What have you recently finished reading?

Just earlier I finished TJ Klune’s We Burned So Bright, which… I don’t think it was a good moment for me to read it in general, given the themes, but also I didn’t think it was that well done. A bit info-dumpy in structure, and the black hole swallowing the world did not feel “real”.

What are you currently reading?

You know the drill by now: a lot of things at once. But most actively, Jarod K. Anderson’s Strange Animals, which I wasn’t sure if I would like, but I’m pretty hooked on it — from the point with the rag moth, which I found a fascinating scene. I’m very curious where the whole thing is going.

Other than that, I’m still reading Kate Strasdin’s Dressing the Queen, which I paused last week to try to finish some other reading. I’m not so interested in the royalty part, just the artisans and craftspeople working on the clothes, and it’s giving me that in spades.

Also on pause awaiting a free evening to just mainline it is Ross Montgomery’s The Murder at World’s End, which definitely has classic mystery vibes. Aunt Decima and the protagonist are kinda reminding me of the dynamic between Ana and Din in Robert Jackson Bennett’s series.

What will you be reading next?

Speaking of Ana and Din… possibly my eARC of the new one! However, I also know there are two physical review copies wending their way to me courtesy of Hachette, one of them being Leckie’s Radiant Star, so — maybe that?!

But as ever, really it’ll be down to my whim.