Every May I try to participate in Wyrd and Wonder, a month long readathon hosted by Lisa of Dear Geek Place, imyril of There’s Always Room for One More, and Jorie of Jorie Loves a Story. And every May I am only partly successful. I am kind of assuming this year will be no different (given that I will be giving birth at some point in May) but I still couldn’t not participate because I like the sense of community so much.
I am not even going to try to give myself a structured TBR but rather wanted to show you (and myself if I am being honest) some of the options I have. I will surely concentrate more on the romance side of fantasy because this is what I gravitate towards when my life is stressful.
I want to start reading Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series again; I still prefer her Psy-Changeling Series, but her writing and her character work are just always so very impeccable. I also weirdly have two books in the middle of the Psy-Changeling series unread and I am hoping to finally finish those before the next book in the series comes out later this year.
I will also catch up on the Hidden Legacy series in preparation for the upcoming release. I just adore Ilona Andrews’ writing, it is fast-paced and impeccably structured, often funny but always exciting, with interesting familial relationships – and I adore how they weave their romances into plots I would like even without it.
Except for those three series, here are a few more fantasy novels that are languishing unread on my shelves, in no particular order:
I will pick up whatever I feel like and hopefully that will translate into reading a few books that have been on my shelves for way too long. I am also currently reading N. K. Jemisin’s incredible The City We Became – which I am adoring as was to be expected.
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I’m actually thinking of reading Jade City too, although it isn’t mentioned in my kick off post. Looks like you have plenty of good options!
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I hope you have a great reading month! So many of these are on my TBR as well!
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Oooh so many wonderful books! I cannot wait to see what you think of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, I really enjoyed it. Same for Call Down the Hawk. And I really want to read everything else you listed, especially Jade City. I hope you have a great reading month!
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I think I will try to prioritize Call Down the Hawk, just so that I can at least contribute a little bit to our alternative WP longlist discussion.
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Ooooooh read The Ninth Rain. I love Jen Williams and this series is just so good! I’m also hoping to read The Ten Thousand Doors of January this month!
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I have heard such good things about The Ninth Rain! I really hope to get to it soon.
I read the beginning of Ten Thousand Doors of January some time last year but found it too whimsical then for my reading mood – but so many people love it so completely that I really want to try again!
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I’m also participating in Wyrd & Wonder but my TBR was limited by which ebooks I could get in time from the library. The Ninth Rain was one I considered – unfortunately my library doesn’t have a digital copy. It looks like you have lots of good titles to choose from! I have mixed feelings about ACoL, but I thought it was plenty entertaining while I was reading it.
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How exciting you’re having a baby! Congrats!! I’m definitely trying to read Kings of the Wyld this month.
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I really need to read that Hidden Legacy series too, one of my friends keeps throwing it at me.
Congratulations on the upcoming birth!
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The Empire of Sand is a great pic if you’re looking for romance. Well, it’s kinda darker than the average (limited) romance I’ve read, but the slow-relationship the two characters build based on what little consent they can wrestle, is pretty amazing.
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