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This book is completely mad and I cannot look away.

October Bookie Stats! One of the best months of reading for some time! Only one really dodgy book, and the majority were Picks \m/ Rare month indeed! 😄

Bring on November! Woot!

Nancy Pearl has a theory that I'm particularly fond of called doorways. Each reader responds strongest to and enjoys most either character, story, language, or setting. I'm a setting girl through and through. NYC isn't just the setting of this great book, it's one of the main characters. Any author that does this is speaking to my heart so A City Dreaming is my October favorite and will be high on the year list.
#bestofoctober
#booktober

Not a novel. Connected stories that are funny and real and smart and demonstrative of a love of New York City and genre fiction. This is a book about wizards that you can proudly read on the train.

This ended up being not really a novel, just a series of events. But really it was a letter to New York City; sometimes it was a love letter and sometimes it was a lot less. It was gorgeous all the same.
Full review over on Goodreads.

"One drills for oil, not pixie dust."
Snarky, bitter, old magicians are the best.

The only writer I've read, that can get away with writing a plotless novel. Every word meticulously chosen to make NY a multi-sensory experience, every vignette-type chapter amazing. Though the characters are total wankers, you can imagine that they are exactly what you & your cohort might be like with magical powers. There's a compelling honesty in that nihilism! This is Fantasy Literature. Or, what wizards do when they have nothing to accomplish

Pre-ordered a thousand years ago like some weird super-fan...probably because I am a super-fan of Polansky. The man does gritty heartbreak like no other. Starting it this morning, paired with English breakfast tea and pumpernickel bagels. Dark book, dark tea, and dark bagel for a sunny fall day.

Snuggled up in bed, nursing a wicked headache, and listening to Eric Meyers narrate A City Dreaming.. So far, it's a bat sh*t crazy urban fantasy, with a side helping of humour.. Now, closing eyeballs before they pop! Night Littens!

The only reaction is have to this book is a simple one line question: what on earth did I just read?