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Dr Ms Kat

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finished reading Country by Bruce Pascoe (First Knowledges, #3)

Bruce Pascoe, Bill Gammage: Country (Paperback, 2021, Thames & Hudson) No rating

For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and …

This was great but gosh I'm bad at reading physical books.

finished reading A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)

Robert Jackson Bennett: A Drop of Corruption (2025, Del Rey)

The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant …

The first book of this series won last year's novel Hugo but I just don't see it. It's fine, but I didn't enjoy it and the 'whodunnit' was not very surprising.

Emily Tesh: The Incandescent (Hardcover, Orbit)

"Look at you, eating magic like you're one of us."

Doctor Walden is the …

Ok, this was much better than my first impression thought it would be. Yes, it's another wizard school book, but it's written from a teacher's perspective, and I perhaps identify a bit strongly with that character.

Alix E. Harrow: The Everlasting (2025, Tor Publishing)

From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a …

Loved it. Don't want to say anything because spoilers, but if you're looking for something to read then pick this up.

Alix E. Harrow: The Everlasting (2025, Tor Publishing)

From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a …

I'm only on the second book of my Hugos reading, but this one is galloping towards being top of the novels category.

James S. A. Corey: The Faith of Beasts (Hardcover, Orbit)

The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound …

So the bad thing with reading books from a series as they're released is now I have to wait two years for the next installment.

Kim Stanley Robinson: 2312 (Hardcover, 2012, Orbit) No rating

The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. …

It's astonishing how KSR manages to write such unlikeable characters in every single book.