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commented on Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner

Hannah Kaner: Faithbreaker (2025, HarperCollins Publishers) No rating

THE EPIC FINALE TO THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING FALLEN GODS TRILOGYIn the …

Look this is the third book in the series. Broadly it's pretty good, but for a series about gods, it has two fire gods (different types) and their names both start with H and I keep getting them mixed up.

finished reading The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

Em X. Liu: The Death I Gave Him (Hardcover, 2023, Rebellion) No rating

A lyrical queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet as a locked-room thriller. A Twenty-First Century …

Eh, I didn't really enjoy this. It's a sort of retelling of Hamlet but set in the future in a biochemistry lab.

commented on The System of the World by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle, #3)

Neal Stephenson: The System of the World (Hardcover, 2004, William Morrow) No rating

'Tis done.

The world is a most confused and unsteady place -- especially London, …

I'm in the last 300 pages of the book (and series) and I'm pretty excited to find out how he wraps it all up. My general reflection is that the whole series has been a good time and I don't get the hate some people have for it.

started reading Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (Tomes & Tea, #1)

Rebecca Thorne: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (AudiobookFormat, 2024, Pan Macmillan)

A heart-warming, sapphic journey brimming with jeopardy, magic and a love of tea – for …

I don't usually read multiple books at the same time but the Neal Stephenson book is too large to carry around and read when I'm out of the house. So it's another little cosy fantasy book.

finished reading The Confusion by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle, #2)

Neal Stephenson: The Confusion (Hardcover, 2004, William Morrow) No rating

In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, …

34.5 audiobook hours but it's finished! I'm actually pretty keen to get onto the final book of the cycle now. Shall I go back to physical rather than audiobook?