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2023 Reading Wrap-Up
Wow, what a year 2023 turned out to be! I’m so pleased with my reading from 2023, so here we go with a hopefully-brief wrap-up! Some Stats Over the course of 2023 I read a total of 71 books, with no DNF’s! That is much more than I have ever read in a single year…
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Synopsis: A lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: a…
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Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Synopsis: When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn’t always what we seek. Viv’s career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she’s packed off against her will to recuperate in…
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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Synopsis: Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a…
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The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
Synopsis: High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few. If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below. Charismatic and powerful, Iravan is one such…
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Mid-Year Reading Wrap-Up
Since I’m a little late in writing this one and we’ve crept past the middle of the year now, this will be a (hopefully) somewhat succinct wrap-up of my reading so far. Some Stats So far this year, I’ve read 36 books! (I’ve actually read 38 now, but we aren’t counting July here.) I am…
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