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T. Kingfisher: Snake-Eater (2025, Amazon Publishing)

From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award–winning author T. Kingfisher comes an enthralling contemporary …

She practiced what to say to the driver in her head. Thank you for the ride. You were right, it would have been a long walk. That sounded pretty good. That was a normal thing somebody would say, right?

the struggle is real

Tak! quoted Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award–winning author T. Kingfisher comes an enthralling contemporary …

Selena picked her new home for no better reason than the dog laid down on the porch.

— Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

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Tak! reviewed Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

No cover — Suyi Davies Okungbowa: Warrior of the Wind (2023, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

4 stars

This is a book about five different people fighting over who gets to slaughter the goose that lays golden eggs.

It's very much "the middle book in a trilogy" - lots of stuff happens, but almost nothing is resolved. The author keeps introducing new, cool parts of the setting and new, horrible characters. The stakes are ratcheted way up and the mysterious backstory is unraveled further. I'm looking forward to the next installment.

This is a book about five different people fighting over who gets to slaughter the goose that lays golden eggs.

It's very much "the middle book in a trilogy" - lots of stuff happens, but almost nothing is resolved. The author keeps introducing new, cool parts of the setting and new, horrible characters. The stakes are ratcheted way up and the mysterious backstory is unraveled further. I'm looking forward to the next installment.

Tak! quoted Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

It *thrummed*, like a cat enjoying itself.

— Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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Tak! replied to Tak!'s status

There was more killing to be done, he decided. Not because he wanted to, but because it simply had to happen.

2026 world leader vibe

Tak! commented on Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez (Deamon, #2)

Freedom™, the sequel to Daemon, is the second of a two-part novel, by the author …

once again thinking about a federated reputation system (ala Freedom™️)

Tak! quoted Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Dancing is the easiest thing to fake because it’s *really* fake, isn’t it? Dancing is *acting*! You hear the music, you let your body do the talking, and then you put some energy behind that bodytalk. Forget about doing it correctly—there is no *correctly* with dancing. Only energy.

— Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Tak! quoted Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Kangala didn’t like people who started out crafty. They were future problems disguised as current opportunities.

— Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Tak! quoted Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

I find solace in a madman’s words once we have crossed underneath the border’s mountains and make our way to a future beyond Bassa.

— Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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