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I enjoyed every single page of Black Sun! The plot and character development was incredible. I usually don‘t like books that jump between characters narrations but the way this book was written allowed me to be invested in each character wholeheartedly— cheering all of them on to success.
Great piece of fiction. Highly recommend this book!

4.5⭐️ Wow. I loved the world building, I loved the characters, I loved almost everything. Took a little while for me to get invested but once I understood what was going on, I was hooked. This book is a lot of set up for events to come, but oh man am I excited to continue on and find out what happens to Serapio.

Outstanding! Roanhorse builds the most amazing world inspired by pre-Columbian America; the story grabs you from the 1st page. The writing is beautiful & descriptive, and the indigenous and LGBTQ+ representation is subtle yet underlies every page. Filled with powerful, complicated characters that you can‘t help but root for, this book changed what I expect from fantasy & I can‘t wait to read the next in the series. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

A reread for me, loved it even more on the second listen. Now on to book 2, Fevered Star. 4 🌟

Ehhh… I was really excited about this and I DID finish it, if I really don‘t like a book I just don‘t finish. I think I had really hoped to love it more, i‘d heard amazing reviews and I had really enjoyed the authors Star Wars books. I wonder if for once I may have enjoyed print rather than audio? Who knows! So that‘s unhelpful overall but maybe give this a try 🤷🏼‍♀️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

I updated my #pantone2022 challenge card today.

I added:
❤️ The Hundred and One Dalmatians - #innuendo
💚 The Last Thing He Told Me - #basil
💛 Black Sun - #popcorn
🤎 Gordath Wood - #SudanBrown

😁 Yay! I got a bingo!

💞 Again, they match much better irl.

May you drown in shallow water; May your song be never heard; May you fall in love with a man; May your mouth ever fill with salt. — Teek curse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Behold my April TBR…
☠️ Finish Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

☀️ I read the tagged book already, and I‘m looking forward to the second book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy.

1️⃣ Read The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith for the #MonthlyKeyWordGXO challenge
(I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

#AprilTBR #tbr

I finished 3 of my #newyearwhodis books and loved them all. Black Sun and Piranesi were both 5 star reads for me.

I'm currently reading The Witch's Heart and should finish that in February. And I'd definitely like to read a few others from the throughout the year.

Thanks to @Johanna414 for the fantastic list and @monalyisha for organizing! @nywd22

My current physical TBR stack. I don‘t have a problem, I don‘t have a problem.

Absolutely amazing! I stopped reading half way through because I didn't want to finish the book too quickly.

The world building is unique and instantly drew me in. The POV switches gave more insight into the characters and the different factions they were involved in. It's a breath of fresh air in a very saturated and tropey genre

I wrote about my favourite reads of 2021 (not necessarily published last year) on Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian! The ol' blog has been pretty neglected these days. (The last post I did before this one was ... a list of my favourite books I read in 2020). The books are almost all queer and mostly Canadian or Indigenous.
What were your favourite reads last year?

https://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.com/2022/01/21/my-favourite-reads-of-2021/

What do you mean I have to stop reading and adult? But it's so good!

5/5

My first 5 star read of the year! I absolutely loved this Central American inspired epic fantasy full of gods and adventure. I am glad I only read it four months before the sequel comes out because the ending left me absolutely shocked. I cannot wait to pick up the sequel as well.

Thanks @Johanna414 for the #newyearwhodis list. I absolutely loved my first read off your list. @monalyisha #nywd22

I'm joining @Andrew65 in #12Booksof2021, sharing the remaining months all at once! November was SO Hard to make a choice on because I read so many good ones. I managed to narrow it down to cute and fluffy (I‘ll be the One), epic and diverse fantasy (Black Sun), and historical and uplifting (A Sporting chance). #2021WrapUp

1. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery, and Good Enough by Kate Bowler

2. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

3. Electric Idol by Katee Robert and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers are probably my top two right now.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Last book of 2021: The Wedding Setup by Sonali Dev

First book of 2022: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

#lastfirst @BookNAround

#12Booksof2021 #May

This was a lighter reading month, I had a couple 5⭐️reads in May. This book has stuck with me the longest, I am very much looking forward to the sequel.

Whoa, I loved this book and immediately sought out the next in the series. I had the same reaction with S.A. Chakraborty's The Daevabad Trilogy and Katherine Arden's The Winternight Trilogy. I'm hooked.

Love my #jolabokaflodswap selection!!! This was one that was recommended to me by a Litsy user after I DNF'ed Gods of Jade and Shadow...I'm super excited to dig in! Thank you @Hazel2019 😊 ps--the chocolate is already gone! Thanks to @MaleficentBookDragon for hosting!

Just got back from vacation which my dog went on WITH US and he still hasn't gotten sick of me ❤ Started Black Sun two days ago and now I'm almost 400 pages in. IT'S STELLAR. I already want to read it again and I'm not even finished!

My #Top21of21 - wasn‘t tagged but still wanted to do it! It was really hard to narrow down 21 books! I read so many great books, but also a lot of mediocre books. I‘ve read 223 books so far this year, so narrowing to 21 😬😬

I‘d love to see @Chrissyreadit @inthegreensandblues top 21 books and really anyone else‘s list!

I really enjoyed this book and recommend it. The world building is amazing and the characters are so much fun. It was super fun reading from several characters' perspectives and anticipating their paths colliding cataclysmically! Who do you root for when one of your POV characters is out to kill another? It was also great having an a-spec protagonist, bipoc mcs, an Indigenous cultural setting, and background non-binary and trans characters.

