I chose this book for a very specific book bingo related reason, and if not for that, I would have DNFed it after the first few pages. I hope that this will be the worst book that I read in 2024, and that things will only get better from here.
Tag: fantasy
Book Review: All The Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows
With this book, Meadows has given us a book that not only explores what it might take to make an arranged, hasty political marriage work while also trying to heal your own individual trauma, but also the “what next” inherent in coming out after a lifetime of being closeted.
Book Review: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The first book I finished reading in 2024 was The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. Surprisingly, this was my first time reading this classic of fantasy fiction. I also have no memory of ever seeing the animated movie. This strikes me as weird because I loved unicorns as a kid and grew up on…
Book Review: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis
Scales and Sensibility is a regency romance which takes place in an England that will feel very much like the England of most regency romances (which is to say, historically accurate-ish but with a gloss of wishful thinking over everything). The main difference of course, is the presence of dragons.
Book Review: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
It took me a bit to sit down and write this review because for the first few days after I read Little Thieves, I just wanted to do the Kermit arm flail.
The Best Books I Read in 2021
I read so many books in 2021! While some failed to wow me, most ranged from pretty good to amazing. It was honestly a great year for books, in my opinion.
Book Review: The Wolf and The Woodsman by Ava Reid
This book has come across my social media timelines a few times so I decided to give it a chance, and honestly I don’t know what people saw in this book.
Book Review: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
At its heart, Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune is a redemption story. And while I can’t say that the main character Wallace was unworthy of redemption, I started the book in serious doubts as to whether I wanted to spend hundreds of pages watching him earn that redemption.
Book Review: Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé
I feel like this is a book that should be taught in creative writing workshops. It’s an example of how narrative doesn’t have to fit neatly into the dominant idea of “craft”, how prose can be as lyrical as poetry, how difficult stories can be told beautifully, so that they lodge hooks into your heart.
Two Books About Speaking with the Dead
I recently read The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu, and as I was reading it I was struck by how it explores some of the same themes as Katherine Addison’s The Witness for the Dead, but in a completely different way.