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[Kaia]

I finished The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett last night, and I loved it, especially because it sucked me in and kept my attention at a time when I've been struggling to read anything. It's an intriguing fantasy / mystery set in a very unique world, and I thought the characters were interesting. I hope he writes another book in this world with the same main characters in the future. I may have to check out his previous books now - this was my first one by Bennett.

[Silvana]

Ambereyes wrote: "Silvana wrote: "Starting Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror 2024 excited!"

Sounds very interesting!"

Marc wrote: "my horror books start in October! I have Joe Hill's Strange weather and a few Stephen Graham Jones books all queued up! that Sinophagia sounds interesting, adding to my to-buy/to-read!"

Kirsten wrote: "Silvana wrote: "Starting Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror 2024 excited!"

Ooh! I do love a good anthology of horror!"

Yes, I was so stoked since Xueting told me last year about this book! Asian horror are usually crazy scary. Should we BR this if there are many interested readers....

[Silvana]

Kaia wrote: "I finished The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett last night, and I loved it, especially because it sucked me in and kept my attention at a time when I've been struggling to rea..."

This has been in my wishlist for ages. If you like Bennet's writing you might want to check his Divine Cities trilogy, it is also really good. First book: City of Stairs

[Kaia]

Silvana wrote: "This has been in my wishlist for ages. If you like Bennet's writing you might want to check his Divine Cities trilogy, it is also really good. First book: City of Stairs"

Thanks for the recommendation, Silvana! I will check it out.

[Economondos]

Working through the TBR Cleanup Challenge with Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

While it stands on its own, reading Guards! Guards! and Men at Arms make the recurring characters more real. New characters Cheery Littlebottom and Dorfl area great additions.

My review here.

And over to the 2024 Read All the Books Challenge with Pawn of Prophecy. It looks like I might finish both challenges before the end of the year.

[Rachel]

I just started Tainted Cup myself! Good start.

[Ambereyes]

Silvana wrote: "Ambereyes wrote: "Silvana wrote: "Starting Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror 2024 excited!"

Sounds very interesting!"

Marc wrote: "my horror books start in October! I h..."
I will definitely read this book. So you definitely have at least one interested reader.

By the way, I finished reading The Unspoken Name and The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood.

I really liked both books. The author has created a whole universe. Different worlds, inhabited by all kinds of creatures, from humans to intelligent snakes, are connected by a maze, a kind of labyrinth, where skyships move and flying whales live. In addition, the first book can teach some good life lessons about becoming a truly independent person and making good choices.

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From Netgalley.

Feuds by Mercedes Lackey

Year's Best African Speculative Fiction 2023 by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

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[Alexandra]

I finished A Matter of Oaths. A nicely written space opera, which was very progressive for 1980's. It was interesting, but there was too much plot and too much world-building crammed into a relatively short book.

My review is here ;)

[Economondos]

Completed Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Recommend this book and the entire series. An especially good one for those new to the fantasy genre.

My review here

Working through more of this year's reread challenges; started The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-The-Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner. Can't stop smiling while I read this one (even though it does remind me of reading The World of Christopher Robin to my mother during her last days). But I recommend both to anyone who wants a change of pace from SF&F for a few days.

[Rora]

Economondos wrote: "Working through more of this year's reread challenges; started The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-The-Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner. Can't stop smiling while I read this one (even though it does remind me of reading The World of Christopher Robin to my mother during her last days). But I recommend both to anyone who wants a change of pace from SF&F for a few days."

I re-read Winnie the Pooh and House at Pooh Corner last year. It was nice to revisit them.

Currently reading...
A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

[CJ]

It's that time of year where I make an attempt to be a horror reader for "spooky season" and this year I'm already doing better than last year. Last year I made it through 1 1/2 books. That half I came back to this year and finished--Boys of the Valley by Philip Fracassi. I know this author has fans, but I can't count myself among them after this book.

But I enjoyed The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir and Scourge Among the Stars by Ness Brown much more, so I'm already one whole "spooky" book ahead of last year. Yay!

My current horror read in Bunny by Mona Awad. I've tried to read this in the past but couldn't get into, not because of the novel itself, but my own moods and energy levels. I've been wanting to read this for some time and hopefully can finish it so I can pretentiously add my own opinions to all the other opinions about this book out there.

Next up on my spooky season TBR list (Scourge Among the Stars has made me want to read more space horror so this list may grow beyond what's realistic for me very soon):

The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper
We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Pet Sematary by Stephen King (reread--haven't read this since I was a teen)

This of course is in addition to various other books and book challenges/lists I'm working away at. I have several holds at the library too that will disrupt all my plans if they come in sooner than I was expecting lol.

[Stephen]

I just started on Fever House - ay carumba

[Jonathan]

Re-reading the Broken empire series by Mark Lawrence:

Prince of Thorns
King of Thorns
Emperor of Thorns

[Marc]

I finished Patricia McKillip's Heir of Sea and Fire, and have already started the last book in the series, Harpist in the Wind.

