Rainey Morehouse
@infomancer.bsky.social
Librarian geek who likes most cats more than most people. (She/her, ace)
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
I read Jim C. Hines’ “Slayers of Old” in advance via NetGalley. It will be published tomorrow in time for spooky season! If you are of the Buffy generation, this tale of three retired paranormal hunters will appeal to you! 😀
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I read Jim C. Hines’ “Slayers of Old” in advance via NetGalley. It will be published tomorrow in time for spooky season! If you are of the Buffy generation, this tale of three retired paranormal hunters will appeal to you! 😀
I was *so* ready for spooky season! I read KJ Charles’ “All of Us Murderers” in advance via NetGalley and sold it over lunch to Collections Management: “I started it after work last night and I’m 75% done”. A gothic mystery featuring a 2SLGBTQIA+ POV character with ADHD. I finished it over lunch 😊
October 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I was *so* ready for spooky season! I read KJ Charles’ “All of Us Murderers” in advance via NetGalley and sold it over lunch to Collections Management: “I started it after work last night and I’m 75% done”. A gothic mystery featuring a 2SLGBTQIA+ POV character with ADHD. I finished it over lunch 😊
I want to *live* in the cover of Heather Fawcett’s February 2026 release “Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter”.
August 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I want to *live* in the cover of Heather Fawcett’s February 2026 release “Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter”.
I read Premee Mohamed’s post-apocalyptic novella “The Annual Migration of Clouds” for my in-person book club.
A deep and poetic consideration of climate change, set in Alberta.
A deep and poetic consideration of climate change, set in Alberta.
August 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I read Premee Mohamed’s post-apocalyptic novella “The Annual Migration of Clouds” for my in-person book club.
A deep and poetic consideration of climate change, set in Alberta.
A deep and poetic consideration of climate change, set in Alberta.
I read Annalee Newitz’s “Automatic Noodle” in advance via NetGalley.
A robot team reboot in post apocalyptic San Fran to discover that their ghost kitchen has been shuttered.
Deciding to restart the restaurant with significantly better food, their success is threatened by a robophobic campaign.
A robot team reboot in post apocalyptic San Fran to discover that their ghost kitchen has been shuttered.
Deciding to restart the restaurant with significantly better food, their success is threatened by a robophobic campaign.
August 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I read Annalee Newitz’s “Automatic Noodle” in advance via NetGalley.
A robot team reboot in post apocalyptic San Fran to discover that their ghost kitchen has been shuttered.
Deciding to restart the restaurant with significantly better food, their success is threatened by a robophobic campaign.
A robot team reboot in post apocalyptic San Fran to discover that their ghost kitchen has been shuttered.
Deciding to restart the restaurant with significantly better food, their success is threatened by a robophobic campaign.
I read “Of Monsters and Mainframes” by Barbara Truelove.
The AI spaceship Demeter awakes approaching her destination and discovers all her passengers are dead.
This ridiculously delightful romp features unknown vampires, werewolves, and other paranormal creatures in a science fiction world.
The AI spaceship Demeter awakes approaching her destination and discovers all her passengers are dead.
This ridiculously delightful romp features unknown vampires, werewolves, and other paranormal creatures in a science fiction world.
August 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I read “Of Monsters and Mainframes” by Barbara Truelove.
The AI spaceship Demeter awakes approaching her destination and discovers all her passengers are dead.
This ridiculously delightful romp features unknown vampires, werewolves, and other paranormal creatures in a science fiction world.
The AI spaceship Demeter awakes approaching her destination and discovers all her passengers are dead.
This ridiculously delightful romp features unknown vampires, werewolves, and other paranormal creatures in a science fiction world.
I read “Shorted” by Alex Irvine, a novelette recently published on Reactor.
A social media influencer in a near-future dystopia seeks to solve his own murder.
reactormag.com/shorted-alex...
A social media influencer in a near-future dystopia seeks to solve his own murder.
reactormag.com/shorted-alex...
August 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I read “Shorted” by Alex Irvine, a novelette recently published on Reactor.
