It is late December, almost Christmas, and I finally have a few hours to spare in which nothing is demanding my energy and attention! Let’s finally have the Mission Log for the second half of SciFi Month!
I’ve got a round-up of the rest of the crew’s reviews and Read Along posts, but don’t forget to check in with imyril at There’s Always Room For One More for her round-up of all the lists, recs and random fun!
Reviews
The First Murder on Mars by Sam Wilson – Witchy Reading
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver – Words and Peace
Mini Reviews: Travel by Bullet/When The Moon Hits Your Eye/Sunward – BookWyrm Knits
Slow Gods by Claire North – Quintessentially Bookish
Slan by A. E. Van Vogt & Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – Words and Peace
Dinosaur Planet by Anne McCaffrey – Dragon Rambles
Sunday Funday Week 3 (review roundup) – Always Me
Woman at the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy – Laura Tisdall
First Born by Maureen Duffy – Dragon Rambles
Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky – Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings
The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson – A Dance With Books
Summer Frost by Blake Crouch/Randomize by Andy Weir – Words and Peace
We Purchased People by Frederick Pohl – Thomas Wrightson
Hard To Be A God by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky – Words and Peace
Hunting Party by Elizabeth Moon – Dragon Rambles
This Brutal Moon by Bethany Jacobs – Witchy Reading
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz – Little Frog Scribbles
How To Steal A Galaxy by Beth Revis – The Green Tea Librarian
Sunday Funday Week 4 (review roundup) – Always Me
As I Knew Him by Anne Serling, Man of Many Minds by E. Everett Evans, and Alien Minds by E. Everett Evans – La La on Goodreads
Read Along
This year some of the crew read Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice for the annual Read Along – here’s the round-up of everyone’s posts!
- Week one (beginning through Ch6): A Dance With Books | Book Forager | Bookwyrm Knits | Quintessentially Bookish | Time for Tales and Tea | There’s Always Room For One More
- Week two (Ch7-13): A Dance With Books | Book Forager | Bookwyrm Knits | Quintessentially Bookish | A Time For Tales and Tea | There’s Always Room For One More
- Week three (Ch14-18): A Dance With Books | Book Forager | BookWyrm Knits | Quintessentially Bookish | A Time For Tales and Tea | There’s Always Room For One More
- Week four (Ch19 to end): A Dance With Books | Book Forager | BookWyrm Knits | Quintessentially Bookish | A Time For Tales and Tea | There’s Always Room For One More
And that’s a wrap for another year, but if you think we’re not already bouncing around ideas for Wyrd and Wonder 2026 you must not know us very well. For now, though, it’s time to clock out and enjoy some festivities (or it will be in a couple of days, for me).
Happy holidays to all, and let’s hope 2026 brings better things!
