Harrow the Ninth | 
Reading Harrow the Ninth on my kindle…wishing I had the physical books right now 💀
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pickWonderfully confusing and weird! Even after finishing, I'm still trying to make sense of the plot, but it was a fun journey!
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My fitness units this week, so far:
Monday: running from bookshop branch 1 to branch 2 because they had only 2 copies of the German edition of Harrow between them. On release day. 🤦🏻♀️
Tuesday: running from through the park to where my son had a biking accident. Free ride in an ambulance and hours spent in emergency care. Nothing broken. Loose front teeth though.
Today: visiting the dentist
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Apologies in advance for the double post -- It occurred to me that I hadn't posted my books for July when I went to post August. So without further ado, here are my July 2021 reads!
Favorite: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Least Favorite: Castle Shade by Laurie R. King (and that pains me to write)
#audio #series #libby #librarybooks #hoopla #mystery #scifi #romace
pickThis book is somehow MORE amazing than the first!! This series has quickly become a favorite ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickThe sequel to Gideon the Ninth is very different from the earlier book, a purposefully disjointed challenging narrative that follows Harrowhark as she and a band of characters as they prepare to fight a threat to all existence. A distinct and smart blend of mystery, horror, science fiction, and existential rumination, this book is even better than its predecessor and I look forward to book 3 in this series and anything else this author writes.
This was my second attempt to read this book - on audio this time - and it finally clicked having all the voices. OH BOY DID IT CLICK! I need the third book like YESTERDAY.
pickI can‘t decide if this second installment is better than the first. But, it‘s safe to say that they‘re both good!
pickBLOODY HELL, y‘all.
This book is so cool I don‘t even want to talk about it. I just want to yell, “THIS IS SO COOL!” then maybe tell you I love Harrow more than I ever expected to and also Gideon Nav is still my favourite Gideon of all the Gideons.
(Why so many Gideons, Fiction? I know zero Gideons in real life and seventeen thousand Gideons from books and TV. This series alone has two Gideons. SO MANY GIDEONS.)
4.5 Gideons. I mean, stars.
pickAnyone who enjoyed Gideon the ninth, is going to love the next installment in the series. I spent most of it thinking *what the hell is going on?* but in the best possible way. For a book which features so much blood, bone, death and ghosts. It felt very refreshing. Very strong pick for me.
Friends, I‘m really feeling HARROW THE NINTH. I mean, I wish I‘d read it ages ago because I think it‘d be even better if I had GIDEON THE NINTH fresh in my mind, but it‘s doing it for me either way.
Also great: my Kahlua ice cream cake.
Lotus root for breakfast! I 100% ordered it because they ate a lot of it on THE UNTAMED, and luckily I like it very much. It‘s sort of the same texture as water chestnut, only it tastes way better.
I think I‘m probably gonna like HARROW THE NINTH, too. It‘s weird and confusing, but that‘s kinda my thing. We‘ll see how it goes today.
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I can't even. I am so disappointed. I was legit angry at parts of this book.😡
I was confused about parts of the first book in this trilogy, but it was fun. It had a lot of characters, but I could still follow the story. It was somewhat of a difficult read but I enjoyed it and the MC Gideon was a hoot.🦉. So I was excited for this book.
I cannot even start with a synopsis.👇
pickSecond in Muir's "Locked Tomb" trilogy about space necromancers. Count me among the readers who WTF-is-happening-ed their way through a chunk of the front, but found the payoff more than worth the initial bewilderment. I'll also echo the advice to read this one shortly after finishing the first -- I did not follow this advice but recognize it would have helped. I plan to reread books 1 & 2 when book 3 arrives next year.
Your room had long ago plunged into near-complete darkness, leaving no distraction from the great rocking thump—thump—thump of body after body flinging itself onto the great mass already coating the hull.
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Just got this used for 8 bucks!!! I was initially waiting to buy the paperback when it was released but I could pass it up, I‘ve been dying to read it 😭
🖤⚰️🕯🪦🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🌌
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The end of this book was not the absolute pain of the last one - instead I'm left on tenterhooks, full more of excitement than dread. Will Alecto the Ninth hurt me? Oh, probably! But it's time to go down swinging - it's what all my favorite necromantic children would want.
Really, though, the fractured flashbacks to Canaan House make me glad I reread Gideon before this book, as it helps me comprehend the true breadth of the wrongness. 2 thoughts:
1) I'm grateful for a chance to see actual Dulcinea, who seems nice
2) Based off of how interactions are going I have the suspicion that the those killed by the Sleeper are maybe actually alive?? Palemedes mucks this up, but I don't want to see him die twice. Hope springs.
So far the experience of reading this book is me just saying "Oh no Harrow oh no" over and over and over again
(I have not made it very far)
(It's good!)
pickSo Many Bones. So Much Blood. I can‘t believe how much I loved this - especially considering I was Very Befuddled for the first half of the book.
