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• The Hero of Ages

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  Time to finish up the Mistborn Trilogy! Finishing this one up in 2025!

• Nightbitch

  Yoder, Rachel, 1978-

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  ✰✰ - I rarely finish books that I would rate under 3 stars and I really struggled with how to rate this one. I picked it up because I couldn't get the striking cover out of my head and I was very drawn in by the idea of this mom turning into a dog…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Teller of Small Fortunes

  Leong, Julie

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  ✰✰✰✰ 3.75 - This cozy read follows Tao, a teller of small fortunes as she runs from her past and also inadvertently brings together a found family, as they work to find one friend's missing child. I enjoyed this read, but actually found some of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Well of Ascension

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  ✰✰✰✰✰ - What an amazing follow-up! After the events of Mistborn, we dive deeper into the mystery of "the Deepness," meet another fascinating Mistborn character, get tangled in layers of political intrigue, and of course, enjoy another action-packed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

  a Novel

  Yagisawa, Satoshi, 1977-

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  ✰✰✰✰ - I really loved this cozy hug of a novel with a fantastic sense of place. After Takako's boyfriend breaks up with her because he is engaged to another woman, Takako finds herself moving into her Uncle's bookshop for a time. As the days pass,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Truly Madly Magically

  Beck, Hazel

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  ✰✰✰✰ - Book 3 in the Witchlore series! I've loved these light fantasy romances by Hazel Beck since reading "Small Town, Big Magic" when it first came out. I liked the escalation the overall plot took in this one, especially in relation to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

  Dinniman, Matt

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  ✰✰✰✰✰ In book 3 of Dungeon Crawler Carl, our dynamic duo ends up in a wild dungeon level that is basically a mesh of subway stations. I've really enjoyed how Dinniman creates such different worlds for each level! This one was a lot of fun, with even…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Carl's Doomsday Scenario

  Dinniman, Matt

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  ✰✰✰✰✰ The fun continues in book two of the LitRPG Dungeon Crawler Carl series! Carl and Donut move out of the training levels and into the first "real level" of the dungeon. They start to learn a bit more about the universe beyond the world they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dungeon Crawler Carl

  Dinniman, Matt

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  ✰✰✰✰✰ Great for fans of humorous, fast-paced fantasy and oddly enough, I'd say slice-of-life, will enjoy this LitRPG series. A few of the jokes fell a bit flat for me, but ultimately I had so much fun on the ride, that was overshadowed. After the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Full Speed to a Crash Landing

  Revis, Beth,

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  ✰✰✰ This novella pairs a fast-paced space heist with a sweet romance, that ultimately fell a bit flat for me. My favorite part ended up being the letters listed at the end of the book, detailing some of the aftermath. This is supposed to be the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  ✰✰✰✰ (4.5) A homicide survivor who sees ghosts ends up at Yale working for a secret magic society in a grim and unlikely turn of events. After a girl turns up dead, Alex is determined to dig deeper. There were a few points in this book that felt a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• First Lie Wins

  Elston, Ashley

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  ✰✰✰✰ This fast-paced thriller was a lot of fun and the perfect thing to break up my reading a bit after several SFF titles back-to-back. I went into this one pretty blind, and I had a great time trying to anticipate the twists and wondering who to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Record of a Spaceborn Few

  Chambers, Becky,

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  ✰✰✰✰ I've really enjoyed all of Becky Chambers work that I've engaged with so far. I think one of my favorite things about reading science fiction and fantasy is the world building, and I really love how Chambers spends time letting us see how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bright Sword

  a Novel of King Arthur

  Grossman, Lev

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  ✰✰✰✰ (3.75) This was a very entertaining re-telling of the story of King Arthur and the Round Table. Following Collum, a young man obsessed with becoming a knight who arrives to Camelot only to find he was too late - Arthur has been killed in battle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spellshop

  Durst, Sarah Beth,

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  ✰✰✰✰ (4.5) I once saw Sarah Beth Durst on a panel and I was so interested in her responses, I immediately ordered her Queens of Renthia trilogy, which has been a favorite ever since. As a lover of cozy fantasy, this was a no-brainer pre-order for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dark Water Daughter

  Long, H. M. (Hannah M.),

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  ✰✰✰✰✰ (4.5) - I really loved this thrilling tale of pirates and musical weather-magic! Our FMC, Mary Firth finds herself in a world of trouble - sold for her abilities to a pirate ship after a daring escape from the noose. I've seen this one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Death in Door County

  Ryan, Annelise

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  ✰✰✰✰ (3.75) - I was listening to the audio along with the ebook and I found the narrator's accent to be off (but also an attempt at being a Wisconsin accent?) which was distracting. I loved the mix of the mystery with the cryptozoology. The twist…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• These Burning Stars

  Jacobs, Bethany

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  ✰✰✰✰✰ - I literally didn't know what to do with myself after finishing this one! What a fun debut! If you love: morally-grey female main characters, political intrigue, fantastic world building, LBGT representation, reading debut authors, starting a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Husbands

  Gramazio, Holly

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  ✰✰✰✰ (3.75) - After a bachelorette party, Lauren returns home to discover her husband waiting for her at the door - except she doesn't have a husband. Checking her phone, she discovers photos of them together. Her friends and family all know him.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Part of Your World

  Jimenez, Abby,

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  ✰✰✰✰ - Well, I definitely understand all the hype around Abby Jimenez! Alexis and Daniel live two very different lives, but a chance encounter with a raccoon leads to an irresistible fling before growing into something more. This book brings the…Read moreRead more of this annotation