The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgard
Started: 5/6/23
Gave up: 5/27/23
Nice writing, interesting characters, but NOTHING was happening. It had a sense of foreboding, but it was taking too long to get anywhere. I gave up.
Month: May 2023
A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight, and A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Started: 2/21/23
Finished: 5/19/23
These are the rest of the ACOTAR books (so far). I’m lumping them together because I can’t remember what happens in which books. These got SO much better after the first one – the story is better, the writing is better, and I just want to spend more time with the characters. I’m looking forward to the next one, and I probably will reread them.
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Started: 4/21/23
Finished: 5/4/23
Magic mixed with steampunky tech, thieves and slaves and corrupt institutions, our heroes set out to change the world and suddenly they’re dealing with old gods? Oh, no! Also, a wisecracking animate inanimate object. Love those.
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
Started: 4/21/23
Finished: 5/2/23
Time travel and a mystery and a romance and a period drama in Victorian Scotland. But it is NOT Outlander. Yay!