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A. J Jacobs: The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible (Hardcover, 2007, Simon & Schuster)
Daniel Mason: North Woods (Hardcover, 2023, Random House)
Bethany Adams: Soulbound (Paperback, 2016, Bethany Adams)

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T. Kingfisher: Illuminations (Paperback, 2022, Argyll Productions)

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Gregory Maguire: What-the-Dickens (Hardcover, 2007, Candlewick)
Hannah Kaner: Godkiller (Hardcover, 2023, Harper Voyager)
T. Kingfisher: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (EBook, 2020)

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reviewed What-the-Dickens by Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire: What-the-Dickens (Hardcover, 2007, Candlewick)

A terrible storm is raging, and ten-year-old Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, …

Cute, A Little Somber

Content warning Spoiler for the ending of the book

stopped reading All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Sabaa Tahir: All My Rage (EBook, 2022, Razobill)

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an …

DNF, however, this is a wonderful book. It's just sad and full of quite sad topics. I am just not in the headspace for it right now. Will probably pick it up again in the future.

reviewed Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (Fallen Gods, #1)

Hannah Kaner: Godkiller (Hardcover, 2023, Harper Voyager)

Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by …

Somewhat Held Back

A world where gods were once rampant now sees religion as outlawed. The fates of a young noble girl who is bound to a small god, a godkiller, and a former royal knight become intertwined.

I was very much into this book at first. The world building is good, and the first few chapters have pretty fantastic prose and character introductions. It definitely will suck you in. However, towards the later half of the book I found myself feeling a bit disappointed with how some of the characters, and their relationships to each other, developed. Particularly Elo, who I grew to increasingly dislike despite my best wishes. It does end on a fairly good note--this book is definitely more of a 3.5 than a 3. If it weren't for those flagging and awkward moments, it could have easily been a 4. I just didn't feel compelled to hurry and read …

reviewed A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (EBook, 2020)

Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - …

Cute and Fun YA Book

The young teenage baker and bread wizard Mona finds herself in a series of events that spiral out of control in a swirl of politics and war.

As far as YA books this is pretty cute and decent. It has an interesting take on magic, and the main characters were compelling. There was a bit of a lean into toilet humor at points that was kind of eye-roll worthy, but overall, pretty enjoyable.

reviewed Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #1)

Sue Lynn Tan: Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Hardcover, 2022, Harper Voyager)

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being …

Decent YA novel

This story is fairly solid. The plot is interesting, and I liked the fresh take on an old legend. The romance is pretty stereotypical for a ya novel, nothing exciting. My biggest complaints are that there is an unecessary amount of repetition in some observations, and that the writing is pretty simplistic. Nothing in the prose was noteworthy. Very tell over show.