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Much of my "reading" these days is actually audiobooks while walking.
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After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the …
That's it, that's the whole review.
If you like T. Kingfisher, you will like this book. It starts off a bit grim, but by the end it felt like a cozy tale of cold blooded vengeance.
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. …
The world is full of ghosts, but only donkeys can see them. Meanwhile, in the …
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the …
Audiobook narrated by Amara Jasper
Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the …
I've started this a few times, but got distracted while still in the introduction. One more try...
Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West's School for …
New wayward children book? Yes.
Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her …
I finished this some time ago, but I still can't really do it justice in a review. Some of the themes and world-building (and even one of the characters!) is shared with the later novel Noor, but this novel is somehow more elemental. For me the two most powerful themes were the codification of hatred as religion and how sex and reproductive biology inform politics (in the small).
Content warnings: pervasive misogyny, sexual violence, and racism play important roles in the plot.
Elke Veraart is in prison. She used to be an eco-terrorist, hunting down poachers to …
Somehow this reminds me of the "Recovery Man" books by Kristine Katherine Rusch. A lone detective fights for the underdog (literal dog in this case), fighting against corporate interests in a high tech setting with aliens. The aliens here are quite relatable, rather than implacable, but they still hold most of the cards. By modern sensibility I mean little things like the protagonist is lesbian, but nobody makes a big deal out of it, including her.
In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong is …
Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence …
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
I have enjoyed previous books by RJB, particularly the City of $foo books
The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic …
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver …
It won a "reader's choice" award. whatever.scalzi.com/2023/07/25/the-kaiju-preservation-society-is-a-2023-ohioana-book-award-winner/
Elke Veraart is in prison. She used to be an eco-terrorist, hunting down poachers to …
I have not been reading fiction much (yay thesis reading), but I picked this up again today, and it is growing on me.
Abeni’s Song by award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark is the enchanting beginning of an epic …
Based on jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/girl-in-the-forest and Djinn books.