It's been a good read so far, and I am really enjoying the last book!

I think my next book will be Ursula K LeGuin's Lavinia. and happy it's not part of a series!

[Emy]

Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really enjoying that and should be done with it over the next few days. I started The Handmaid’s Tale just yesterday as I’ve been wanting to read that for a while. I am also picking up The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon tomorrow so I’ll likely be starting that some time this week.

Last year I tried to incorporate more horrors for spooky season, but I think this year feels like a mood read kind of autumn.

[Stephen]

Emy wrote: "Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really enjoying that and should be done with it over the next few days. I started The Handmaid’s Tale just yesterday as I’ve been wanting to read that for a w..."

Wish I could say I enjoyed Babel!

[Kirsten]

Emy wrote: "Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really enjoying that and should be done with it over the next few days. I started The Handmaid’s Tale just yesterday as I’ve been wanting to read that for a w..."

It doesn't really feel like autumn yet.

[CJ]

I guess that's relative. Where I live in the US, while the temperatures aren't really cooling off yet, the sun set is noticeably earlier and that definitely makes it feel more autumny to me.

[Economondos]

Portland area has lower temps and some rain this week. And I still have two more things to paint (drats).

[Dan]

It is cooling off in the Midwest and leaves are starting to turn on my burning bush. I'm currently reading Kitty Cat Kill Sat by Argus and listening to The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor while mowing the lawn. Both are set in space so I won't complain about the cool weather here:)

[Ambereyes]

I am in the final stages of reading Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

Stephen wrote: "Emy wrote: "Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really enjoying that and should be done with it over the next few days. I started The Handmaid’s Tale just yesterday as I’ve been wanting to read ..."

I read Babel a year or two ago. It is a very unusual and well written book.

[Brett]

About 1/3 into Bernard Cornwell's, Waterloo (his only nonfiction.) Enjoying it so far.

I'm spoiled for choice WRT fantasy and horror, but I'll be diving into two of them soon.

[Stephen]

Ambereyes wrote: "I am in the final stages of reading Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

Stephen wrote: "Emy wrote: "Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really enjoying that and should be done with it over the n..."

Both true: unusual and well written. What galled me however was that the central theme of the book (metaphorically and literally) spoke to the 'power of words' - and yet the conclusion it wants us to draw (rammed home with the subtitle) is 'only violence works'. In the end I was actually grossed out by this book.

[Michelle]

Brett wrote: "About 1/3 into Bernard Cornwell's, Waterloo (his only nonfiction.) Enjoying it so far..."

I haven't gotten to that one yet, but I intend to.

[Brett]

@Michelle, I'd recommend it. Very like a Peter Hart book - lots of firsthand accounts, and a good overview of tactics, personalities, and the big picture.

I decided on Olivie Blake's, Masters of Death (my only other option to hand was Mike Nappa's, Annabel Lee.)

[Emy]

I’m in the UK and it definitely feels like summer’s over, we’ve had nothing but cold, wind, rain and hailstone for days. 👎🏼

What a shame some of you didn’t get along with Babel! I’m enjoying it for the author’s writing style, and also what feels like uniqueness of its plotline. I’ve certainly never read another book like it so far.

Happy reading all 🙂

[Mai]

TJ Klune's In The Lives of Puppets. This bad boy is a slow starter.

[Raucous]

Mai wrote: "TJ Klune's In The Lives of Puppets. This bad boy is a slow starter."

That's been my reaction to it as well.

I'm currently listening to Bookshops & Bonedust. I'd been saving this for road trips with my spouse, but she couldn't wait. That's a good sign. I'm enjoying it so far. It's a cozy complement to the cool and wet PNW fall weather that we're having. I just finished harvesting the apples so now I have a key ingredient for a pie and some muffins to go with the book.

[Ambereyes]

Stephen wrote: "Ambereyes wrote: "I am in the final stages of reading Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

Stephen wrote: "Emy wrote: "Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really enjoying that and should be done ..."

You have pretty much summed up my own thoughts on this book. That is why I have only described it as " very unusual and well written", not as one of my favourite books.

[Colin]

It has been tough to find reading time, but I did manage to read a brief novella, Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard. This is science fantasy, or maybe space-based fantasy, with clans and an empire vying for control of interstellar traffic and using brutal means to get their way. The cultural setting of this universe is Asian and critical to the story is a female-female romance. A good story although I wish it was a bit longer and more fleshed out.

[Stephen]

Ambereyes wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Ambereyes wrote: "I am in the final stages of reading Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

Stephen wrote: "Emy wrote: "Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really enjoying that and..."

There you go!
Here is my review if you're interested ...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mai]

Raucous wrote: "Mai wrote: "TJ Klune's In The Lives of Puppets. This bad boy is a slow starter."

That's been my reaction to it as well.

I'm currently listening to Bookshops & Bonedust. I'd been s..."

Nice with the apples. Even better once they are pie and muffins. Checking out Bookshops and Bonedust. I'm always up for suggestions!

