Novella November, Part 1 of ?

Gnomes of Lychford by Paul Cornell
It's always nice, though sometimes sad, to visit Lychford. Gnomes of Lychford by Paul Cornell was what I needed after the previous book, containing some healing, a lot of humor, and exposing some magical secrets that the witches were unaware of.

Rosebud by Paul Cornell
It's been days and I can't get this story out of my head. Fantastically well done, creating a human civilization I can easily imagine coming into being and a terrifyingly powerful alien race.

Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver
I understand this novella bridges the gap between two series, both of which seem to be about killers. (As it said on the tin, eh?) Killers who kill bad guys is a trope I enjoy, and this book actually did that in romcom format. Somehow. I'm coming back for more in both series.

Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio
This novella feels like the beginning of an apocalypse or the flashback that solves all the mysteries. The story unravels slowly through multiple perspectives, until you're left with the horrible knowledge of what's happening.

The Extra by Annie Neugebauer
An unreliable narrator spinning a chilling tale of memory and deception.

Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
This is Weird. I think we should get that out of the way right now, this is very much in the style of Finnish Weird and I love it. It's like The Thing but you can't mention The Thing and also you might want to sort of have sex with the thing. At its heart this story is about embracing our differences and being ourselves. Five fucking stars.

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Review: The Time Traveler's Passport Collection
Amazon Original Stories. Curated by John Joseph Adams.

Three Days, Nine Months, Twenty-Seven Years by John Scalzi
This is about time and how we travel through it, and what we become as we do. It's also about time travel.

Making Space by R. F. Kuang
Stunning. Why wouldn't the residents of the future we destroyed be mad at us? What would a child raised there be like?

For a Limited Time Only by Peng Shepherd
Can you time travel enough for a lifetime? Heartbreaking and maybe a little uplifting.

A Visit to the Husband Archive by Kaliane Bradley
Time, memory, and aliens, with a triumphant ending.

All Manner of Thing Shall Be by Olivie Blake
Deja vu, vampires, emotional growth, and some really weird hobbies. Sweet and satisfying.

Cronus by P. Djèlí Clark
This is a potential future for time travel. This is now. This is gaslighting, ableism, and white supremacy, and it is a group of Black people doing everything they can to build things better. Fantastically brutal and hopeful.

#Bookstodon #NetGalley #TheTimeTravelersPassport #2025Reading #Nov2025Reading

Novels
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Museum of Magic by Beth Revis
Exit Ghost by Jennifer R. Donohue
Tell Me What You Did: A Novel by Carter Wilson
Watch Us Crack by Gabriella Lepore

Novellas, Novelettes, Shorts
Constituent Service by John Scalzi

The Time Traveler's Passport Collection
Three Days, Nine Months, Twenty-Seven Years by John Scalzi

Scared Sexy Collection
Spicy Little Curses by J. T. Geissinger
Falling by Christina Lauren
Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood

Comics & Graphic Novels
Graveyard Wars Vol 1 by A J Lieberman
Human Remains: The Complete Series by Peter Milligan
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book Sixteen by Bill Willingham
George Smith: Paranormal Investigator of the Pacific Northwest #1 by Cammry Lapka
Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks Into a Bar #1 by James Tynion IV
This Place Kills Me: A Graphic Novel by Mariko Tamaki

Star Trek
Star Trek: Lower Decks by Ryan North
Vol. 1: Second Contact
Vol. 2: Mixed Signals

Star Trek: Lore War
Star Trek: Lore War by Christopher Cantwell
Star Trek: Lore War—Shaxs' Worst Day by Ryan North
Star Trek: Omega by Christopher Cantwell

Star Trek: Voyager—Homecoming #1-2 by Susan Bridges

DC
Justice League Unlimited/World's Finest: We Are Yesterday by Mark Waid
Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special (2025-) #1 by Marc Guggenheim
Justice League Unlimited Vol. 1: Into the Inferno by Mark Waid
Justice League: The Atom Project (2025) by Ryan Parrott
Metamorpho: The Element Man by Al Ewing
Green Lantern Vol. 4: Civil Corps by Jeremy Adams
Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum (2025) #1 by Jeremy Adams
Absolute Green Lantern Vol. 1: Without Fear by Al Ewing
Punchline (2020-) #1 by James Tynion
Punchline: The Gotham Game by Tini Howard
Gotham City Sirens: Trigger Happy by Leah Williams
Gotham City Sirens: Unfit For Orbit by Leah Williams

DC Continued Reading
DC K.O. (2025-) #1 by Scott Snyder
Supergirl (2025-) #5 by Sophie Campbell
Justice League Red (2025-) #2 by Saladin Ahmed
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - A League for Justice (2025-) #3 by Rob Williams

