January Reading List

 Read in January:

• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon - omg this was an Epic. It was twice the length of any other book and it was such a cool entwined story of fantasy and magic. Super cool and really epic final battle. Library e-book
• Like Thunder by Nnedi Okorafor - a sequel to Shadow Speaker and really really good Library e-book
• And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohammed - novella, short story ? length, quick little read that was amazingly good and beautiful Library e-book
• Uncanny Magazine Issue 35 Library e-book
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine - a new ambassador to an empire has an EXTREMELY busy week, really really good  Library e-book
• The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart - first of a trilogy, really great fantasy set up, really compelling and some fucked up stuff  Library e-book
• Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa - Really really really good and augh much feelings Library e-book
• Latest issue of Spin Off Magazine Library e-book
• The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart - second in the trilogy, more and more fucked up stuff happening, very good Library e-book
• Second Chances in New Port Stephan by TJ Alexander - really sweet and fun little romance book Library e-book
• Spindle's End by Robin McKinley - I'm really surprised I never read this book before considering how much I read some of McKinley's other books. A really good book about found family and magic and changing fates. Double appreciation for the spinning details. Physical library book
• Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson - incredibly wild story of a colony ship trip gone incredibly horribly wrong, locked room murder mystery Physical library book

Re-read

• Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho - accidental re-read, I thought, oh I love Zen Cho's stuff and about halfway through I realized I ahd read this before. Delightfully good re-read, fun little story Physical library book

DNF

• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu - I loved Babel so much but this one was so wildly different in tone. I didn't really like the characters and I think this is some other type of story, more like a tale of legends than a story of a person.  Library e-book