[Mai]

Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark

[CJ]

Raucous wrote: "

I'm currently listening to Bookshops & Bonedust. I'd been s..."


I really enjoyed the audiobook of this, Baldree does agreat job reading his own work. I prefer Bookshops to Legends & Lattes, although I think Legends is more popular with the series' fans. I felt Bookshop's story was just more interesting without losing its cozy vibe.

[Marc]

Finished Patricia McKillip's Harpist in the Wind, a great book! the best of the 3 books in that series.

Decided to hold off on reading Ursula K LeGuin's Lavinia, gonna instead take on Travis Baldtree's Legends and Lattes. seems to be a fun book!

[Cynda]

I have just finished rereading Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. So now I need something less emotionally challenging. Now I read The Wild Robot Escapes (Wild Robot #2).

[Ambereyes]

Stephen wrote: "Ambereyes wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Ambereyes wrote: "I am in the final stages of reading Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

Stephen wrote: "Emy wrote: "Currently reading Babel by R.F. Kuang, really..."
Thank you! That's a great review.


CJ wrote: "Raucous wrote: "I felt Bookshop's story was just more interesting without losing its cozy vibe..."

Also, this book has Satchel the Skeleton!
I know that readers are supposed to have a self-association with the characters in the books they read, and I'm usually bad at self-association. But in the case of Satchel, this self-association has finally come about. After all, he reads as fast as I do!

Marc wrote: "Finished Patricia McKillip's Harpist in the Wind, a great book! the best of the 3 books in that series.

Decided to hold off on reading Ursula K LeGuin's Lavinia, gonna instead take on Travis Baldt..."

I have read both books and they are both very good, although each is good in its own way. Lavinia is a great book that makes you think and Legends & Lattes is a great book that makes you smile.

[Raucous]

Ambereyes wrote: "... Lavinia is a great book that makes you think and Legends & Lattes is a great book that makes you smile."

I was trying to think about how to express the difference in how these two writers affect me. That's it! Thanks.

[Kirsten]

I've been reading Prosecco Pink by Traci Andrighetti

[Ambereyes]

Raucous wrote: "Ambereyes wrote: "... Lavinia is a great book that makes you think and Legends & Lattes is a great book that makes you smile."

I was trying to think about how to express the difference in how thes..."

I like both books, so it wasn't hard for me to describe the difference between them. :)

[Stephen]

I just finished Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky - or I should say, HE just finished because I listened to his self-narrated audio book which is really good. He must have had drama training at some point because he voices all the characters like a radio play, each with their own distinct British accent and pitch.

It's a very, very good book. His best I think. Dark, but very funny. I'll put up a review of it soon.

This was my first audio book and I'm still trying to integrate the experience. It's totally different to reading!

[Mai]

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson.

[Charlton]

Mai wrote: "Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson."

I read this book, I enjoyed it. Hope you have a good time reading it as well. :)

[Marc]

Dang, Legends and Latte's was a great fun and quick read! Two thumbs up from me!!!

Now on to Ursula K LeGuin's Lavinia!

[Ambereyes]

Marc wrote: "Dang, Legends and Latte's was a great fun and quick read! Two thumbs up from me!!!

Now on to Ursula K LeGuin's Lavinia!"

I think you'll enjoy this book too. :)

[CJ]

For my spooky season reading, I recently finished Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Bunny by Mona Awad and The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper, this last one easily being my favorite among the three although I thought all of them were very good.

Also just finished Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. I've followed Zhao on social media for what feels like forever, have been meaning to read this for the past 2 years but kept putting the book off because it's YA and YA isn't my fav literary niche. But damn, I stayed up into the wee hours finishing it.

Currently reading Siege of Darkness by R. A. Salvatore, which so far, aside from my usual gripes about this series, has been very enjoyable.

[Charlton]

Finished 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea byJules Verne. I liked it, but I like sea-faring type books and that is what this is from beginning to end. But it is so technical, the one character is a professor and every part of sea life seen he has to classify. And I know Jules Verne is describing the assistant with all his classifications. But I am not a marine biologist he could be saying anything. The technicalities is what brought it down to 3 stars.
Tonight beginning The Lethe Stone by Jocelyn A. Fox.

[Kateb]

I like series, and so far this year i just cant get involved in many of them. So yesterday i decided to re read Mercy Thompson. I am so enjoying it. The style of writing as well as the constant moving story line.

Sigh i usually pick up ideas of what to read from this site, but maybe I am just too old to like the modern style of book, they seem to be too much into deep psychological thinking, or lots of description

[Colin]

Kateb wrote: "I like series, and so far this year i just cant get involved in many of them. So yesterday i decided to re read Mercy Thompson. I am so enjoying it. The style of writing as well as the constant mov..."

I may be missing the target here, but have you tried either the Priscilla Hutchins (or Academy) series from Jack McDevitt or the Cas Russell series (3 books starting with Zero Sum Game by SL Huang? Cas Russell as a math genius is an unusual action figure, being quick with a gun and an investigator and exfiltration specialist. (Huang was a math major at MIT).