pickSo this read like a cross between A Dirty Job and a Finlay Donovan mystery and I was totally here for it. A great mystery, engaging characters, and an interesting premise. What happens to the souls we leave behind is an old question, and this book doesn‘t try to answer it, but rather, thinks about the implications in a funny, tongue-in-cheek sort of way. Lots to love here.
#RiseUpReads May 2025
The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim
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Content warnings: Death, violence, murder, gore, war, sexual content, blood
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pickIt's been 9 years since I read the first book in this series, City of Bones. I felt I was able to get back into the world with no problems. I like the world of the shadow hunters. It's hard to explain what is going on here, but the book ended on an epic battle that was fun to read. We get a lot more of Jace in this series, and Simon too.
repost for @Andrew65, @Tove_Reads :
Following an idea from @Tove_Reads we are launching a #Readathon throughout May to read books from our own shelves, called #ShelfSweeper.
We hope you will join us. This Readathon is dedicated to the memory of the wonderful Litten @eanderson who will be sorely missed, so as well as your own shelf why not challenge yourself to read one book off her shelf. We are also using the tag #4Elizabeth
Please tag us.
pickI truly don‘t know what to think of this worldbuilding 🛸🪐 But it was fun and the ending was hilarious.
pickA new series from Ilona Andrew's for me. There's nothing like a woman's scorn. It was short novella, but I got into the characters #SeriesLove25 #Read2025 @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @DieAReader
Well, Amazon did not deliver the book I wanted today, so I found this in my house. Something has to scratch the book habit itch that I‘ve started in the last few months… Not sure where it came from, but I‘m not mad at it. So far it‘s giving Alice in Londonland. 50 pages in and I‘m intrigued.
pickRomance between a „monster“ and a thieve
The story really catches me and I feel the amount of fantasy and monsters combined with the „modern“ New York was really balanced
The end catchend me of guard
Why do I have a feeling that the new loveinterest in book two could be Lorcan or a complete new character
Looking forward :)
pickThis was actually my first Garth Nix, but I don‘t think it will be my last. This was a great adventure, with dips into British myth and legend, and another world hiding in the shadows of our own. You get a very good sense of the time period, too (the 8os). But really, it‘s the characters that make the book shine — beautifully drawn and lively and sympathetic, you really feel like their story is unfolding in front of you. Loved it.
