Book Roundup

[unicornduke]

I think I've posted a bunch on other platforms but not here. The libby app is amazing and also very good for reading books. There's been a minor kerfuffle with my local library, it closed for a month because part of a wall fell down so getting new books is slightly more difficult. They moved to a new temp location but hours open are very limited.

A list of books I've read lately and enjoyed

• This Poison Heart by Kaylnn Bayron - plants, mysteries and magic. Excellent and I actually bought a physical copy. Sequel coming in 2022
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna - fantasy world, incredible plot and storytelling, amazing ending. sequel coming in the next year or so I think
• Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire - a ghost story told by the ghost. delightful and not too spooky. Second book in the series also very very good
• Cinder by Melissa Meyer - Cinderella story meets cyberpunk. very very good, only note is a major plot arc involves a pandemic which hits different these days
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells - now I understand the murderbot hype. I read this book three times in a day, it was so good.
• Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse - incredible worldbuilding, amazing descriptions, great plot. does end on a cliffhanger and book 2 of 3 is coming out soonish
• Hungry Hearts - an anthology with the focus on food. mostly feel good stories but a few darker ones as well
• New Suns - an anthology of speculative fiction writing by authors of color, really really good stories
• The City We Became by NK Jemisin - not the book she's well known for but an incredible story about people and New York City. Just really good.

There's been some others but I will leave it here.

Comments

[oracne]

Good to know about the Black Sun cliffhanger! I feel okay now about putting it aside for a while. (I got started, but wasn't in the right mood.)

MURDERBOT IS THE BEST.

[unicornduke]

I found the first third of Black Sun was a little bit hard to grasp everything but after that, the plot rocketed along and was thoroughly enjoyable. But yeah, cliffhanger.

I love murderbot and I barely met it