I’m expecting a giant eagle and a wizard

Doesn’t bode well 🤣

I didn’t click with The Employees but likewise hearing good things

With a month and a half to go. You’ll smash those next year.

Yay!

Last one is June

My Q1/2 HBs:
The Devil in Silver
Nine Goblins
The Old Fire
Kōkun: The Girl from the West
The Soul-Catchers
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
Honour & Heresy
Stay for a Spell
The Heart of the Nhaga - The Bird That Drinks Tears
Japanese Gothic
Kill All Wizards

Oh I was wondering how these came about

I know, 6 is hardly a stack that could topple over.

The devils was a throwaway comment 😅 - I want some fantasy timeout to see if it’s me or the work that’s making me jaded. It’s one reason I should switch genres more often. I need mental resets, especially if I’m not enjoying a book that I think I should be.

I have thoughts about it but I picked up Summer Sons. There is a lot to love about their writing, especially their use of pronouns.

Bloody hell. I hope the drugs kick into overdrive soon.

Morning! Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon - it's a future where people wear masks of animals that grant them equivalent abilities (like an Ox mask, which gives them strength). It's told from the point of view of a sentient mask in the 2nd person, with a bit of 1st narration thrown in. It's very clever