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Jules

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Joined 2 years, 5 months ago

I'll read just about anything that catches my eye, especially if there's an audiobook of it!

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An Yu: Ghost Music (2022, Penguin Random House)

From the author of the “original and electric” Braised Pork (Time), An Yu’s enchanting and …

Ghost Music

3.5 stars. An interesting read. It was kind of like a piece of music. I enjoyed the vibe, but I'm not totally sure what happened.

reviewed Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

Mur Lafferty: Station Eternity (Paperback, 2022, Penguin Publishing Group)

Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …

An Eternity of Plot Threads

3.5 I liked the characters a lot, but at times, it felt like there was too much going on plot-wise. Recommended for a fun, space mystery.

Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (AudiobookFormat, 2004, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC)

Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time …

Magical History Tour

I have literally had a copy of this book since it came out and was finally able to read it through the magic of audiobooks. The narrator is very good and does distinct character voices that made it much easier to follow and digest. The book itself was very enjoyable, as long novels often are, once you really get into them. There is A LOT of world building and detail, and the characters were mutlifaceted and interesting and the language surrouning faerie and magic was very evocative. Highly recommended.