A social media influencer in a near-future dystopia seeks to solve his own murder.
reactormag.com/shorted-alex...
A social media influencer in a near-future dystopia seeks to solve his own murder.
reactormag.com/shorted-alex...
I read T. Kingfisher’s “What Feasts at Night”, second in her Sworn Soldier series. I’m slowly getting to the point of appreciating horror fiction outside the human-on-human variety, and I do enjoy this gothic horror series. I appreciate the non-binary representation and the vivid exploration of PTSD
July 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I read T. Kingfisher’s “What Feasts at Night”, second in her Sworn Soldier series. I’m slowly getting to the point of appreciating horror fiction outside the human-on-human variety, and I do enjoy this gothic horror series. I appreciate the non-binary representation and the vivid exploration of PTSD
I read Sarah Gailey’s “Magic for Liars” and had a great time. Noir detective meets magical academy, with a very satisfying murder mystery to explore.
A non-magical private investigator is hired to investigate the horrific death of a teacher at the magical academy where her estranged twin teaches.
A non-magical private investigator is hired to investigate the horrific death of a teacher at the magical academy where her estranged twin teaches.
July 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I read Sarah Gailey’s “Magic for Liars” and had a great time. Noir detective meets magical academy, with a very satisfying murder mystery to explore.
A non-magical private investigator is hired to investigate the horrific death of a teacher at the magical academy where her estranged twin teaches.
A non-magical private investigator is hired to investigate the horrific death of a teacher at the magical academy where her estranged twin teaches.
I read Y M Resnik’s “The Elysium Heist” in advance through NetGalley. (It will be released at the end of July.)
An adventurous casino heist novel set on a sentient space station, this features five viewpoint characters, all female and all queer. Recommended if you are okay with the POV switching!
An adventurous casino heist novel set on a sentient space station, this features five viewpoint characters, all female and all queer. Recommended if you are okay with the POV switching!
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I read Y M Resnik’s “The Elysium Heist” in advance through NetGalley. (It will be released at the end of July.)
An adventurous casino heist novel set on a sentient space station, this features five viewpoint characters, all female and all queer. Recommended if you are okay with the POV switching!
An adventurous casino heist novel set on a sentient space station, this features five viewpoint characters, all female and all queer. Recommended if you are okay with the POV switching!
I read “The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts” by Vanessa Ricci-Thode.
This middle-grade fantasy focuses more on adventure than spooky or creepy content and should appeal to its intended young audience.
It recently won the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.
This middle-grade fantasy focuses more on adventure than spooky or creepy content and should appeal to its intended young audience.
It recently won the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.
July 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I read “The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts” by Vanessa Ricci-Thode.
This middle-grade fantasy focuses more on adventure than spooky or creepy content and should appeal to its intended young audience.
It recently won the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.
This middle-grade fantasy focuses more on adventure than spooky or creepy content and should appeal to its intended young audience.
It recently won the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.
I read “Kitty Cat Kill Sat” by Argus, a post-apocalyptic SF adventure.
Lily the uplifted house cat has been the lone occupant of a heavily-armed satellite for hundreds of years, and has a self-appointed mission to protect the remnants of humanity.
Adventurous, emotional and surprisingly touching.
Lily the uplifted house cat has been the lone occupant of a heavily-armed satellite for hundreds of years, and has a self-appointed mission to protect the remnants of humanity.
Adventurous, emotional and surprisingly touching.
July 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I read “Kitty Cat Kill Sat” by Argus, a post-apocalyptic SF adventure.
Lily the uplifted house cat has been the lone occupant of a heavily-armed satellite for hundreds of years, and has a self-appointed mission to protect the remnants of humanity.
Adventurous, emotional and surprisingly touching.
Lily the uplifted house cat has been the lone occupant of a heavily-armed satellite for hundreds of years, and has a self-appointed mission to protect the remnants of humanity.
Adventurous, emotional and surprisingly touching.
