I have been waiting with a reasonably good grace (I say, not at all self-congratulatorily) for the sequel to Tasha Suri’s wonderful Empire of Sand — which is about a woman called Mehr who has inherited an important power from her Amrithi mother and now must marry the servant of the very wicked Ambhan emperor. That sequel, Realm of Ash, is out tomorrow, and I absolutely cannot wait for it, knowing as I do that it’s about the younger sister of the protagonist of Empire of Sand. I love all kinds of sequels, but I particularly love the ones that…
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What’s got two thumbs and is doing a blog event? I am so on top of this blog event that I’m posting about it before the month of November even begins. It’s Nonfiction November, and you can find the full announcement and schedule here! We’re starting with Your Year in Nonfiction, and I have had a year in nonfiction! Some things have changed! Things have changed about my nonfiction reading habits! If you want to participate in Nonfiction November (which you surely do), you can pop over to check out other people’s posts and link up your own at Julz…
Leave a CommentDid I have the purest of intentions to read spooky books in honor of spooky season? YOU BETCHA. Did I end up just reading a shit-ton of romance novels in the month of October instead? INDEED I DID. I can always read spooky stuff in November, right? Here are the romances I’ve been putting in my brain, friends. How to Catch a Wicked Viscount, Amy Rose Bennett After an indiscretion at school that leaves Sophie and her three best friends with a reputation for scandal, she never expects to be accepted back into polite society. But when Charlotte discovers Sophie…
Leave a CommentI’m just kidding with that post title. Obviously, the most important thing that happened this week is that we got a final Star Wars trailer. It seems to suggest (as other teaser stuff has) that our girl Rey is going to be tempted by the dark side of the Force. All that I desire is for Finn to pull her back to the light with the power of friendship BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDSHIP IS SO POWERFUL. However, there are other things that you might like to read and do that aren’t watching the Star Wars trailer, or reading extensive, important commentary…
Leave a CommentEver since her father’s death, years ago, Casiopea Tun has been a poor relation to her mother’s wealthy family. She’s stuck doing drudge work for any member of the family who wants something from her — particularly her cousin Martin, who resents that she will never stop insisting on her personhood, no matter how much he tries to make her submit. (Not in a sexual way! I mention this because I kept worrying that there was going to be a sexual element to this relationship, but there’s not. So don’t worry.) Her wants are small, but completely out of reach:…
Leave a CommentBreak out the red wine and, unrelatedly, the pumpkin spice everythings! It’s autumn in the sense that both of us Jennies have now experienced weather that is cooler than 80 degrees, and we are celebrating! We’re kicking off our Three Musketeers readalong in this podcast (chapters 1-7), updating you on the results of our summer book preview, and previewing some books we can’t wait to read in the fall season. Then we wrap up with a review of Eric Gansworth’s unexpectedly sad YA novel Give Me Some Truth. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or…
Leave a CommentLinear time triumphed over chaos once more: We have attained the weekend! I am sorry to all of you, but especially to the Kurds, for having to experience this fucking week. I know I just said an encouraging thing about linear time, but have we considered just pressing pause on it for a bit? Just to get a break. It wouldn’t have to be for long. How long did Joshua make the sun stand still? Can we have a pause that lasts for that length of time? ….This links round-up has gotten a little conceptual. Please have some links. I…
Leave a CommentWell, friends, Supernatural returns for its fifteenth and final season tomorrow night. I recently finished the seventh season of Supernatural, yet somehow I am not even halfway done. It is, experientially, the longest show that has ever aired on television, the show that launched a thousand gifs, the show that has never let a woman or a black character survive in all its years of running. (I love Supernatural but OMG it’s a mess.) And as it veers into its final season, freeing up its leads to spend all their time making the con circuit and charge $2500 for photographs, we…
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