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The wait for this was worth it. It almost overwhelms me to think of the work Nicole Griffith must have done to create this huge story.

Reading Menewood made me feel like I was living in 632 AD.

In her endnotes, Griffith talked about how she dealt with the all the complicated and hard to pronounce names. She really did her best. What worked for me was to just let the names wash over me. The ones that mattered eventually stuck in my brain.

Watching Hild build up her community made me want to play one of those simulation games where you start with a hut and build it into a functional village.

Holy cow! This is good!

I've liked all the other Garth Nix books I've read, but this was definitely my favourite.

I don't know how Nix does it, but he has a way of making me love his characters in the first few paragraphs. Here he accomplished this even when the character was a magical puppet.

As always with Mick Herron and the slow horses, a completely satisfying read.

I guess Seanan McGuire writes so much that someone thinks she needs more than one name.

I have to say I'm glad I found this one, because the Up-and-Under is a great series and #3 is a fine new volume.

A great #2 in a great series. And we get pirates in this one!

A fun new story - but no wonder when Seanan McGuire is actually the author.

McGuire has a real talent for crafting believable characters who don't think like each other.

The Improbable Road is a great invention and the friends our two Earth children meet are fascinating.

Solid fun. I hope there will be more. A quick scan of his blog and Wikipedia page gives no clue.

It's hard not to despair given that so much of what Vonnegut was concerned about in 2005 is as bad or worse today in 2024.

But at least he gives a model on how to live.

Even though he does run into the most unpleasant circumstances.

An engaging and satisfying read with captivating robots. I cannot ask for more.

It took me a long time with borrowing this book twice to get into this, but it was worth it once I did.

I initially put the book aside because it starts on Liliath as the main character and she's not likeable to put it lightly.

But then I remembered that Garth Nix has a talent for getting me to really like his main characters so I gave it another chance. And Simeon, Dorotea, Agnez and Henri won me over.

This was a fine place to visit.