Reading Wednesday
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starsprayEvery Monday I think, "I should do Reading Wednesday this week" and then by Wednesday I have completely forgotten, rinse and repeat, etc. Anyway, it's been...I don't want to look at my tag. A month at least? Since I did the last one. But highlights:
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske - This came out last Tuesday and I was first to put it on hold. It's the third in The Last Binding trilogy and it did not disappoint! I blew through the second half in spite of wanting to savor it because the stakes got very high and I was very worried, so I'm going to have to reread it very soon in order to properly absorb everything. The last scene was a delightful bookend to the first in A Marvellous Light, and I loved both Jack and Alan, the POV characters in this story, though I think the first book, and Robin and Edwin, will remain my favorites. Highly recommend the whole series, and I can't wait to see what Marske comes out with next.
Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch - I forget how I found this one. The "New Arrivals" page of the library catelogue probably? Anyway it's a regency romance and it's very silly and very fun, involving a poodle mixup and then several dognappings, forcing our heroine and hero into working together to find the dognapper in question. Also, a refreshing mixup of POVs into a lower class couple that gets dragged into the shenanigans.
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher - The gingerbread man with a knife on the cover really sold me. I enjoyed this a lot--a YA fantasy where the teenage heroine is extremely put out about all of the circumstances that led her into having to be a heroine. Also the magic is really fun--everyone has a very specific talent, and Mona's is baking. Starts off with someone going around murdering magicians, and ends with the city under siege, and also there is a semi sentient somewhat carnivorous sourdough starter that might be my favorite character.
Also reread His Majesty's Dragon, because I recently uncovered the other Temeraire books I bought several years ago after I first read it, and realized I'd kind of forgotten what the first one was about, aside from a few key scenes. Also reread Mansfield Park, and am currently rereading Pride and Prejudice, both of those via audiobook.
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske - This came out last Tuesday and I was first to put it on hold. It's the third in The Last Binding trilogy and it did not disappoint! I blew through the second half in spite of wanting to savor it because the stakes got very high and I was very worried, so I'm going to have to reread it very soon in order to properly absorb everything. The last scene was a delightful bookend to the first in A Marvellous Light, and I loved both Jack and Alan, the POV characters in this story, though I think the first book, and Robin and Edwin, will remain my favorites. Highly recommend the whole series, and I can't wait to see what Marske comes out with next.
Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch - I forget how I found this one. The "New Arrivals" page of the library catelogue probably? Anyway it's a regency romance and it's very silly and very fun, involving a poodle mixup and then several dognappings, forcing our heroine and hero into working together to find the dognapper in question. Also, a refreshing mixup of POVs into a lower class couple that gets dragged into the shenanigans.
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher - The gingerbread man with a knife on the cover really sold me. I enjoyed this a lot--a YA fantasy where the teenage heroine is extremely put out about all of the circumstances that led her into having to be a heroine. Also the magic is really fun--everyone has a very specific talent, and Mona's is baking. Starts off with someone going around murdering magicians, and ends with the city under siege, and also there is a semi sentient somewhat carnivorous sourdough starter that might be my favorite character.
Also reread His Majesty's Dragon, because I recently uncovered the other Temeraire books I bought several years ago after I first read it, and realized I'd kind of forgotten what the first one was about, aside from a few key scenes. Also reread Mansfield Park, and am currently rereading Pride and Prejudice, both of those via audiobook.
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