Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
When assistant prosecutor Bert Cousins crashes a christening party at the house of Fix Keating, a cop he barely knows, he improbably winds up kissing the cop's beautiful young wife, Beverly, sparking an affair that ends two marriages and leads to Bert and Beverly getting remarried to each other. The … [Read more]
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Okay, I know I said I was done with this romantasy bull, but I came back. I was on a weekend away with friends, lamenting how much I despised the first of the ACOTAR novels, particularly Tamlin. I really, really, really hated Tamlin. You can read my first review if you're so inclined. But they … [Read more]
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
At long last, I have joined the throngs of adoring fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, having listened to the first audiobook via Audible. The voice acting was by far the best voice acting I think I've ever had in an audiobook, closely followed by Project Hail Mary, which also had … [Read more]
The Snow Child: A Novel by Eowyn Ivey
Cbr18bingo craft (a husband and wife craft a child out of snow) The Snow Child is an engaging novel that combines life on a harsh frontier with a fanciful, magical fairy tale. Both can be quite grim and yet it is not a foregone conclusion that harsh reality will ever prevail. Withstanding the … [Read more]
The Poet Emperess by Shen Tao
I have both ElCicco and Narfa for bringing this book to my attention earlier this year. Completely worth it and up there with The Everlasting and The Raven Scholar as one of the best page turner’s of the year so far. Very mild spoilers below: This is another one of those fantasy novels that … [Read more]
The Tapestry of Fate: Amina al-Sirafi #2 by Shannon Chakraborty
I seem to be drawn this year to adventures on the high seas: lady pirates, survivors of shipwrecks, badass dude divers, and even more badass lady divers. So it's only fitting that I continue with Shannon Chakraborty's second Amina al-Sirafi novel, The Tapestry of Fate because Amina al-Sirafi is, of … [Read more]
