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I only track books that I read for pleasure, mostly SF/Fantasy. I've fallen out of the habit of actually writing reviews beyond giving a star rating. It would be nice to get back into that habit.
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41% complete! Aneel has read 5 of 12 books.
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That …
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver …
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That …
The Bone Shard Daughter is an unmissable fantasy debut from a major new voice in …
Novel, but it didn't really grab me.
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
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All of the plotlines neatly tied up with a bow on them. A bit too pat.
Content warning Ending
Wrapped up everything quite neatly... a bit too neatly. It felt like the authors had gotten too attached to their characters and their world to let anything really bad happen to them.
Still entertaining.
Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a …
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I was looking for an adventure book after a few more character-heavy books, and this hit the spot.
I like the trope of a complex magic system or cosmology that the characters don't really understand, but are trying to figure out, and this worked for that.
I thought the writing itself was a little uneven, with some modern idioms in a non-modern setting. I'm also always mildly annoyed when an author makes up a word to stand in for "fucking" while leaving everything else the same. You're using "shit", just use "fuck" too.
Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s …
Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s …
"She answered the Emperor's call.
She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.
In victory, her world …
