Literature

nobody reads this junk here so i'll just shout at a cloud

a deadly education, naomi novik - this should finally unjam the block i've had on fiction; i don't do well with fiction when the world is burning. i've picked this up and set it down many times, but the novelty is that normally, a fiction book that stops after the halfway point to do world-building is one that will end up propping open a door. but in this one the late add increased my interest.

keep my heart in san francisco, amelia diane coombs - an adorable fluffy book set nearby that ended up on the to-be-finished pile during some political firestorm or other.

guide du routard, catalogne - americans don't want to see what i want to see and american guidebooks know it. i often drag in other people's guidebooks when i think about going other people's places.

Now I'm reading Wheel Of Time, stuck on the 4th book.

I just read Uprooted, by Naomi Novik, simply because it was available with no wait time on Libby. What a great find! I devoured it in two days. It has a really nice take on folkloric fantasy and magic, and a nice satisfying arc that explains enough, while leaving a good amount of mystery.

Currently Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

A Clockwork Orange!

Nona the Ninth (third book in The Locked Tomb series, which starts with Gideon the Ninth)

I am absolutely loving this series, I had no idea what I was getting into. Solid plot, great style, fun, super clever. Highly recommend.

Essex Dogs. It's a historical fiction novel about a band of mercenaries aiding England's invasion of France in the 1300s. It's my palate cleanser after finished the third Stormlight Archives novel.

I just picked up a copy of house of leaves. Saw it referenced a few times in some other media I liked and figured I may as well check out the book itself.

Making my way through Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. Really enjoying it so far.

Currently trying to finish a book called Les protégés de Sainte Kinga (only available in French I'm afraid, it's recent and really obscure), the story mixes historical fiction with current-day crime fiction. The settings and scenario are interesting, but I'm not too fond of the writing style and the storytelling.

I’m reading through Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle for the first time, and I’m currently on Tales from Earthsea. Fantastic, unique books.

I just started reading 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss.

Twig by Wildbow. A long web-series about a group of experiments in the dystopic 20s Crown States of America

Finished the sequel to Becky Chamber’s A Psalm For The Wild-Built. Can’t recommend this series more highly for a glimpse into a calming and peaceful alternative future.

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I'm reading Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Currently reading/listening to the Dresden series, on White Night right now, listening while I travel for work and the books are great fun

House of Leaves. It's a strange book.

Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s the third in a really awesome, incredibly well thought-out sci-fi series.

Finished up my reread of Dune and onto Dune Messiah. I also have House of Leaves and Beckett Molloy trilogy in the wings to start at some point.

Just started book 8 of The Expance series

About 50% through Witch King by Martha Wells, and am so far highly enjoying whatever is going on with this worldbuilding.