Uprooted by Naomi Novik. Uprooted is the story of Agnieszka, a seemingly normal girl from a village in a seemingly quiet valley. Except the valley is the frontline in the battle between the evil that lurks in the Wood and the mysterious wizard known only as the...
A Court of Thorns & Roses (#1) by Sarah J. Maas. I'm a big fan of Maas' Throne of Glass series, so I was pretty excited to get my hands on her newest venture. This latest book from Ms. Maas is one part fantasy romance, one part Old English lore, one part Beauty & the...
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. Our most recent book club pick was the new novel by the author of Cloud Atlas. It's a similar setup, in that the book is divided into separate stories/sections with overlapping details. But it's more condensed here, as all of the...
Half a King (Shattered Sea #1) by Joe Abercrombie. Prince Yarvi of Gettland never expected or wanted to be king. Born the crippled youngest son to a family that values fighting skill over all else, Yarvi has mostly been ignored while studying to be a minister. Until...
The Woodcutter by Kate Danley. This was an impulse buy during one of Amazon's holiday Kindle sales, and I'm so glad I got it. It's the story of The Woodcutter (as you might guess), a seemingly simple woodsman who despite the name does not actually chop wood for a...
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. This is a great example of one of those times when picking up a book because of its cool cover really pays off. Annihilation is the first short book in a series about the mysterious Area X. It's never stated directly, but the sense I...
Stonehill Downs by Sarah Remy. I've been on a bit of a non-fiction kick lately (thanks, book club) and let me just say that it was so good to get back to my regular fantasy wheelhouse. And this book in particular was a good step back into it. Stonehill Downs is the...
Revelation Space (Revelation Space #1) by Alastair Reynolds. This was recommended to me by a friend back in August, and I finally got around to reading it. It tells the story, mainly, of one Dan Sylveste, an interstellar scientist bent on figuring out what happened to...
Time for some book talk! Here's a few reads I'm currently working my way through: New Reads Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds. The first book in the series. This one was recommended to me by a friend as sci-fi worth reading. I'm about halfway through, and I think...
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti. I don't remember exactly how this book got on my to-read list (it's not my usual jaunt into bookland), but I'm glad it did. How Should a Person Be? is part philosophy, part autobiographical confession, part fiction. It jumps...
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