Marvel
Moon Knight: City of the Dead by David Pepose

Marvel Continued Reading
Runaways (2025-) #4 (of 5) by Rainbow Rowell
Strange Tales (2025-2026) #1 (of 4) by Jeremy Whitley (Oct 31)
All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2025-) #3 by Stephanie Phillips
Moon Knight: Fist Of Khonshu (2024-2025) #9-10 by Jed MacKay
Gwenpool (2025) #3 (of 5) by Cavan Scott
West Coast Avengers (2024-2025) #9 by Gerry Duggan

#Bookstodon #2025Reading #Comics

Novels
You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan by Lauretta Hignett
The Fate of Magic (Witch and Hunter, 2) by Sara Raasch & Beth Revis
The Serial Killer Support Group by D. B. Stephens
Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards
Lost Girls of Hollow Lake by Rebekah Faubion
The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala
Beholder by Ryan La Sala

Novellas, Novelettes, Shorts
Eerie Basin: A Short Story by Ivy Pochoda

Comics & Graphic Novels
Star Trek: Red Shirts #2 by Christopher Cantwell
Invisible Kingdom by G. Willow Wilson
The Stoneshore Register by G. Willow Wilson
Lenore: The Time War by Roman Dirge
Dracula's Brunch Club by Brian Gonsar
Revival Compendium by Tim Seeley

DC
Justice League Unlimited Vol. 1: Into the Inferno by Mark Waid

DC Continued Reading
Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League (2025-) #1 by Greg Rucka
Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum (2025-) #1 by W. Maxwell Prince
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - A League for Justice (2025-) #2 by Andy Diggle
Supergirl (2025-) #4 by Sophie Campbell
Secret Six (2025-) #6 by Nicole Maines
Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022-) #34 by Mark Waid
Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman (2025-) #4 by Tom King
Justice League Red (2025-) #1 by Saladin Ahmed
Superman Unlimited (2025-) #4 by Dan Slott

Marvel
X-Factor by Mark Russell Vol. 2: Know Your Enemy (X-Factor (2024-)) by Mark Russell
X-Men By Jed Mackay Vol. 2: Hostile Takeover (X-Men (2024-)) by Jed MacKay
Uncanny X-Men By Gail Simone Vol. 2: The Dark Atery by Gail Simone

Marvel Ultimate Universe Year One
Ultimate Invasion (2023) by Jonathan Hickman
Ultimate Universe (2023) #1 by Jonathan Hickman
Ultimates Vol. 1: Fix The World by Deniz Camp
Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman
Vol. 1: Married With Children
Vol. 2: The Paper
Ultimate Black Panther by Bryan Hill
Vol. 1: Peace And War
Vol. 2: Gods And Kings
Ultimate X-Men By Peach Momoko
Vol. 1: Fears And Hates
Vol. 2: Children Of The Atom
Ultimate Universe One Year In #1 by Deniz Camp

Marvel Continued Reading
Infinity Watch (2024-2025) #5 (of 5) by Derek Landy
Magik (2025-) #5-6 by Ashley Allen
New Champions (2025-) #5-6 by Steve Foxe
Runaways (2025-) #3 (of 5) by Rainbow Rowell
Gwenpool (2025-) #2 (of 5) by Cavan Scott
The Vision & The Scarlet Witch (2025) #5 (of 5) by Steve Orlando
All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2025-) #2 by Stephanie Phillips

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This is a heist committed by a disparate group of queer women brought together by their mutual fucking over by some asshole guy who thinks he is better than everyone else and by the corporations that let assholes like him get away with it.

It begins with Kiyo, rich and disgraced, needing to get something back so she can take control of her family company. No, it begins with Kiyo, young and naive, taken advantage of. Then there's Finley, who Kiyo's taking care of, and who has a pesky card counting record that is going to be a problem in a casino. Along with them is Ilaria, a member of an ultra-religious Jewish sect who's trapped in marriage with the asshole, and who can blow up anything with anything. On the casino they meet Psalome, a celebrity card dealer and entertainer, her sister Psylina the programmer, and her sister's joyfriend, the casino itself.

It's less a heist, more a convoluted scam, with enough downtime for people to fall in love or at least lust. There's a fascinating to me storyline about ethics and romance. Obviously I enjoyed the characters, and the world, or at least the world of the casino we were shown.

The author has pics of the cover at their Bluesky. It's such a fun cover, with the big spinning roulette wheel/space station in the sky.

