Welcome to 2017! If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to read more self-published and small press books, here are my ten favorites (out of a really strong field) from 2016. Keep watching Booktweeting.com and @booktweeting on Twitter for more reviews of indie books.<\/p>\n
DIRE: SEED <\/strong>by Andrew Seiple<\/p>\n A SUPERVILLAIN WITH A CONSCIENCE? Sharp SFF thriller set in a \u201cTeslaverse\u201d where costumed heroes are real. A MINUS<\/p>\n STAR NOMAD <\/strong>by Lindsay Buroker<\/p>\n SMART SPACE SHOOT-\u2019EM-UP stars a fighter pilot desperate to get back to her war-torn planet. High action! B PLUS<\/p><\/div>\n YOU DON’T BELONG HERE <\/strong>by Tim Major (Snowbooks)<\/p>\n A STOLEN TIME MACHINE is the last desperate hope of a haunted man on the run. Fascinating SF thriller. B PLUS<\/p>\n STAY CRAZY<\/strong> by Erica L. Satifka (Apex Book Company)<\/p>\n INTERDIMENSIONAL MONSTERS IN RUST BELT America? Or just a schizophrenic\u2019s bad day at work? Brilliant punk SF. B PLUS<\/p>\n THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT BASKERVILLE HALL<\/strong> by Chris Dolley (Book View Caf\u00e9)<\/p>\n WODEHOUSE MEETS STEAMPUNK meets country-house murder mysteries in a delightful mix of fantasy and fun. B PLUS<\/p>\n THE APOTHEOSIS BREAK (SKYSAIL SAGA, VOLUME 1)<\/strong> by Josh Rhoades and Mike Rutledge<\/p>\n SWASHBUCKLING AIRSHIP ADVENTURE with lots of action, set in an intriguing steampunk\/Ruritania SFF world. B PLUS<\/p>\n THE LOVED ONES <\/strong>by Sonya Chung (Relegation Books)<\/p>\n TWO FAMILIES\u2019 STORIES, linked by a moment of tragedy, unfurl in all their richness. Heartbreaking, lovely. B PLUS<\/p><\/div>\n WITCH IS WHEN I SAID GOODBYE<\/strong> by Adele Abbott<\/p>\n A WITCH TURNED DETECTIVE solves mysteries with magic in this charming twist on traditional English cozies. B PLUS<\/p>\n HITS & MRS.<\/strong> by Karen Stollznow<\/p>\n SHARP, FUNNY MYSTERY follows a reporter turned detective trying to expose a Casanova of a TV psychic. Clever! B PLUS<\/p><\/div>\n MOSES <\/strong>by Balogun Ojetade (Roaring Lions Productions)<\/p>\n WILD, ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE set in a \u201cSteamfunk\u201d universe where Harriet Tubman is a superhero. Fun SFF! SOLID B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to 2017! If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to read more self-published and small press books, here are my ten favorites (out of a really strong field) from 2016. Keep watching Booktweeting.com and @booktweeting on Twitter for more reviews of indie books. DIRE: SEED by Andrew Seiple A SUPERVILLAIN WITH A CONSCIENCE? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[283,286,328],"class_list":["post-4466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-self-publisher-sundays","tag-small-press-sundays","tag-year-end-favorites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4467,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4466\/revisions\/4467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}