October DNFs
Eight DNFs in one month feels like a lot.
Tag: fantasy
Levelling Up (In All The Ways): Traitor of Redwinter by Ed McDonald
I did not think this could be better than the first book, but folx, IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN THE FIRST BOOK!
Sunday Soupçons #24
One book I loved, with massive misogyny problems; one book I could barely stand, that had so much potential it didn’t live up to.
A Magic Trick: The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
A ghost and three witches walk into a bar…to solve a murder.
Wonder-Striking: The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
Sephardic Jewish portal fantasy that taught me how to feel wonder again.
August DNFs
A new record – NINE DNFs this month.
Meep.
Sunday Soupçons #23
Rereads of two long-time faves!
Sunday Soupçons #22
Chinese bandits taking on the Empire; a world where eating is taboo and sex is casual; and midwives with otherworldly powers!
No More Playing Nice: I Feed Her To the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
In which a Black queer ballerina embraces monstrousness.
July DNFs
A lot of objectively great books that just didn’t work for me. Not their fault!