I read “Capturing Crime”, a collection of Carol Taylor’s New Brunswick courtroom drawings over three decades, with text by Greg Marquis. The text is inexpertly edited, but I enjoyed the discussion of the experience of being a courtroom artist and the discussion of several of my childhood bogeymen!
July 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I read “Capturing Crime”, a collection of Carol Taylor’s New Brunswick courtroom drawings over three decades, with text by Greg Marquis. The text is inexpertly edited, but I enjoyed the discussion of the experience of being a courtroom artist and the discussion of several of my childhood bogeymen!
This year, I’m making a point to check out the short fiction published in “Reactor Magazine“ each month.
Published in June, check out “The Name Ziya” by Wen-Li Lee, a fantasy novelette treating education and assimilation, cultural identity and appropriation: reactormag.com/the-name-ziy...
Published in June, check out “The Name Ziya” by Wen-Li Lee, a fantasy novelette treating education and assimilation, cultural identity and appropriation: reactormag.com/the-name-ziy...
July 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This year, I’m making a point to check out the short fiction published in “Reactor Magazine“ each month.
Published in June, check out “The Name Ziya” by Wen-Li Lee, a fantasy novelette treating education and assimilation, cultural identity and appropriation: reactormag.com/the-name-ziy...
Published in June, check out “The Name Ziya” by Wen-Li Lee, a fantasy novelette treating education and assimilation, cultural identity and appropriation: reactormag.com/the-name-ziy...
I read “The City We Became” by N.K. Jemisin for an upcoming book club, and I’m so glad I did! The powerful language and mythic storytelling caught me from the start, and although it took time to gel with the multiple viewpoint characters, I got there by the end. Recommended!
July 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I read “The City We Became” by N.K. Jemisin for an upcoming book club, and I’m so glad I did! The powerful language and mythic storytelling caught me from the start, and although it took time to gel with the multiple viewpoint characters, I got there by the end. Recommended!
I read “Mayhem at a Halloween Wedding” (Halloween Bookshop Mystery #2) in advance via NetGalley. (It will be published on July 29th.)
Bookstore owner in a year-round Halloween-themed town, Bailey is helping arrange the Halloween wedding of a college friend when all goes wrong.
Cozy and charming 🎃
Bookstore owner in a year-round Halloween-themed town, Bailey is helping arrange the Halloween wedding of a college friend when all goes wrong.
Cozy and charming 🎃
July 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I read “Mayhem at a Halloween Wedding” (Halloween Bookshop Mystery #2) in advance via NetGalley. (It will be published on July 29th.)
Bookstore owner in a year-round Halloween-themed town, Bailey is helping arrange the Halloween wedding of a college friend when all goes wrong.
Cozy and charming 🎃
Bookstore owner in a year-round Halloween-themed town, Bailey is helping arrange the Halloween wedding of a college friend when all goes wrong.
Cozy and charming 🎃
I got a bit too much heat today, so I’m celebrating Canada Day by reading a Canadian new release 🍁
“Detective Aunty” by Uzma Jalaluddin was published in May. It is a mystery set in the desi community of Toronto, featuring a mature woman investigating after her daughter is suspected of murder.
“Detective Aunty” by Uzma Jalaluddin was published in May. It is a mystery set in the desi community of Toronto, featuring a mature woman investigating after her daughter is suspected of murder.
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I got a bit too much heat today, so I’m celebrating Canada Day by reading a Canadian new release 🍁
“Detective Aunty” by Uzma Jalaluddin was published in May. It is a mystery set in the desi community of Toronto, featuring a mature woman investigating after her daughter is suspected of murder.
“Detective Aunty” by Uzma Jalaluddin was published in May. It is a mystery set in the desi community of Toronto, featuring a mature woman investigating after her daughter is suspected of murder.
I read “The Passengers” by John Marrs and was blown away! This near-future thriller focused on hacked self-driving cars is *really* fast-paced: I read it cover to cover before lunch this morning!
June 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I read “The Passengers” by John Marrs and was blown away! This near-future thriller focused on hacked self-driving cars is *really* fast-paced: I read it cover to cover before lunch this morning!
