticism, many of the challenges and positive developments we noted last year are still in full effect. 2025 has brought even more precarity for culture writers and aca…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Last post of the year! We present ARB's Notable Criticism of 2025—ten articles that highlight the vitality and possibilities of speculative criticism:
Reposted by Roseanna Pendlebury
Another author introduced to me by the Clarke Award, having loved The Coral Bones I pre-ordered this basically as soon as I knew about it.
Swift returns again to the Climate Crisis, in the UK rather than Australia this time, with the same affecting writing at both character and wider scales.
Swift returns again to the Climate Crisis, in the UK rather than Australia this time, with the same affecting writing at both character and wider scales.
December 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Another author introduced to me by the Clarke Award, having loved The Coral Bones I pre-ordered this basically as soon as I knew about it.
Swift returns again to the Climate Crisis, in the UK rather than Australia this time, with the same affecting writing at both character and wider scales.
Swift returns again to the Climate Crisis, in the UK rather than Australia this time, with the same affecting writing at both character and wider scales.
Ahhhhh I love roundup-post day.
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ahhhhh I love roundup-post day.
My 2025 reading roundup is now up! Come for the stats and graphs, stay for the silly awards (or possibly vice versa).
2025 in Books
2025 book crafts! I’m writing this a day early, because I have plans for the last day of the year that aren’t sit and home under a blanket thinking about books and stats. Madness. Despi…
readerofelse.wordpress.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My 2025 reading roundup is now up! Come for the stats and graphs, stay for the silly awards (or possibly vice versa).
Reposted by Roseanna Pendlebury
It’s the end of 2025, which means it’s time for me to talk about my favorite books of the year! buttondown.com/singinglight...
December 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s the end of 2025, which means it’s time for me to talk about my favorite books of the year! buttondown.com/singinglight...
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It's New Year's Eve, I'm off out for a pub quiz and some ill-advised karaoke in just over 3 hours, so I'm not finishing another book this year.
Figure like last year I'd take the opportunity to run through the books I gave 5 stars to this year, from the 71 I managed to read over the course of 2025.
Figure like last year I'd take the opportunity to run through the books I gave 5 stars to this year, from the 71 I managed to read over the course of 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's New Year's Eve, I'm off out for a pub quiz and some ill-advised karaoke in just over 3 hours, so I'm not finishing another book this year.
Figure like last year I'd take the opportunity to run through the books I gave 5 stars to this year, from the 71 I managed to read over the course of 2025.
Figure like last year I'd take the opportunity to run through the books I gave 5 stars to this year, from the 71 I managed to read over the course of 2025.
Reposted by Roseanna Pendlebury
Book Review: Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite
Cozy noir-style space mystery featuring a gender-bending detective and lots of queer characters
@klaxoncomms.com finishes out our year at NOAF with her review
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/book...
Cozy noir-style space mystery featuring a gender-bending detective and lots of queer characters
@klaxoncomms.com finishes out our year at NOAF with her review
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/book...
Book Review: Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite
Cozy noir-style space mystery featuring a gender-bending detective and lots of queer characters You are aboard the HMS Fairweather , a space...
www.nerds-feather.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Book Review: Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite
Cozy noir-style space mystery featuring a gender-bending detective and lots of queer characters
@klaxoncomms.com finishes out our year at NOAF with her review
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/book...
Cozy noir-style space mystery featuring a gender-bending detective and lots of queer characters
@klaxoncomms.com finishes out our year at NOAF with her review
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/book...
Distracting myself from possibly reading more things by looking at possible books for next year. The spreadsheet runneth over, and yet I have but one thing pre-ordered in 2026. Probably for the best; I should read some of the 2025 things first.
But currently 33 books I am Paying Attention To.
But currently 33 books I am Paying Attention To.
December 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Distracting myself from possibly reading more things by looking at possible books for next year. The spreadsheet runneth over, and yet I have but one thing pre-ordered in 2026. Probably for the best; I should read some of the 2025 things first.
But currently 33 books I am Paying Attention To.
But currently 33 books I am Paying Attention To.
The roundup post, she is written. Watch as I now develop an irresistable yearning to read an entire book overnight...
December 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The roundup post, she is written. Watch as I now develop an irresistable yearning to read an entire book overnight...
For once I have NYE plans, which means I have to write my year end roundup today and it feels SO WEIRD. My brain is just so convinced I might sneak in three more books that change everything in the next 24 hours (or at least make the stats neater).
December 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
For once I have NYE plans, which means I have to write my year end roundup today and it feels SO WEIRD. My brain is just so convinced I might sneak in three more books that change everything in the next 24 hours (or at least make the stats neater).
Reposted by Roseanna Pendlebury
The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman: Review by Liz Bourke locusmag.com/review/...
December 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman: Review by Liz Bourke locusmag.com/review/...
Have now finished it, and unfortunately found Written on the Dark somewhat disappointing. Lots of more complex thoughts, but underneath it all, simply not enough sorrow, too many problems fixed or averted. Still beautifully written, but not quite magic.
December 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Have now finished it, and unfortunately found Written on the Dark somewhat disappointing. Lots of more complex thoughts, but underneath it all, simply not enough sorrow, too many problems fixed or averted. Still beautifully written, but not quite magic.
Increasingly convinced GGK can only write about four distinct characters, but it’s ok because I love them all every time.
December 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Increasingly convinced GGK can only write about four distinct characters, but it’s ok because I love them all every time.
Ah, the peak GGK experience: I have already become very fond of this character, so naturally they are engaged in extremely dangerous activities with political implications and ruthless players instead of leaving well enough alone and going home. Gotta keep reading to make sure they’re ok.
December 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Ah, the peak GGK experience: I have already become very fond of this character, so naturally they are engaged in extremely dangerous activities with political implications and ruthless players instead of leaving well enough alone and going home. Gotta keep reading to make sure they’re ok.
I mainly pick my bookmarks on colour matching, but the saddest boy in the world seems an appropriate pick for a Guy Gavriel Kay book too.
December 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I mainly pick my bookmarks on colour matching, but the saddest boy in the world seems an appropriate pick for a Guy Gavriel Kay book too.
We’re watching The Two Towers, and today’s take (based on Théoden reciting “where is the horse and the rider”) is that they really ought to have kept more of the poetry in the films.
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We’re watching The Two Towers, and today’s take (based on Théoden reciting “where is the horse and the rider”) is that they really ought to have kept more of the poetry in the films.