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Month: August 2025

Skyward Inn — Aliya Whiteley

I am still trying to process this read. Due to some personal things, I have not been able to read or write in about 2 months. I tried to read and listen to several books, and just couldn’t get anywhere. I saw a post about this author on Bluesky, and her writing was described as literary, surreal, and unexpected, but also this novel was fairly short, so I decided to give it a try. Apparently…

Broken Earth Trilogy (DNF) — N.K. Jemisin

I really wanted to like this trilogy, but it took me months to listen to the first book (had to renew my library book for The Fifth Season three times, and The Obelisk Gate twice) and I just couldn’t get through the second book. I know that not every book is for everyone, but all three books won the Hugo and I felt like I should read them. In the end, they are too much…