I can't wait to start working on this #newyearwhodis list from @Johanna414. I've already read and loved Mexican Gothic, The Heart Principle, and The Girl With All the Gifts. Black Sun has been on my TBR list for a while now, so I'm hoping this is the push I finally needed to get it read. Now I've just got to figure out which ones I'll actually try to get a hold of to read in January.

Thanks @monalyisha for organizing! #NYWD22

I'm basing my second #SundayFunday answer on what @ozma.of.oz said about her own book group
1. I read too slow and have a unique taste in books
2. I'd say books that are warm, or books that challenge people and thus make them uncomfortable! The tagged might be fun if they like fantasy & you don't mind making them a little uncomfortable
3. I wouldn't want full approval, but debate might not be productive. How about discussion and engagement?

All Hail the Crows. This is hands down one of the best fantasy books I've read in years. Epic fantasy full of gods, magic, political intrigue, betrayals, well developed characters, and Crows. I loved everything about it and can't wait for book 2!!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I can't wait until next year for book 2. This was soo good!

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2021/07/30/black-sun-rebecca-roanhorse/

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

I'm going to put this one on hold until I can read the print version. I tried the audiobook and I was enjoying the story, but I was getting confused with names and terms. I think the physical read will help me keep track of things better.

1) Black Sun (but I quickly reeled into reading Coyote 😳); returning to Black Sun soon
2)The Dark Testaments
3)My Chainsaw is a Heart
#Weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

#BookReport Apparently I‘ve been on a bit of a fantasy kick. 3 out of 4 books finished were fantasy. All books this week were fantastic!

Currently in progress, Chapter a day for #PemberLittens, still trying to read 3 poems a day and about 90 days in to my #BookSpin. It‘s okay so far.

#WeeklyForecast - continue my daily reading and start my 2 #LMPBC books if possible

Wow! This book was fantastic! I loved it so much. The world was so unique and engrossing. I couldn‘t put this book down. Such a great fantasy book.

I liked Trail of Lightning, but this series is so much better! I can‘t wait for the next book! I‘m becoming a huge fan of Rebecca Roanhorse.

#AwesomeAugust - I think book 4. I‘m losing count.

#bookspinbingo week one progress.

Finished 6 books, the best being Black Sun by a lot. Bailed early on 365 Days. I'm hoping to finish 4 or 5 more this week.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I struggled a little in the beginning with keeping the names straight in my head, but man was this a fantastic book! Just a terrific fantasy. I'm going to be looking for Roanhorse's earlier works to tide me over til book two in this series comes out.

#20in4 #readathon @Andrew65 2nd book read

This book was excellent. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I was impressed with everything about it from the world building to the characters to the plot. The author wrote about non binary characters and disabled people with agency and based her book off of pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations. I think most people who like fantasy will enjoy this one. It has mermaids and witches and magic.

🎧 overhyped, disappointed.

I have Trail of Lightening & Storm of Locusts. Also hyped. I haven‘t read them yet & now I may have to check the summaries before wasting my time.

On to this book.

You might be the audience for this book & I might be the only one who thinks this … a couple things kicked 2 stars off my rating.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👇🏻

This has been in my NetGalley queue forever. I bought the hardcover when it came out and now the audio. This is probably a book that works better in print as there are a LOT of characters to try to keep straight, and time jumps as well. As expected with a first-in-a-series, there‘s a lot of world building, but it‘s woven through organically without info-dumps. I‘m not sure I care enough to continue the series, but that‘s not the book‘s fault.

Fantastic and epic Fantasy! Definitely a 5 star book! The author built an amazing world and characters. I couldn‘t get enough. I‘ve read it so fast! This is book one in a series. Unfortunately I couldn‘t find a release date for book two. This book is about prophecies, forbidden magic, adventure and politics set in pre-columbian americas.

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 156.
#bookstoread
#tbrpile
#bookstagram

#curiouscovers #circles
Two gorgeous covers of recent reads.

I cannot say that I loved this book but I really liked it. Excellent fantasy drawn from ancient myths from the Americas. The map is there but still the progression through this land is not as colorful as I would have liked. The characters have their stories and those do flow. Book one in what is to be a trilogy...I think the second and third books may bring the following! I do love this cover!

I finished this as an audiobook yesterday. I enjoyed it overall. However, it ended in what felt like the middle of a scene, which I hate! I k ew it was a first book and there will be more after, though not sure how many. But I haven't read a book that abruptly ends like this seemed to. Oh well. It was still good overall. I've been hearing a lot about it recently.

What a huge, sweeping world! Stories all encompassing and interwoven in such enthralling ways. I can only say that I need book two to hurry up and get here so I can know what happens; anymore would be too much. The audible performance was stunning, btw. Highly recommend!

WHAT a world! And dang, book two needs to hurry up and get here.

It took me a while to get to reading this as I have just not been in a epic fantasy mood. I‘m so glad I dived in this weekend. What a fantastic original world Roanhorse created. Inspired by the pre-Colombian Americans, this rich story is full of adventure, intrigue and horror. I highly recommend and hope the author continues to write in this world. #fantasy

So I am back to Litsy after a year away. As a teacher it‘s been a year...
Anyway still read a bunch and look forward to sharing again on Litsy! I think I will finish at least two of these today.

"'Usually,' Xiala said carefully, 'when someone describes a man as harmless, he ends up being a villain.'"

5 🌟 absolutely everything I love in an epic fantasy. Great world building and characters with depth. Can not wait for the next book!!

☆☆☆☆☆

This story was the beginning of a trilogy, that introduces us to the Crow God, The Sun Priest and a Caption of a ship, all these characters play a role in the inevitable start to a fight between the sun priests and crow people. Great audiobook, great story can't wait to read the second. loved the cover art.