I can’t remember who recommended Helene Tursten’s “An Elderly Lady is Up To No Good”, but I loved it!
Translated from Swedish, these stories relate the adventures of Maud, 88-years-old and not above a little serial murder as a method to solve the problems in her life.
I had a lot of fun!
Translated from Swedish, these stories relate the adventures of Maud, 88-years-old and not above a little serial murder as a method to solve the problems in her life.
I had a lot of fun!
June 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I can’t remember who recommended Helene Tursten’s “An Elderly Lady is Up To No Good”, but I loved it!
Translated from Swedish, these stories relate the adventures of Maud, 88-years-old and not above a little serial murder as a method to solve the problems in her life.
I had a lot of fun!
Translated from Swedish, these stories relate the adventures of Maud, 88-years-old and not above a little serial murder as a method to solve the problems in her life.
I had a lot of fun!
Last night, I finished reading John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection” and recommend it highly. I learned a ton about both the historical context and the present reality of the disease and John Green writes passionately about the subject.
June 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last night, I finished reading John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection” and recommend it highly. I learned a ton about both the historical context and the present reality of the disease and John Green writes passionately about the subject.
I just finished reading “What Moves the Dead” by T. Kingfisher and I’m really glad it’s for a book club next week, because I really want to dissect it with someone!
This reinterpretation of The Fall of the House of Usher has amazing characters, atmosphere to spare, and tons of nightmare fuel. 5⭐️!
This reinterpretation of The Fall of the House of Usher has amazing characters, atmosphere to spare, and tons of nightmare fuel. 5⭐️!
May 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I just finished reading “What Moves the Dead” by T. Kingfisher and I’m really glad it’s for a book club next week, because I really want to dissect it with someone!
This reinterpretation of The Fall of the House of Usher has amazing characters, atmosphere to spare, and tons of nightmare fuel. 5⭐️!
This reinterpretation of The Fall of the House of Usher has amazing characters, atmosphere to spare, and tons of nightmare fuel. 5⭐️!
Upload the third image from your photo album, no matter what it is.
(The odds were good that mine would be either a cat or a book.)
(The odds were good that mine would be either a cat or a book.)
May 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Upload the third image from your photo album, no matter what it is.
(The odds were good that mine would be either a cat or a book.)
(The odds were good that mine would be either a cat or a book.)
Virginia McClain’s “Dungeons & Dragon Dating” was recommended here on Bluesky a bit ago (by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social if memory serves). I read it in full today and am delighted! It is a cute romance in a fantasy setting, featuring a matchmaking service run by a small love dragon. Recommended! 🐉🥰
May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Virginia McClain’s “Dungeons & Dragon Dating” was recommended here on Bluesky a bit ago (by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social if memory serves). I read it in full today and am delighted! It is a cute romance in a fantasy setting, featuring a matchmaking service run by a small love dragon. Recommended! 🐉🥰
“Overgrowth” by Mira Grant is coming out on Tuesday! I enjoyed it immensely and know that I will be reading it again soon, so I preordered a copy in hardcover. ❤️
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“Overgrowth” by Mira Grant is coming out on Tuesday! I enjoyed it immensely and know that I will be reading it again soon, so I preordered a copy in hardcover. ❤️
I enjoyed “Mickey7” by Edward Ashton. The protagonist is not precisely sympathetic and I was much more into the flashbacks than the primary storyline, but the world building is amazing!
Mickey is the Expendable of a human colony ship, responsible for dangerous chores. He’s died six times, so far.
Mickey is the Expendable of a human colony ship, responsible for dangerous chores. He’s died six times, so far.
April 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I enjoyed “Mickey7” by Edward Ashton. The protagonist is not precisely sympathetic and I was much more into the flashbacks than the primary storyline, but the world building is amazing!
Mickey is the Expendable of a human colony ship, responsible for dangerous chores. He’s died six times, so far.
Mickey is the Expendable of a human colony ship, responsible for dangerous chores. He’s died six times, so far.