https://elisevolkman.com/tags/sci-fi/ Recent content in Sci-Fi on Elise Volkman Hugo en-us Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0800 https://elisevolkman.com/posts/what-spines-ya-crackin/ Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0800 https://elisevolkman.com/posts/what-spines-ya-crackin/ <p>Book spines! I swear I meant BOOK spines! I get that I&rsquo;m a fantasy author with a penchant for the darker tales (though you cannot accuse me of publishing any tragedies, those will never see beyond the deep, dark reaches of a digital filing cabinet). But come ON.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s now 2024. The last time I updated anyone on my reading progress was last year, when I had read 26 books in the first quarter of 2023. My dismal math skills aside, this was a shock to me. And by the end of the final quarter of 2023, we were sitting pretty at &hellip; 🥁 🥁 🥁 &hellip; 90! This is quite the adjustment from my original January plan to read (<em><strong>checks notes</strong></em>) exactly ONE book per month. One. 1. Uno. Un. Not two. Not three. Not zero. One.</p>