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Dan Dean

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started reading Translation State by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)

Ann Leckie: Translation State (2023)

Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always …

I had no idea a new book in this series was in the works, but now I've got it and I'm already about half way through. No spoilers though – so far it's interesting.

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Elder Race (Paperback, 2021, Tordotcom)

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the …

A short a humorous take on Tchaikovsky's theme of humanity spanning incomprehensible lengths of time

In Tchaikovsky's "Children of Time" we saw his remarkable story of humanity's folly and brilliance as it spread across the galaxy, attempting to be it's own kind of god – succeeding in unexpected ways while also failing spectacularly. In Elder Race he shows us a shorter and more humorous version of this failure as a holdover of an advanced form of humanity loses their ability to relate to humanity's successor, but really all they want is to feel connected to others and to belong.

reviewed A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #1)

Naomi Novik: A Deadly Education (Hardcover, 2020, Del Rey)

I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my …

Good in every single way

I love this book and this series. I’m reading A Deadly Education for the second time, and it’s just as fun as the first time I read it. One thing I love about Novik’s style in this book is how she interleaves the background context so thoroughly into the unrelenting pace of the narrative. There’s so much more to love about this book - just read it!

Trudi Canavan: The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy, #1) (Paperback, 2004, Orbit)

The Magicians' Guild is the first fantasy novel in The Black Magician series by Trudi …

Fun quick read.

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I was looking for something "available now" to read on Libby from my local library and came across this – it's a fun and easy read!

Twelve-year-old Kestrel lives in a seemingly endless forest, and in order to escape she will …

Review of 'Where the woods end' on 'Goodreads'

Creepy, dark, and endearing. There were parts so gross I wanted to put it down, but Kestrel is so wonderful.