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Apollo

apollo@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 years ago

Speculative fiction and comics enthusiast.

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2026 Reading Goal

5% complete! Apollo has read 3 of 52 books.

Adrienne Kress: Ticket to Ride: An Unexpected Journey (Paperback, 2025, Andrews McMeel Publishing)

All aboard the journey of a lifetime! Ticket to Ride is an immensely popular board …

A Fun Kids Story Inspired by the Board Game

Kress has crafted a kinetic kid's story that features a neurodivergent protagonist, geeking out over trains, and a mystery. Rival train companies tie in to the game, but a love of trains or the Ticket to Ride board game aren't required to be swept up in this novel.

reviewed Magical Beatdown, Vol 1 by Jenn Woodall (Magical Beatdown, #1)

Jenn Woodall: Magical Beatdown, Vol 1 (Paperback, 2019, Silver Sprocket)

Hyper violent street harassment revenge fantasy in the style of Sailor Moon about about an …

Magical Girl Hyper Violence

Magical Beatdown amplifies the violence of magical girl stories in a simple revenge fantasy that's beautifully rendered through Woodall's art in blue and pink. It's a short, direct story, but it packs a lot in.

Hanna Alkaf: The Beasts Beneath the Winds (2025, Abrams, Inc.)

A Wonderous Short Story Collection

This collection of short stories about creatures of the myth, folklore, and cryptozoology of Southeast Asia is full of the kinds of monster stories that would have completely lit up my brain when I was a kid. There's so much to love, but the modernization of these stories is the big strength here; these stories feel contemporary and fresh despite being rooted in old tales.

Takuya Asakura: The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop (EBook, 2025, HarperCollins Publishers)

For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, What You Are Looking for Is In …

A Weightless Cozy Story

The trappings of cozy healing stories that have been a publishing trend were present here, but I was underwhelmed by this book. There didn't seem to be a lot of substance in these interconnected slice of life stories, which was a same because there's a framework for something rewarding here.