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mistressofmuses) wrote2022-09-08 09:33 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2022-09-08 09:33 pm
Because I like making lists...
... and maybe having already written things out will be somehow motivating. Or keep me from struggling to figure out my next thing to read.
So here's the list of books I'm hoping to read soon-ish.
This is currently the order I'm thinking of, though it's very possible that it'll change, especially the farther I get on the list. Something else is always liable to cut in line.
- finish Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire. (The first bit was really slow-going for me. I LIKE the book, but the first bit had a lot of what felt like repeated explanations of the world and what was going on, and while I get that the characters were stuck in disbelief, I just wanted to be like "yes, yes. This is a fantasy novel, I am perfectly willing to take you at your word that this is a thing, please don't explain it a fourth time.")
- Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire. The most recent October Daye book, and one that promises to be a big turning point in the series. Taylor and I had Theories, and I look forward to seeing if we were right or totally wrong.Trying very hard to avoid spoilers.
- A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. Sounds like my kind of gay fantasy romance.
- Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire. The most recent Incryptid book. I'd put off reading it because I wanted to read all of the short stories about Alice and Thomas (mainly from the author's patreon) before reading it. Now Taylor and I have done so!
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. This was one of Taylor's favorites of the books they've read recently, and they bought me the duology for my birthday.
- A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine. Part two of the duology. And the winner of this year's Hugo for best novel!
- Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer. The Southern Reach trilogy by this author is one of my favorites, but I haven't read any of his other stuff. (I need to read the Ambergris trilogy, too.) But this one is a standalone, and I've been looking forward to it.
- Hunger Pangs by Joy Demorra. Supernatural poly romance! I was hype for this one before it came out, but just could not get more than a couple pages into the ebook. I really think it might be that I just genuinely hate ebooks. (Not conceptually! I love them in theory! But I don't know that I have EVER managed to finish an ebook longer than a short story. I lose interest and focus very quickly, and never have any desire to go back to them.) But I bought myself a paperback copy, so I'll try again!
- Gallant by V.E. Schwab . The comp titles (it was billed as "The Secret Garden meets Crimson Peak") appeal to me quite a lot! Her work is a bit hit or miss for me - I absolutely loved the Shades of Magic trilogy, but some of her other stuff has felt good-but-not-great. But I did enjoy The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which was her most recent before this, so I'm hopeful.
This is nowhere near the extent of the TBR list. After that, leaning toward... Ninth House, Cemetery Boys, A Conspiracy of Truths, The Jade Trilogy, the several Wayward Children books I'm behind on, The Inheritance Trilogy, Uprooted... and probably a ton more that I've completely forgotten to list, ha.
This also does not touch on three trilogies that I keep shoving down the urge to reread. The Broken Earth, The Southern Reach, and Newsflesh. All three are absolute favorites, but it's been years since I read them, and I want very much to read them all again. But I feel bad rereading when I have so much I haven't read yet!
Also not listed, but a reread that might be soon-ish on the list: Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire. The first of the Ghost Roads books, because I want to write that crossover fic and make sure I'm not making any big canon mistakes. (Could also reread books 2 and 3 [Girl in the Green Silk Gown and Angel of the Overpass] but I'm going for more book 1ish vibes with the fic.)
So yes. That's where I'm at, and I know I need to get a SERIOUS move on reading if I'm going to EVER make any progress!
So here's the list of books I'm hoping to read soon-ish.
This is currently the order I'm thinking of, though it's very possible that it'll change, especially the farther I get on the list. Something else is always liable to cut in line.
- finish Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire. (The first bit was really slow-going for me. I LIKE the book, but the first bit had a lot of what felt like repeated explanations of the world and what was going on, and while I get that the characters were stuck in disbelief, I just wanted to be like "yes, yes. This is a fantasy novel, I am perfectly willing to take you at your word that this is a thing, please don't explain it a fourth time.")
- Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire. The most recent October Daye book, and one that promises to be a big turning point in the series. Taylor and I had Theories, and I look forward to seeing if we were right or totally wrong.
- A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. Sounds like my kind of gay fantasy romance.
- Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire. The most recent Incryptid book. I'd put off reading it because I wanted to read all of the short stories about Alice and Thomas (mainly from the author's patreon) before reading it. Now Taylor and I have done so!
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. This was one of Taylor's favorites of the books they've read recently, and they bought me the duology for my birthday.
- A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine. Part two of the duology. And the winner of this year's Hugo for best novel!
- Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer. The Southern Reach trilogy by this author is one of my favorites, but I haven't read any of his other stuff. (I need to read the Ambergris trilogy, too.) But this one is a standalone, and I've been looking forward to it.
- Hunger Pangs by Joy Demorra. Supernatural poly romance! I was hype for this one before it came out, but just could not get more than a couple pages into the ebook. I really think it might be that I just genuinely hate ebooks. (Not conceptually! I love them in theory! But I don't know that I have EVER managed to finish an ebook longer than a short story. I lose interest and focus very quickly, and never have any desire to go back to them.) But I bought myself a paperback copy, so I'll try again!
- Gallant by V.E. Schwab . The comp titles (it was billed as "The Secret Garden meets Crimson Peak") appeal to me quite a lot! Her work is a bit hit or miss for me - I absolutely loved the Shades of Magic trilogy, but some of her other stuff has felt good-but-not-great. But I did enjoy The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which was her most recent before this, so I'm hopeful.
This is nowhere near the extent of the TBR list. After that, leaning toward... Ninth House, Cemetery Boys, A Conspiracy of Truths, The Jade Trilogy, the several Wayward Children books I'm behind on, The Inheritance Trilogy, Uprooted... and probably a ton more that I've completely forgotten to list, ha.
This also does not touch on three trilogies that I keep shoving down the urge to reread. The Broken Earth, The Southern Reach, and Newsflesh. All three are absolute favorites, but it's been years since I read them, and I want very much to read them all again. But I feel bad rereading when I have so much I haven't read yet!
Also not listed, but a reread that might be soon-ish on the list: Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire. The first of the Ghost Roads books, because I want to write that crossover fic and make sure I'm not making any big canon mistakes. (Could also reread books 2 and 3 [Girl in the Green Silk Gown and Angel of the Overpass] but I'm going for more book 1ish vibes with the fic.)
So yes. That's where I'm at, and I know I need to get a SERIOUS move on reading if I'm going to EVER make any progress!
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