As you guys may know by now, I love fantasy books that investigate the aftermath of wars or sieges -- I'm always keen to see what happens after the dust settles. I was very interested in Redemption’s Blade for that exact reason -- it shows the consequences of the classic good-versus-evil fantasy battle that I so craved in books like Lord of the Rings. It is also written by Adrian Tchaikovsky, the author of one favourite books.
As you guys may have already seen, I absolutely loved City of Stairs, the first book in this trilogy, to the point where I couldn’t actually figure out how to review it. I was hesitant about reading City of Blades for several reasons, the main one being the dreaded second book syndrome. Some of my recent favourite books have had seriously disappointing sequels, however I was delighted to discover that City of Blades did not have this issue. Not only was it just as good as its predecessor, I think it may have actually been better.
Another week has come and gone. How is it already August 10th? I honestly thought it was the 3rd this morning -- times flies! This was an amazing week for reading with two five-star books! Let's dive in, shall we?
Virginia Woolf is an author I’d really wanted to read more of, having only every picked up Mrs Dalloway. Wanting to read more of her books, I snapped up the chance to read Orlando. Written in 1928, Orlando has been celebrated as one of the landmark LGBTQ+ novels.
For YALC this year, I thought I’d do something a little different from my standard book haul or uninteresting list. Behold, The YALC Diaries! Although I’m beginning this post after Friday’s festivities have come to an end, I’m planning to write this up as a play-by-play of my favourite book event. Here we go!
Uprooted is a book that I absolutely love and am very thankful for. It’s the book that broke the worst reading slump of my life, which had been carrying on for months. I love it so much, despite its (romance) problems, and I constantly recommend it. You can probably imagine my excitement when I heard about her next novel, Spinning Silver. After months of pining, my copy arrived in the post and I was so thrilled to get reading.
It has been awhile since I did a weekly wrap up! The month of July was absolutely crazy and I relied scheduling posts weeks in advance -- I didn't have time to whip up these posts! Now life is back to normal, but still busy.
