Saturday, February 17, 2024

January 2024 Wrap-Up (yes, it's very late, but oh well)

It's mid February, so naturally it's finally time to post my January wrap-up.

This is the slowest January I've had since January of 2021, when I read exactly one book. But that's okay! It's not always about the quantity of books that you read, but the quality of the mediocre YA dystopians you reread. Or maybe the quality of the EXTREMELY GOOD, MUST-READ FANTASY TRILOGIES that you are still trying to get your traitor friends to read, so that you can TALK ABOUT THEM with people.

In other news, my new book club did not choose to read Fireborne as one of our next picks. But don't worry. I'm not discouraged. I'm ENcouraged! I'm energized! I'm actually going to redouble my efforts to get friends outside the book club to read the Aurelian Cycle! I'm not afraid to break into their houses and leave copies of Fireborne under their pillows...they can read it by osmosis, dammit!

If you know me in real life, please leave your windows unlocked at night <3 I have a book for you to read <3

Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman

I read somewhere* that one of the original titles that Rachel Hartman was considering for this book was Drachomachia, and I'm honestly a...