May reading list

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 Read in May

• The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher - Really fun world building and what happens to an organization in decline, very cool, first in a trilogy. lots of bouncing between character views, physical library book
• Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan - wraps up the memoir series in a way I wasn't expecting and wrapped up some mysteries I thought they wouldn't wrap up and it was SO GOOD, physical library book
• The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells - the wizards have GUNS, extremely fun and good look at culture clashing, physical book borrowed from a friend
• Stormsong by C.L Polk - second in the series, main character had a very busy two weeks, destroying the horrible *redacted* and overthrowing a monarch, excellent, can't wait to read the third in the series, physical library book
• Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai - I wanted to like this a lot but the main character was so uwu that I barely got through it. Neat magic ideas though. Wish the author had focused on the greater world plot because that was super interesting instead of the not super interesting romance. Perhaps this book wasn't for me. library e-book
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim - solidly interesting book with a lot of cool worldbuilding and fun personal conflict. I found the main character to be annoying but probably realistic to most 17 year old people. library e-book
• The Paradox by Charlie Fletcher - second in the Oversight series, really good middle book, fun and engaging the whole way, even more characters but its to tell the whole story, even when some characters can't see certain parts, library e-book
• The Remnant by Charlie Fletcher - final in the series, had a big epic final thing that was really good and tied everything together but I'm irritated that *redacted* died and the power of twu wuv saved certain characters who I felt shouldn't have been saved because I found the twu wuv thing annoying. I think there's a theme here for me. I don't hate romance in a story but it can be annoying when it feels shoehorned in. library e-book

Re-read

• Witchmark by CL Polk - personal e-book - my library didn't have a copy in, so I bought the ebook so I could re-read it before reading the 2nd and 3rd in the series because I remember it being really really good and I was right. Magic, inequality in society and small and large revolutions, highly recommend. and they're gay. 

DNF

• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James - tends toward sexually explicit, not my thing. library e-book