I mostly read science fiction and fantasy books, simple manga in Japanese, and about one non-fiction book a year. See also StoryGraph app.thestorygraph.com/profile/hwesta
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Some eight months after the events of Penric and the Shaman, Learned Penric, sorcerer and scholar, travels to Easthome, the …
In this NOVELLA set in The World of the Five Gods and four years after the events in “Penric’s Demon”, …
Outcast Trader Daja and her friends journey from Winding Circle to the Gold Ridge Mountains, where drought threatens widespread famine. …
Kethlun Warder was a gifted glassmaker until his world was shattered in a freak accident. Now his remaining glass magic …
Outcast Trader Daja and her friends journey from Winding Circle to the Gold Ridge Mountains, where drought threatens widespread famine. …
Briar, whose magic lies in the realm of plants, finds that a dear friend is suffering from a mysterious illness. …
Manifold Worlds #2
When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena, a magical realm on the …
Stephen’s god died on the longest day of the year…
Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living …
"The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.
Gideon has a …
Wasn't sure if I liked it in the first few chapters, started enjoying myself a quarter of the way through, couldn't put it down after the halfway mark. I see what everyone is raving about it.
Wasn't sure if I liked it in the first few chapters, started enjoying myself a quarter of the way through, couldn't put it down after the halfway mark. I see what everyone is raving about it.
Seanan McGuire: Come Tumbling Down
The fifth installment in Seanan McGuire's award-winning, bestselling Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling …
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
Stunning. I started it not sure I was in the mood for it but it had arrived from being on hold in the library. By a few chapters in I was hooked. I loved seeing the glimpses of other timelines, the sneaky fun references to other media (sometimes changed up for a different timeline). Would reread.
Update: reread it, loved it as much the second time. Highly recommend
Garth Nix: Goldenhand (2016, HarperCollins Publishers)
Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of …
A collection of fantasy short stories plus a novella that is set in the world of the Abhorsen trilogy.
"A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy …
