
There are some terribly different definitions of “pretty” in this stack, aren’t there? The Architect of New York is real-world pretty, A Curse of Beasts and Magic and A Long and Speaking Silence are both fantasy pretty, and Every Day I Read is somewhere in the middle between the two.
Very much OTOH, The Pillagers’ Guide to Arctic Pianos is really cute AND the book on this list I picked up for the title. Because I’ve got to find out WTF is going on with this one.
I haven’t read a single one of these yet, so there’s plenty in this stack that I’m looking forward to, but especially A Long and Speaking Silence, the next Murderbot, Platform Decay, The Shadow Carver (especially after this week’s Edge), Palaces of the Crow and OMG Villain. I adored Hench but wasn’t expected a sequel I am SO HAPPY to see that there is life after being a hench and that there’s a book to tell me all about it!
What’s at the top of your stack this week?
For Review:
Abyss by Nicholas Binge
And Side by Side They Wander by Molly Tanzer
The Architect of New York by Javier Moro, translated by Peter J. Hearn
Battlestorm (Galaxy Raiders #2) by Ian Douglas
A Curse of Beasts and Magic (Beautiful & Beastly #1) by Jeaniene Frost
Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan
The Great Houses of Pill Hill by Diane Josefowicz
The Innocents (Variety Palace #2) by Bridget Walsh (book + audio)
A Long and Speaking Silence (Singing Hills Cycle #7) by Nghi Vo
Love is an Algorithm by Laura Brooke Robson
Magic and Bullets (Academy of Outcasts #2) by Larry Correia
Make Me Better by Sarah Gailey
Murder at the Hotel Orient by Alessandra Ranelli
The Object by Joshua T. Calvert, translated by Marcia Kwiecinski and Stephen Kwiecinski
Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler
The People Game by Jamie Kirkpatrick
The Pillagers’ Guide to Arctic Pianos by Kendra Langford Shaw
Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries #8) by Martha Wells
The Shadow Carver (Inspector Anjelica Henley #4) by Nadine Matheson
Strange Familiars (Seamere College #1) by Keshe Chow
Villain (Hench #2) by Natalie Zina Walschots
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Fabolous book haul. A Curse of Beasts and Magic (Beautiful & Beastly #1) by Jeaniene Frost is on my TBR. Hope you enjoy!
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It’s been a long time since I’ve read one of hers, but I remember them so fondly so I’m hopeful. Have a great week!
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Have a great week! 🙂
You TOO!
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Great book haul! I hope you enjoy them. Have a great week!
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
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Love all the covers. Have a wonderful holiday
You too, and I hope a very good new year!
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