Check out my super fast turnaround on reading The Kingdom of Copper (the second book in the Daevabad trilogy) and this final installation! After it was like two years after reading The City of Brass that I finally continued with the series, I'm really proud of my "only" a couple months between these last two. Go me! Also, it… Continue reading The Empire of Gold
Category: Fantasy
The Kingdom of Copper
It has been, embarrassingly, years since I read The City of Brass. In my defense, this book wasn't published yet, at the time, for me to have continued with the series then (though I do remember wishing it was). Anyways, as with The Poppy War (The Dragon Republic, The Burning God) series, I waited wayyyy too long between… Continue reading The Kingdom of Copper
The Girl from the Sea
I had one final very slow curbside shift at the library before we switch over to full open hours next week, so I decided to grab a graphic novel to keep me company throughout the morning. I'd heard some great things about this one and it was sitting there on the "new" shelf just looking out… Continue reading The Girl from the Sea
The Witch’s Heart
I love a good mythology retelling. And I'm a real sucker for the "from a female/feminist perspective" retelling trend that has recently hit the book world. I just loved Miller's Circe when I read it a few years ago (yea, I'm a reading cliché right there). And more recently I also really enjoyed Barker's The Silence… Continue reading The Witch’s Heart
Black Water Sister
This was a spur-of-the-moment grab at the library on my last shift before heading out for vacation. Not like I needed any more books to bring, as I had a stack of like 7 (for a week-long vacation) already set aside. But, thus are the downsides of working at the library I suppose. Haha. And… Continue reading Black Water Sister
Payback’s a Witch
I love witches. And this title was eye-rolling-ly catchy. And the cover art is actually legit right on point for my preferred witchy aesthetic. And I actually won a copy from a Goodreads giveaway (can you believe it?! - that like, never happens). And I was going on vacation to Hawaii and honestly I can't think of any… Continue reading Payback’s a Witch
Middlegame
Although I'm reading through it slow as molasses, I freaking love McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway series. I know that she has written like, so many, books, so I'm not sure why I was drawn to this one as my next McGuire read, in particular. But whatever the reason, it's been on my TBR since it was published a few years… Continue reading Middlegame
The Forgotten Kingdom
If you will recall, when I read The Lost Queen a little over a year ago, I fell in love with it. From the setting to the characters to the vibe, and of course the story (as we all know Arthurian Legend has always been a favorite "retelling" topic of mine), it was just wonderful. And I am… Continue reading The Forgotten Kingdom
Legendborn
Magic, King Arthur and a UNC-Chapel Hill setting? I’m not entirely sure that there’s a book more in line with my life and interests than that. Plus, every single review I’ve read has been glowing. So really there was never a chance I didn’t read this one. Expectations were high. And wow – it stood… Continue reading Legendborn
The Witch King
I'm getting marginally better at remembering where I get book recommendations from (go me!), so here I'd like to just shout out @trans_cending_literature for being the first person to put this book on my radar/TBR. I added a request for the library where I work to purchase it, but it wasn't happening fast enough for me because it… Continue reading The Witch King