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Wheel of Time by Jordan should count right? Or anything that has the "moving of time?"

The cover is the reason I want to read and not want to read it at the same time. Just in case I do read it, I can't read your review, but I'm sure it is great! 🙂

How is it possible that jude only met sexual predictors in his childhood? Like we know those people exist but is it every other dude you meet on the road?

Do you happen to remember where the interview came from? I'd like to check it out. If you can believe it, I've never read an Erik Larson book!

Just like those comedians who punch down and when there’s pushback, they whine that they’re being canceled and we have to sense of humor. You’re not the victim!

 My Inner Child Wants to Kill is supposed to be humorous, and maybe that is supposed to cover up the anger and misogyny, but it fails. Books like that drive me crazy. They hide under the umbrella of comedy/satire while trafficking...

I still can't get over the way she described lasagna. I'm so glad you loved this!!

I was very pleasantly surprised by the first book, which I hadn't really expected to like much. I hated the second season of the TV show, so I'm glad this book tells a different story. I have put myself on...

I have this on hold, I've skimmed the review out of extreme spoiler aversion but will come back after!

every time someone tries to tell me that scifi was invented recently (or, I suppose, perfected recently) I want to rend my teeth and throw this book at them

I just got a friend who's struggled for ages to find something that sparks into Clocktaur, so Yes to coining the phrase an Embarrassment/Angst of Paladins!!! My other friend felt like Swordheart was too quest-y and that Halla was too...

sorry now I'm just screaming into the void because my brain couldn't hold all the details about how people appeared but [spoiler title="question"] at the end of the book, Joe at the end introduces himself as part Chinese, and that's...

oh my god I just finished this and because of the author bio at the end realized this is the author of The Watchmaker at Filigree Street and the clockwork octopus!!!

When I picked it up at the bookstore, one of the sales associates came over to tell me that I was holding her favorite book, which led to a very interesting conversation about Le Guin, science fiction and other favorite...

Oh man. Marcus' is going to hurt. I would guess that Judith is the finale. I'm really excited to see the larger threads get resolved around gods and demons and such.

Maybe an Angst of Paladins would have been more appropriate? 😀

This was the first novel I'd read by Ursula K. LeGuin, and I think it's magnificent! Such an incredible story of friendship and bridging differences.

Shirley Jackson is wonderful. I recently read her story "The Summer People," which isn't as famous as "The Lottery," but also has that slow build to horror.

According to a recent Ask Me Anything, Marcus’s book is going to the publisher by the end of the year, and the we eventually get Wren with Judith at the end. And then maybe a Jorge standalone.

'Embarrassment of Paladins' <-- Well that's a new collective noun for meI love that you've opened the Kingfisher floodgates!

Yeah! I saw your Clocktaur reviews but had to wait to read it until I finished Wonder Engine. Such a fun pair of books. And I cannot wait for the remaining Paladins, especially Judith!

I've been meaning to update here: The Everlasting absolutly did run away with the Hugo for Best Novel.

Happy Cannonball! By the sound of it, Eleanor just can't catch a break, in death or in life. ' Sir, kindly make up your mind' indeed!

Happy Cannonball! Based on the blurb alone, I probably would have given this one a wide berth, but your review is haing me reconsider that: "[...]never named, referred to as «The Defendant» throughout the book" Good, good to hear the...

I love that we’re having a collective T. Kingfisher moment!

It’s really one long book broken into two, so be prepared to read them together.

Thank you. Telling the story from some of the victim's points of view, and making it a female-centred story absolutely helps make it as compelling as it is. I hope you enjoy it when you finally read it.

Thank you. It was absolutely a book to inspire female rage, and I got even angrier after I read the full story, of how many women who had tried to report him, and how the system and patriarchy allowed him...

After reading the book, I just couldn't help myself; I needed to know the truth behind the horrible story.

Thank you.

I need to read both Swordheart and Daggerbound, but a friend from book club told me I needed to read this duology first. Having more T. Kingfisher to read isn't exactly a chore, but I'm glad to hear that these...

Happy Cannonball, I'm sorry it's on a book that was so frustrating.

Thank you! What made it worse, is that I went into the book really hoping it would be enjoyable.

Helpful review!

Happy Cannonball, even if it’s a 2 star review. The review is delightful, clearly more so than the book.

This sounds amazing. I generally restrict my true crime to pre-20th century, but this is going on my TBR. Congrats on the cannonball!

Happy Cannonballs! I absolutely loved this one - I usually also don’t do much true crime so I loved how this one changed the focus and also called out that the need to make these men seem like geniuses is...

Added to the TBR!

I have had several: :going to upset me and creep me the f*ck out, I couldn’t help myself from reading" moments. And I felt similar regret when I found myself reading about Jim Jones and my Internet Rabbit Hole search...

Congrats on the Cannonball!

Happy cannonball! This was recommended to me by someone who also doesn't read this genre normally, and I'm glad I took her up on it.

I’m cutting way back on arcs. I’m not requesting anything, though there are a few authors from whom I will happily accept arcs if they send them. I need to read without a deadline for a while.

Thank you! What was going to end up being my 52nd review of the year has changed a LOT over the last few months, as I've been pushing non-ARC reviews further and further down the list and only really reviewing...

I’m so glad your Cannonball book was one that rewarded you for going outside of your comfort zone. Happy Cannonball!

This book is a masterpiece. Among the many things I love about it is the way that Jessilyn's pony Ingrid serves as a kind of metric or gauge for Jessilyn's progression from relative innocence to... what she becomes. A survivor....

At least it has a neat cover..... ?

I really enjoyed this one.

The long and rather slow beginning to this one contains a lot of setup that pays off in the later book in the trilogy. I learned a lot about medieval Russian culture and folklore from this series.

Great review! I loved this book when I read it.

First, of course her name is Eudora and second all the ! in (And his aunt Eudora was in the old sci-fi show AJ likes! And he’s spending the summer with her, so AJ gets to meet her! Isn’t life...