Welcome to What’s On My Plate, where I attempt to corral my reading plans into some semblance of organization, LOL. (Really, I try, but life always seems to derail my best laid plans…) The crazy month of February is FINALLY over! My daughter’s choir Pop Show was amazing, but completely exhausting for both of us. Here’s a small taste of their competition set, in case you’re interested. The sound quality isn’t very good but at least it gives you an idea of my OTHER life:
That’s a jazzed-up version of the Eagles’ Hotel California, in case you were wondering:-)
So on to the books! This month is thankfully a little lighter on review books, although I would like to go back and read some of my February books that slipped through the cracks.
Books for review:
The Brotherhood of the Wheel by R.S. Belcher. Super excited to dive into this book, after absolutely loving Belcher’s last book, Nightwise. This story revolves around one of the characters from Nightwise. Super cool, can’t wait!
Borderline by Mishell Baker. I’m reading this right now, and all I can say is WOW. Look for my review soon!
Black City Saint by Richard A. Knaak. Oh you guys. This book has AWESOME written all over it. Elements of Feiriefolk, St. George and the Dragon, and Prohibition bootleggers come together. I cannot wait to see how Knaak is going to pull this one off:-)
A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann. On the YA front, I was initially drawn to this book’s cover, but the story sounds pretty damn amazing as well.
The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters. Assuming my non-Kindle review copy hasn’t expired or vanished into that shady world of digital death (come on, you KNOW what I’m talking about!), I’m thrilled to dive back into a new story by Cat Winters. She’s won all kinds of awards, and her writing is simply beautiful, not to mention she has a way of combining historical fiction with the supernatural that just WORKS.
On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis. I can’t wait to read this YA tale that centers around an autistic teen and her attempt to join a generation ship that’s leaving Earth—before a comet destroys it.
Tor.com novellas for review:
Pieces of Hate by Tim Lebbon. From what I can gather, this is actually the second book in the series (which I haven’t read). However, I believe the first story called Dead Man’s Hand is included in the eBook. Odd, but hopefully it will make sense when I read it.
The Devil You Know by K.J. Parker. I didn’t read Parker’s first Tor.com novella, but I don’t think this is connected to that in any way. Selling your soul to the devil—a story trope I never get tired of!
Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal. Not quite sure what this is about, but nonetheless I love the vague story description on Goodreads, and I’m so curious to read this!
I don’t have any blogging events scheduled as of yet, so March promises to be fairly relaxing here on the blog. I will have my Book Review Giveaway, beginning on the 14th this month, so don’t forget to check back! Otherwise, my plan is to hunker down and read read read.
What are your reading plans for the month? Do you have any of these books on your plate?
I don’t have any of these books on my plate to read in March, but I have already read The Black City Saint. I though it was very good, and I hope you’ll like it too!
I’m so excited to read that one! Really, March is turning out to be super for SFF fiction:-)
I lust after Brotherhood of the Wheel, but have sworn to make no further book purchases until my queue is less congested. Borderline and Black City Saint both sound fantastic.
The Pop Show looks like it was one heck of a production. And tons of work. Nice.
Oh I wish I had that kind of determination! Alas, I can’t control my urges when it comes to acquiring books:-)
I think Borderline was on my radar… but I don’t remember why. Either way, I look forward to your review on that one. Right now I’m reading Walk On Earth A Stranger by Rae Carson and am loving it so far. 😀
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Oh so glad you’re enjoying it, Sara! Such an interesting and exciting story:-)
Looking forward to your review of Borderline! My NetGalley pile is already staggering from the weight of all the books I need to read so I had to pass on the galley, but if it’s everything you say it is, I’m going to grab a copy!
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I’m loving it! I think you may want to check it out at some point:-)
I’m looking forward to Pieces of Hate and currently reading Black City Saint. Kind of wishing I had Borderline now! Look forward to your review of that one.
Lynn 😀
Totally loving Borderline, I’m hoping it stays just as good as it is right now:-)
I have been trying to make up my mind on borderline. It sounds like it could be incredibly good.
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Black City Saint and The Steep and Thorny Way sound awesome – hope you like them!
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Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the Cat Winters book. I am seriously considering purchasing it on my Kindle next week and I rarely buy books for it at full price so that’s saying something. I knew right away that was Hotel California – what a neat rendition of it. Hope you have a great reading month!
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