I review on my reading blog Out Law (Dresden Files 18.75) by Jim Butcher, a longish novella that has the old Harry back.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/out-law-by-jim-butcher-review.html
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A Review of This House Isn’t Haunted, But We Are: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-this-house-isnt-haunted-but-we-are/
finished reading Familiar Things 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by Hwang Sok-Yong.
As South Korea undergoes rapid industrialisation, the marginalised are left to survive as modern-day gleaners by (literally) sorting through the mountains of trash produced by consumer society. Also lost in the rush of 'prosperity' are the old traditions that bind people and place.
Pere #Goriot by Honore de Balzac is impossible to put down: emotional, cruel, funny, and painfully human. #Balzac is a master storyteller, a sharp psychologist, and a writer with a wonderful sense of humor.
This is a novel about a father’s love so strong it becomes destructive — proving that even the best intentions can ruin both your life and the lives of those you love most.
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My review of The Dragon and the Blade Saint: This Isn’t Where We End Vol. 1 by Garry. It's a light novel that appears to be an English original, with a solid plot and interesting characters.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-dragon-and-blade-saint-this-isnt.html
Let's test a new feature on #Mastodon
Collection of #bookish accounts -
https://mastodon.social/collections/116554424839753061
Let's help book content spread on the #fediverse
Thanks for all the follows, stars and boosts!
p.s. If you post mainly about books - write a comment and I will add you to this #collection.
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I had some review copies of book(s) and manga that are published today.
First up, The Dragon and the Blade Saint: This Isn’t Where We End Vol. 1 by Garry. A fast-paced and entertaining light novel.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-dragon-and-blade-saint-this-isnt.html
finished reading Where the Dark Stands Still 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by AB Poranek.
A girl enters a spirit wood to rid herself of her magic, but instead finds power, purpose & love. Based on Polish fairytales, so reminiscent of Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale. Fairly simple YA story with one plot line and few surprises, but well realised and doesn't take the easy way out.
Fresh in for #FossilFriday, a new review! In Search of Sea Dragons is an engrossing tale of fossils and obsession.
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My review of Radiant Star by Ann Leckie. This was perhaps the easiest book in the Imperial Radch series to understand. It's good, but not as mind-blowing as the original trilogy was.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/radiant-star-by-ann-leckie-review.html
My review of The Three Coffin Problem by Lavie Tidhar. Delightful and a tiny bit gruesome cozy fantasy.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-three-coffin-problem-by-lavie.html
Here are a few thoughts on Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford, 1949, a delight from start to finish! #bookstodon #BookReview #reading #Storygraph #Braille @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e5d40053-8004-4db3-996b-e0883036b07c
I had a few manga ARCs that come out today. Some were good, some less so. 🧵
First up, Innocent Rouge Omnibus Volume 2 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto. A story of a family of executioners in 18th century France. More a graphic novel than manga, really.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8613634426
Up on my reading blog, my review of Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England. Feel-good cozy fantasy of trauma, healing and forgiveness.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/06/field-guide-for-formerly-villainous-by.html
New at my blog, a review of JANGAR!: Slaves of the Mind Mage, the first in a series of monthly Sword & Sorcery novelettes by Logan D. Whitney.
Familiar ingredients, but served up with gusto; JANGAR is an S&S snack!
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://robinmarx.writeas.com/review-jangar-slaves-of-the-mind-mage-by-logan-d-whitney
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finished reading Babel 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
by RF Kuang.
Set in a world very similar to our early 19th century, except a sort of powerful magic has been harnessed via the pairing of silver and linguistic translation. The concentration of power this gives the English is used as a devastating metaphor for the actual colonial project, particularly cultural appropriation. The moral is far from new, but the form is immediate & refreshing, with a clear passion for Oxford University and linguistics.
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The addition of Abigail as POV character means Peter Grant gets a well deserved break, and that this is definitely the best of the later books in the Rivers of London series. 4/5 stars.
I give the series overall so far 3,5 stars, but not being a big crime/detective reader I'm perhaps not the target audience. But if you're looking for a crime series filled with magic and other fantasy/scifi elements, and the occasional geeky refrence, this might be for you...
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(comment on Stone and Sky)
A Review of The Parched Lands: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-parched-lands/
A Review of Chasing June: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-chasing-june/
I review The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell. Delightful cozyish fantasy with a three-headed dragon as the MC.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-dragon-has-some-complaints-by-john.html
I finally had time to read After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine vol. 2 by Liu Gou Hua. This continues to be well-written and entertaining transmigration danmei. Read my review:
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/06/after-disabled-god-of-war-became-my.html
A largely positive review of my coming soon novella, contains mild spoilers, but the reviewer does get the essence of the book, about power and decentralized governance.
"The Blossoming of the Big Tree is a genuinely absorbing read, funny and serious in equal measure, and Adita is one of the most quietly original protagonists I have encountered in the genre in some time."
Pre-Order
https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/
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Here are a few thoughts on Still Life by Sarah Winman, 2021, a very enjoyable read with excellent image descriptions of photos woven into the story! #bookstodon #blind #braille #BookReview #reading #Storygraph @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c2535741-daba-472e-8bda-1f196a354ce6
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New review: From Archaeopteryx then, to ten thousand species now: The Story of Birds sees Brusatte skillfully and captivatingly recount another chapter of life's evolutionary history.
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I review The Wife Comes First vol. 2 by Lv Ye Qian He. The second volume continues in the same low-angst fashion as the first.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-wife-comes-first-vol-2-by-lv-ye.html