Stop. Reading. Trad. Published. Single. POV. Romances.
- a stern note to myself

I wish I could give this a pick just for the cool Rat guy and the promise of a snake changeling, and Krychek hanging out with the personified evil psychic internet, but a lot of the load bearing stuff pulls it down just a bit too much. Give that rat a book!

Had a REALLY nasty dream inspired by this book last night, not cool book, just because I think your extremity is a little silly sometimes!

Currently chanting Rats, Rats, RATS in my head. Rats!

Meanwhile, in the heterosexual mines, I think I've come across the first *acknowledgement* of queerness in these books, 30 or so pages into book 4. Don't worry though, no one is actually gay!!!! (I will say, it is a more matter-of-fact reaction then there could have been for an aughts romance.)

Nearly 200 pages in and nothing had happened WHILE ALSO being pretty repetitive, I'm sorry Sapphic pirate dragon adventure, you should have maybe gotten to every last aspect of that description quicker.

I have a lot of hopes for this series, but one I'd like it to deal with asap is being so shitty about drugs.

The Krychek in this series has to be named after the X-Files Krychek, right?

Not bad, I don't guess, but I gave it a third of the book and still wasn't engaged, so it's time to move on.

I think this book (and Sebastian's other mid-century romances) are kinda perfect. They give me the exact thing I want. What gifts!

No! No!!
(Assassination fee second only to Vetinari, and only barely)

Turns out I cannot take a book only having a single POV & being weird about divorce & being under informed about podcasts. Too many strikes!

I pre-ordered a book from my local bookstore and I got a copy from Canada? I live in Florida???

Small haul for Independant Bookstore Day, but I got to chat with one of the owners (who I hadn't seen in awhile) and the pen was on sale!

Shout out to a line that made me tear up in an airport!

I think Vaughn is kind of a dud, but sentient beings formed by the psychic internet make up for it

Just a fantastic time! First in a duology, so not exactly a HEA here, but this was absolute aces - love these three, love this world, can't wait to meet the Phoenix

I will never not laugh when the fire and earth dragon guy literally makes localized earthquakes while coming. Everyone else is right to give him shit for this! This book is Great

My god, Ged, just spoon this guy until your wife gets back!

Some specious taxonomy going on here...

Hey Eric, do you not want to talk to a reporter about what happened at the house or do you want to intimidate a librarian into telling you about what happened at the house? I feel you should pick one.

A much better outing for me than Dreaming of You, even if Ivo Jenner bites it. I don't have the love for Kleypas that some do, but I'm glad to have not disliked another one from her.

Hey, Ivo Jenner! My favorite guy from Dreaming of You! Oh no, you're dying???

BIG ups to this indie store I ordered this from shipping it early so that I could inhale it in less than 24 hours. Good stuff! At least my second favorite of the books of hers I've read.

Sitting here at working, thinking about coming home to having to read this book and thinking Ugh is a real dnf thought, so goodbye!

BOY this lady isn't very smart

I don't know if this was written after the Chris Evans will play Gene Kelly in a biopic news, but it does cast him in a fantasy about a remake of An American in Paris and: Chris Evans Doesn't Have Gene Kelly Energy

Cat Sebastien just -hits- for me, and this thing hit. Plot? Almost nonexistent. Vibes? Off the charts.

A soft sort of pick, because it's a propulsive read, very effective in that way, but man, fuck that dad. Fuck him.

Okay, he has an explanation for the lack of italics in the acknowledgements but I Do Not Understand It. The language became special to you, so it deserves to be unitalicized??

There haven't been too many yet, but to not italicize the scientific names is driving me nuts.

It's very weird to come out of a nearly 600 page book and just feel entirely neutral about it. Mostly I'm just relieved that I get to read something else now.

"Too much inclined to passive goodwill" - have you met yourself, Severian??

Thankful for Hoopla and audiobooks today, as I feel like shit but also I need to read this book that Is Not Grabbing me. I won't bail, because I really do want to keep up with Shelved by Genre, but if they weren't covering this book I'd let Severian's space travel remain a mystery.

Not as engaging as the first half of this saga, it's not like these two books are bad, but Citadel of the Autarch just didn't engage me the way the other books did. Severian, you are forever a little freak to me.

The Dark Fraction, eh? Good one. (Opening Barker, closing King, don't know if the skeleton center is anyone specific)

I had other plans for my 3 day weekend, but there are no regrets. Good book, good trilogy, can't wait to revisit it. (I'm fascinated to be reminded how Jack plays in the first one - I remember hating him. Sorry, Jack! You are a prick, though!).

I love these vampires, I love this book

I think this book is mostly pretty bad, but the deliciousness of Picard telling Q that passionate hate usually also indicates passionate love - my dude, are you hearing yourself? Talking to you most *ahem* hated guy??

"I can tell the women I've fucked apart, I promise."
Severian, you absolute freak, the book is nearly over and also, since you feel you have to state it, I'm not sure I believe you

This series casually dropping things like vivimancers, the opposite of necromancers (dead people who can summon the living who are, in turn, capable of summoning the dead back to life), is why it's cool.

It's a strange book, it's a lovely skeleton with some parts fleshed out in a way that tricks you into thinking you'll get to read new Discworld books forever. I think it's a fitting end, even if it's not a goodbye.
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