Laios is such a weirdo and I love him. "There has to be some way to eat this suit of living armor! I don't care if it's made out of metal!"
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Micah finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1 by Ryoko Kui
Micah started reading The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Listen. A god is speaking. My voice echoes through the stone of your master's castle. …
Pretty interesting so far. I was kinda getting sick of 2nd person narration after running into it in another recent read, but this one at least does it a teensy bit better switching it up between 2nd person and 1st person than Harrow the Ninth.
Micah rated Zoe's Tale: 3 stars
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #4)
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?
I ask because it's what I have to …
Micah finished reading Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #4)
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?
I ask because …
A very different book from previous entries in the Old Man's War series. Probably my least favorite so far, but still pretty decent and set up some interesting changes in the series' universe. Curious to see what direction Scalzi takes it in in the next two.
Micah finished reading The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #3)
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.
The Moon will soon …
The whole trilogy was pretty satisfying, and my favorite part about this third entry was learning about the precursor civilization. So many feels re: Nassun and Essun!
Micah reviewed Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb Trilogy)
"She answered the Emperor's call.
She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only …
Oww, my brain
3 stars
Content warning Plot consistency vs. last book
Too friggin twisty compared to the first book, you took 70% of the book for Gideon to show up?! Like come on, it was obvious she still had to be around somewhere in Harrow's brain since Harrow kept trying to use a two-hander instead of a rapier.
Micah reviewed Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future …
Y'all need therapy
4 stars
Content warning Plot spoilers, also for The Sunlit Man
Kaladin's fifth ideal made me chuckle, as did his realization that Hoid/Wit had kinda been his therapist this whole time. I felt bad for Jasnah, I wish we had gotten more time with her through these first five books. I was pleased with how well the author did this part of Sigzil's transition to becoming The Sunlit Man.
Some of the dialogue felt moralizing and pretty heavy-handed. Not anything I disagreed with, I've found many of his characters' struggles throughout the series very relatable, just felt like the author treated his characters like sock puppets more in this book than previous ones.
Micah finished reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
E-book extras: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); …
Content warning Somewhat plot-relevant details of Pontifex cryptosystem
DAMN that was long. Uh, the characters were funny I guess? The Pontifex cryptosystem was kinda interesting. I love the idea of using a deck of cards.
Least favorite part: visceral, thirsty point of view monologues consisting of male characters lusting after women.
Micah reviewed The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson (Secret Projects, #4)
Years ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now …
Cosmere fans only
3 stars
I don't think this book would stand that well on its own if you haven't read other Cosmere books. It feels more like BrandoSando's just geeking out about how his different magic systems would interact. I enjoyed it, but I'll have to see if I can get someone who's brand new to Cosmere stuff (or just critical of references to other books in the shared universe period, even if already familiar with some Cosmere books) to give it a spin.
Micah finished reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (Elantris, #1)
Arriving in the kingdom of Arelon to enter a marriage of state, princess Sarene discovers …
It only took me 9 days?! Huh. This one was as fun as the first time I read it, perhaps a bit more so because I kept looking for hints about the cosmere but not finding any.
Micah finished reading The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)
This is the way the world ends. Again.
Three terrible things happen in a single …
WHAT a cliffhanger to end on, love it! Fantastic world building too, can't wait to learn more about the stone eaters and how this world got to the F'ed up state it's in.
Micah finished reading Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three …
Felt kinda like Earthsea, but in space?! Everyone was way too chivalrous. IDK. Relativity is a MFer
Micah finished reading Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (Warbreaker, #1)
After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up …
Yeah, that was pretty good. I could definitely go for some more books set in this world, whenever BrandoSando gets around to them.
Micah finished reading A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) by Ursula K. Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
Yummy little snack. Utterly predictable, but in a satisfying way I guess.