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Gareth L. Powell, Gareth L. Powell: Ack-Ack Macaque (2012, Black Library, The)
Greg Bear: Killing Titan (2015)
Ian McDonald: Luna (2015)

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Ada Hoffmann: The Fallen (EBook, Angry Robot)
Cixin Liu: The Dark Forest (Hardcover, 2015)
Janelle Monáe, Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing: The Memory Librarian (Hardcover, 2022, HarperCollins Publishers)

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reviewed Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher: Swordheart (2020, Argyll Productions) 4 stars

Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. …

Is comfy swashbuckling a thing?

5 stars

This is a really great tale of a magical sword inhabited by a warrior who must guard the wielder and the somewhat feckless housekeeper/heiress who comes to own him. Largely humorous in nature, but with a really good plot to move it along, I very much enjoyed this tale of swords and questing told from a very unusual perspective. Recommended!

finished reading Abeni's Song by P. Djèlí Clark

P. Djèlí Clark: Abeni's Song (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom) 4 stars

Abeni’s Song by award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark is the enchanting beginning of an epic …

This is definitely a YA adventure, set in a sort of mythical Africa, but with certain undertones of issues they’ve faced (including diamond mining slavery and “ghost ships” taking people to slavery). I had a little trouble with the start but by a quarter through I was pretty invested. Fun little tale, with hints of a sequel.