sifuCJC started reading The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That …
I read only nonfiction for years. Now, I'm getting back into fiction. (he/him)
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When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That …
Reading order advice: Read this after you read The Siren Depths. Three of the stories explicitly say they happen after that book.
I think the stories were written at that time, but this collection was published last. I wouldn't recommend reading it last (like I did). The novella really sets you up for the final two books.
I'd also recommend you read this one first after Siren, then the other short story book after it. They both should be read before you read the last two Raksura books.
Worth the read though.
Whoops! This is a short story. I thought it was a book.
I love Murakami's style, but it's an adult style. It doesn't fit so well for a simple fable told by a child.
In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.
Orig: Fushigi na toshokan …
“The Dead City” is a tale of Moon before he came to the Indigo Court. As Moon is fleeing the …
This book is pretty much a continuation of the last book and it's much longer than all the previous. Which was fine with me. I didn't need it to end. I did have to slow down reading several times as I was anxious to find out what happens.
The relationships are what makes this series. You get to know the characters and watch them grow. But luckily they don't grow too much.
(I'll continue to read the last-published short stories, but this was a nice conclusion.)
A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three …
This book was a little like her later Murderbot books, slow and character building sequences interspersed with blood-pumping action.
And this book ends in a cliffhanger! It's late tonight, but I have to continue with the last book....
A debut that Neil Gaiman calls “Glorious. . . . So sharp, so focused and so human.” The Girl in …
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An expedition of groundlings from the Empire of Kish have traveled through the Three Worlds to the Indigo Cloud court …
Edit: I'd recommend reading this book after The Siren Depths but before the last two novels in the series. Actually, I'd also recommend reading after Siren and after the second story collection book. It emotionally sets up the last two novels, which are really two parts of one last book.
I liked the two longer pieces. They add flavor to the series. One was like a side story but showed how their bonding increased between the books. The second filled out some important history.
There were also a couple short stories that were like decoration.
In "The Falling World," Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud Court, has traveled with Chime and Balm to another …
Geez, the emotions in this one were tough. Anger, frustration, anxiety. Of course they all come from my caring for the protagonist, Moon. I just want him to be able to relax for a turn. I don't think it'll happen...
I'll definitely finish up this series.