I‘d recommend reading this soon after finishing Gideon or having a character list on hand. I used a wiki to remind myself who was who again. And then let the craziness sweep you in. This book basically tips the first book on its head and shakes it around so you‘re not sure what version of events to ⬇️
pickPrepare yourself for this one! It‘s important to know going in that you will not understand what‘s going on for a veeeeerrrryyyy long time—but the payoff is worth it. The publisher‘s copy calls this a puzzle box and that is accurate. What you‘ll find as it all comes together in the end is a hilarious and gory meditation on grief that puts the fun in dysfunctional. Read for March Bookland Challenge, Fantasy: 5-Star Prediction!
Got Harrow the Ninth as my next audiobook! I read this a couple of months ago and it was deeply confusing the first time around, I think reading it again will help me make sense of elements that confused me before.
Look at that #bookspinbingo! Right down the middle!!!
I finished EIGHT books this month, three of which were from my TBR. My #pennyperpage loot comes to $14.92!!!
ETA: I had intended to include the page count of the book I DNFed (or rather, half the number, since it was a library book). That brings me to $15.79!
1. Darayavahoush from the Daevabad Trilogy definitely has some flaws. I always did love a bad boy though 😆
2. Such a great book, but I also found Harrow quite confusing 🤯
3. I don't stack too often, as I'm trying not to add to my TBR and to read what I already own. Not sure how successful I am though 🤔
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bailedI tried...90 pages in I was still completely lost. Sad because I loved Gideon the Ninth.
pickHoly shit 🤯
I liked that even more than Gideon—maybe because I was more used to the writing style. But it was incredibly twisty and fantastic! Also featured the most epic dad joke ever.
Uh-oh. I better get reading 😂
(Image: Screenshots from Libby showing that I have TWO library cards and BOTH have reached their limit on holds.)
OH, the Saint of Duty‘s call sign is “G.P.”, is it? That certainly confirms my theory that his name is actually Gideon but all Harrow can hear is “Ortus.”
Palamedes being able to see “me” definitely confirms my theory that the narrator is Gideon, not that I had any doubts about that.
This is SO EXCITING. I hope I can finish it this weekend, though I know I‘ll still have to wait for the third book!
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Kickstarter backer rewards arrived. Enamel pins and enamel mug. Endorsed by Tamsyn Muir.
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Harrowhark creating a version of her life in which Gideon died with the other babies because she can‘t deal with her having died to be eaten by Harrow is giving me CHILLS.
bailedI loved the first book, but I just can't persevere with this second in the series. I don't know if it's just where my brain is at right now, but I am still lost and confused at 150 pages and I don't think I can stand 350 more. I just feel dumb.
pickJust finished Harrow the Ninth. Like the first book in the series, I also couldn't put this one down. Brilliant, even if I was a tad confused at first.
And onto the next one! I've been warned that most of this book is thoroughly confusing, and 21 pages in I'm already a bit confused.
pickThis queer SF novel is a work of genius that tortured me. Muir's writing is wildly inventive, deadly sharp, boldly unsettling, darkly funny. It's about necromancy, lesbians, space, grief, trauma, knowledge, and power.This book demands A LOT. But when you *get it*: huge reward. Plus there's the pleasure of her sentences, so weirdly gorgeous and grotesque. One of the few pieces of fiction I've read that truly feels like a masterpiece.
Nothing says the holiday season like Lesbian Necromancers in space..... right?
Well that was a RIDE. I love these books even though I feel like I don‘t understand what‘s going on until the end (if at all). I am still compelled to read read read.
"I could protect you, if you'd only ask me to."
"I would rather have my tendons peeled from my body, one by one, and flossed to shreds over my broken bones. I would rather be flayed alive and wrapped in salt. I would rather have my own digestive acid dripped into my eyes."
"So what I'm hearing is ... *maybe*."
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pickYou know those final couple of chapters where all plot lines come together and everything is made clear? Well, not so much in Tamsyn Muir‘s second, the sequel to Gideon ...
I‘m still not sure I‘ve managed to understand all the alternative realities, but I sure enjoyed the ride.
Harrow has ascended to Lyctorhood in service to John, the Emperor of the Nine, but her powers are skewed, and war is brewing. Great read if you can handle the confusion
Morning reading today is Harrow the Ninth. About halfway through so far.
Absolutely loved Gideon the Ninth so time for the sequel
pickThis had me so confused at times. I found myself having to reread paragraphs and even whole pages and I was still confused.
But there were times that it also really had me hooked. This one is still a pick for me.
...bathing time, with a scented candle, an old-fashioned, and the rollercoaster ride that‘s Harrow the Ninth!
Yay, my book order finally came in today. I will be starting with a reread of Gideon before I jump into this one.
#necromancers
I was excited when my library hold arrived, but a third of the way in and I‘m really missing the “snarky-ness” of Gideon. Maybe when I figure out what‘s really going on......
