Finally, some 5 star reads for April!! It was a toss-up between the tagged novel and Once In A Blue Moon by Simon R. Green, one of my favorite authors. I chose Lynn's novel because of the amazing emotional range, how it made me laugh, cry, worry about fictional characters lives, and bring tons of spice.
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I waited way too long to read The City in Glass, but I always love Nghi Vo's work so it once again pips the Sarah Caudwell books I read in the same month to the post. The City in Glass is a strange fever-dream of a book, and beautiful.
#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo
Merry Xmas, Happy Festivus, or whatever else your doing today! Little book loot report : The Incandescent, Nock Loose, Slow Gods, and a beautiful crochet book, The Cove. Check out the Pride & Prejudice flower vase!
pickA nice compilation of short stories each focusing on different characters from the shadowhunter world. It was nice to be back with some of these characters again but some stories were better than others. We also got a sneak peek of her new trilogy coming out that will be the conclusion to her Shadowhunter books. That chapter was really exciting. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2.
Well so far this is a love letter to teachers, so I love it!
pickI love an anthology, especially when they contain stories of characters I've never expected to see new content of again. This fits that bill perfectly. #61-2025
I love this #AuldLangSpine list from my match @rachelsbrittain ! The only one I‘ve already read is Sunrise on the Reaping. In January I‘m going to attempt to read 3- The Incandescent, as I already have it, Hemlock & Silver (Jan‘s #AuthorAMonth, how convenient!), and An Extraordinary Union as I can get it right away on Libby. I‘m making myself a StoryGraph challenge to keep reading the rest throughout the year.
Looking forward to diving in!
pickI first came upon Emily Tesh through the Greenhollow Duology. 'The Incandescent' is quite different, but still has beautiful prose. I love dark academia and like how the main POV is from a head director rather than a student. You get to see a different side of the academia. I also enjoyed the romance. The audiobook narration is wonderful. 4 stars.
Blue Exorcist, volume 26
It has been a long while since I last read this series. Good thing there are those Story so Far summary at the beginning 😅
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