Cathy L

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Had one of these for the first time this week. Seriously freaky.

It's been a terrible week but now its Friday night, I have wine and berries and a good book. Maybe chocolate soon. This is good. I can appreciate this.

Just finished Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, which was a fun murder mystery/paranormal mix; now rereading The Will of the Many by James Islington before reading the sequel. Really enjoying it again, even though it's only been a year!

Always fun to discover good authors I haven't read yet! Only about 3 chapters in but love it so far.

Just started Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, good start!

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao, sequel to Iron Widow. Started a bit slow as the MC is in a very different circumstances than in the first book, but getting into it now!

Just started Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao, the sequel to Iron Widow. Seems to have a different feel than Iron Widow due to circumstances of the main character at the start, hoping that changes though!

Just about to reread that before I start the sequel, it a good one!

Love this one, have recommended to lots of people!

January TBR challenge went well, although starting Riftwar added a lot to be TBR! Next up February challenge. The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (Book about a partnership) & Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Unread sequel). 📚🪐💙

I've been meaning to get to Jade City for ages now, about time I found a copy, sounds excellent!

I've used LibraryThing for the last 3 years & now have a good habit of recording everything as I read, real easy to add new books. And I have a handy list of books I want to read when I'm in libraries or bookshops!

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods, it was a gift & not my usual high fantasy type read but really enjoying it, intriguing story and well written.

Shelf with Chinese ornaments and 2 books, one is Jane Austen's Persuasion, the other Sex in the City

Interesting book choices at a hotel in China... 📚💙

I kind of like the muscles and snark women, but yes there are other things to celebrate in women too!

Snare is probably my favourite book ever, and love Palace! She's also written Polar City Blues and Polar City nightmare, long time ago now I think. Fun to read another one! Pretty sure there's at least one sequel coming.

Yes! Vaguely? Connected to Snare and Palace, and in the same universe as Polar City, so cool!!

Haze by Katharine Kerr, good book! Sci fi which kind of connects to her other scifi novels, loving finding the connections. My reading is very fragmented as I'm traveling, hope i get stuck into it more tomorrow.

Looks like some good ones there! I'm looking forward to reading The Strength of the few, by James Islington, want to reread The Will of the Many first. And lots of others on my TBR!

Haze by Katharine Kerr, love it so far!

Just started Haze by Katharine Kerr, didn't realise it was connected to Palace, Snare and the Polar City books! So cool, they are favourites of mine. An awesome birthday gift to myself, and then found it was stupidly cheap on Kindle right now! 📚🪐💙

Looks great, on my TBR!

I really wasn't sure when I started those whether I would even like them, turned out amazing!

I'm on another older fantasy right now - Silverthorn, the 2nd in the Riftwar Saga by Raymond E Feist. Will go on to something more modern next though. But you should definitely carry on with Robin Hobb!!

Good to hear, thanks. I'll at least read the rest of the Riftwar Saga books, may come back to the rest later. So many books I want to read right now!

Thank you and Happy birthday! It's my birthday this week too, so thanks for the gift 📚💙

Good morning from (the last day) in Finland!

It's my birthday in a couple of weeks, so have a free book! Yes, In Solitude's Shadow is yours :)

The rest of the series is on sale too.

Shares welcome and appreciated!

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Ah! Looks like you got hooked into the series too. So far I've found the pacing terrible and the writing kind of stilted, but the story is so compelling I feel like I want to read more. Will check out Dominish, thanks!

I read this for the first time early last year and loved it too! So much that I read the whole series over the following few months. It's now my new favourite series ever. You're going to love the stories of Verity and the Fool, keep reading!