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I love when McGuire gives us the in-depth dive into characters we've already been introduced too.

She not only writes epic adventures with well love characters, but she so fluently adds such hard topics that I'm always amazed by her brilliance.

Another dazzling addition to the series.
I feel like I need to re-read them all... again.

Absolutely fantastic version of sleeping beauty. I really love when authors take an existing fairytale and completely turn it on its head.

Nevermind the astonishing amount of cat hair. Bastet has been rolling around.

This was a great novella for a quick read.

Ava and Jules have true emotional issues they need to work through individually before they can mesh as a couple. One is a highly anxious person, and the other is free spirit. I related to both. I try not to get on people's nerves, but my impulsiveness just throws that goal out the window.

Any author could write about the trials of working through the pain of young love, but Nino Cipri set their work in the multiverse. So clever and cute.

Found this one a bit disappointing. The first novella was delightful but the second one in the book was hard to finish. It was long, dark and depressing. Very unlike the Last Unicorn and not for a young audience.

I don‘t remember finishing this one the first time I read it about 3 years ago, but then I kept hitting story beats I remembered, so maybe I did? Regardless, wonderful little novella. The fish scene still hurts me on a personal level.

4 stars | #scifi

Hi. 👋🏻

This is my new favorite song (“Tickle Me Pink” by Johnny Flynn).

He sings, “When nothing goes right and the future‘s dark as night, what you need is a sunny, sunny day.”

AMEN.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6CbFgDtwqPPGyHMS5ItdV5?si=GBnuT-u6Tt-NbJ9MCzLrjw

It‘s even (tangentially) book-related! I came to the music by way of writer, Robert MacFarlane.

Check it out if you like folksy stuff!

Stormy outside, cozy inside.

This one is so good so far. I love T. Kingfisher's writing.

This author packs a punch in this tiny little book of short stories. Tbh I don't even remember what the middle one was about, but the others are sticking.

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Ooh two choices this time in #BookBracket2025, both were tough!! In the end, I went with Time's Agent as the winner twice. It's a super unique queer science fiction novel about "pocket worlds," aka small alternative universes, wherein time is either slowed down or sped up. It's a beautiful and smart meditation on motherhood, climate collapse, grief, capitalism, colonization, and the nature of time itself. And a great ending!