#Boostodon #TheElysiumHeist #2025Reading

DC
All in Saga (DC All in Saga) by Mark Waid
Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville by Joanne Starer

Catwoman: Lonely City (2021-) by Cliff Chiang
Takes place in the '66 Batman universe, set ten years after the massacre that changed everything. A much older Selina Kyle is out of jail for a murder she absolutely did not commit and she's putting her life back together. It goes nowhere she expects or wants and everywhere she needs.

Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden
Very much captures the Coney Island mystique we've come to expect, and it combines beautifully with mermaids, magicians, and mobsters. These have all mostly been one-shots, but I would adore more in this universe.

DC Continued Reading
DC vs Vampires: World War V (2024-) #10 by Matthew Rosenberg
Secret Six (2025-) #4-5 (Secret Six (2025)) by Nicole Maines
Zatanna (2025-) #5 by Jamal Campbell

Marvel
FCBD 2025: Ironheart / Marvel's Voices by Justina Ireland
Ironheart: Bad Chemistry (2025) #1 by John Jennings
Web of Venomverse: Fresh Brains (2025) #1 by Matt Groom
Avengers Academy Giant-Size (2011) #1 by Paul Tobin
X-Men Annual (2022) #1 (X-Men (2021-2024)) by Steve Foxe
Deadpool Team-Up: Blood of the Dragon by Rob Liefeld. I did it for Gwen.

Doctor Strange (2015-2018)
The art on these is fantastic. I love the comics depictions of Stephen's world as so psychadelically weird. It was nice to meet Zelma and to see the how Bats came along.
Doctor Strange Vol. 1: The Way of the Weird by Jason Aaron
Doctor Strange Vol. 2: The Last Days of Magic by Jason Aaron
Doctor Strange Vol. 3: Blood In The Aether by Jason Aaron
Doctor Strange Vol. 4: Mr. Misery by Jason Aaron
Doctor Strange Vol. 5: Secret Empire by Dennis Hopeless

Marvel Continued Reading
Moon Knight: Fist Of Khonsu (2024-) #7 by Jed MacKay
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024-) #14-15 by Stephanie Phillips
Web of Spider-Verse: New Blood (2025-) #1 by Matthew Groom
New Champions (2025-) #4 by Steve Foxe
Infinity Watch (2024-2025) #4 (of 5) by Derek Landy
Magik (2025-) #4 by Ashley Allen

The Vision & The Scarlet Witch (2025) #3 (of 5) by Steve Orlando
I was going to say I need this series to stop stabbing me in the heart with everything that's needed to be dealt with for so long, but I do not want it to stop doing that because it's wonderful. If you've read it, you know exactly what I'm talking about. One perfect family day.

#Boostodon #Comics #2025Reading
#CatwomanLonelyCity #CliffChiang
#ZatannaTheJewelOfGravesend #AlysArden
#TheVisionAndTheScarletWitch2025 #Comics #GraphicNovels #DoctorStrange2015to2018

Novels
Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid) by Seanan McGuire
Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff
Elysium Heist by Y. M. Resnik [ARC]
An Unexpected Feast (Curses and Curtains Book 3) by Devan Barlow
Darkwater Lane: (Stillhouse Lake Book 7) by Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan

Novellas, Novelettes, Shorts
Asymmetrical: A Tor Original by Garth Nix
The Nölmyna: A Tor Original by David Erik Nelson
The Shape of Stones: A Tor Original by Hildur Knútsdóttir
Landline: A Tor Original by Kelly Robson
Red Leaves: A Tor Original by S. E. Porter
Not Alone: A Tor Original by Pat Murphy
Agate Way: A Tor Original by Laird Barron

Comics & Graphic Novels
Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos Volume 1 by James Tynion IV

Archie Meets Jay and Silent Bob One-Shot (Archie Comics Presents & Kevin Smith Presents) by Kevin Smith
This was everything I expected and more. Archie gets a new job, gets too sick to perform, and Jay takes over. Rock!

Archie is Mr. Justice
[Content Note: character death.]
Each book of this special is centered on a different person--Archie, Veronica, Betty, Reggie--and who they become or are made to become in a world of supervillains and superheroes. Mr. Justice is about hope, good intentions, discovering who you are on your own, and a hint of redemption.
Archie is Mr. Justice #1 (Archie Comics Presents) by Tim Seeley
Archie is Mr. Justice #2 (Archie Comics Presents) by Amanda Diebert
Archie is Mr. Justice #3 (Archie Comics Presents) by Kenny Porter
Archie is Mr. Justice #4 (Archie Comics Presents) by Blake Howard

#Boostodon #2025Reading #ArchieIsMrJustice #Comics #ArchieComics