wednesday books in brief

[landofnowhere]

Tower of Thorns, Juliet Marillier. Who you gonna call? Blackthorn and Grim! This is the sequel to Dreamer's Pool: our protagonists have a new mystery to solve, and also will probably have to contend with their past. It's good to be back with Blackthorn and Grim -- I especially appreciate Blackthorn's crankiness. We also have a new POV character, who I haven't gotten far enough into the book to really get to know.


I'm looking forward to getting Naomi Kritzer's Catfishing on Catnet, the YA novel sequel to the award-winning short story Cat Pictures Please, which just came out. I really like <a href = "https://naomikritzer.com/>Kritzer's writing</a>, to the point where I read her blogging on local politics even though I don't live in the area, I just like solidly progressive and down-to-earth political voice. I'd probably read her laundry lists if she published them! (What I should actually get sometime are her older fantasy novels.)

Comments

[osprey_archer]

I may have a couple of Kritzer's older fantasy books (I'd have to check the shelves in my parents' house, so I'm not sure). If I do and if you live in the US, I could mail them to you if you want.

[landofnowhere]

Thanks! However it looks like I should be able to get them through the magic of interlibrary loan.

(How were they?)

[osprey_archer]

I liked them! My recollection is that I kept one book from each series, which in retrospect seems like an odd decision; you'd think that I would either keep the whole series or pass them all along, but no. So I liked them, but I also felt they were uneven, and kept the books that I felt were strongest.

Fires of the Faithful was also one of the first books I read that featured an f/f romance, so I have fond memories of it for that reason.

You may have already read Kritzer's short stories, but around the same time I read her novels I also discovered her short story Comrade Grandmother, which I liked so much that the ending stuck with me even all these years later.

[landofnowhere]

I had read Comrade Grandmother before, but it clearly hadn't stuck with me as much, so thanks for reminding!

I just finished Catfishing on Catnet, and it had an understated f/f teen romance that reminded me a little of Ashlin & Olivia, so you might like it?

[osprey_archer]

It's on my longlist! Which is, uh, real backed up at this moment, so it may be some time before I get around to it.