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Happy Saturday everyone! This is my book haul from the last three weeks, and I can’t wait to dive into these.
Tor has been extremely generous lately, and I have them to thank for most of these books! Starting off with one of my most highly anticipated March books, The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi. I was surprised how short this book is, for some reason I was expecting a longer book, lol.
Next up is The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller. Really looking forward to this dark, Gothic mystery involving a witch!
I’m thrilled to have a copy of The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, a dark fantasy coming out from Orbit next March.
I received a finished copy of Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg from 47North, although this was unsolicited and I’m not a huge fan of the author, so it’s doubtful I will get to this one. Let me know if you’ve read it, though, and maybe I will!
The next four books are all Tordotcom novellas! Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Z. Hossain was not on my radar, but I did find out it’s not a sequel, but a standalone, so now I am very interested in reading it.
Spear by Nicola Griffith is an Arthurian mythology retelling, and it’s getting some good reviews already.
Until the Last of Me by Sylvain Neuvel is the second book in the Take Them to the Stars series. This is an alternate history science fiction story that’s hard to describe, but I really enjoyed the first book!
And last but not least, Tordotcom was kind enough to send an ARC of Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds. This is a fantasy noir set in the 1920s, and it sounds fantastic!
Huge thanks to Tor Books, Tordotcom, 47North and Orbit:-D
Digital books for review:
I’m so excited for all four of these 2022 releases. First up: Sundial by Catriona Ward. This is her follow-up to The Last House on Needless Street, which I loved.
You never see “placeholder” covers here on my blog, I firmly believe in only talking about books after the cover has been revealed. But I couldn’t help downloading Book of Night by Holly Black when it popped up on NetGalley. And the cover hasn’t been revealed yet, so…
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert. One of my rabbit covers, lol. I actually just won an ARC from the author over on Instagram, and right after my NetGalley request was approved. I think this sounds like lots of fun.
And I was so happy to be approved for Curfew by Jayne Cowie. This was one of my SciFiMonth Future Fiction picks, and I can’t wait to read it!
Big thanks to Nightfire, Tor, Flatiron and Berkley!
Wow, you got a lot of books, Tammy! The Bone Orchard sounds so good! Happy reading.:-)
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I did read Star Mother and was surprised to really like it. “A lovely, lovely book … there was no part where I was bored or annoyed.” Lol I suck at reviews. I have Comeuppance Served Cold on pre-order, so I will look forward to your review.
I’m glad you enjoyed Star Mother, it definitely makes me want to try it:-)
This are amazing!!! Happy reading Tammy!
Thank you Ashmita!
The new Scalzi book sounds like a funny one, so I can’t wait for it to be published 🙂
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I agree! Scalzi always adds humor and this one sounds like fun:-)
I hope Book of Night will be good! Happy reading!
Me too!
Once again, you’ve got such great books for review, Tammy! I have been eyeing SUNDIAL, THE CITY OF DUSK and THE BONE ORCHARD, so I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on them! Happy reading!
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I guess somehow I missed it when you featured Curfew, but it’s now on my TBR! Gee, I’d hate to be tagged. It’d probably clash with all my outfits. But at least it’d give a good excuse to go to bed early;)
LOL An excuse to go to bed early, I like that:-)
Wow, nice haul! Book of Night is going to be a must for me!
Right? I’m so excited for it!
Oh, I didn’t know about this series by Neuvel.
I read his first 2 books of The Themis Files series.
I liked a lot the first one: https://wordsandpeace.com/2016/07/30/book-review-sleeping-giants/
but was disappointed by the 2nd, so I didn’t even read the 3rd.
Have you read these?
I read the first two but never got around to reading the third. The first was definitely the best!
I like the cover for The City of Dusk, so I’m curious about that one. And I enjoy Arthurian tales so Spear might work well, too. But somehow I suspect those won’t be the only two I become interested in. 🙂
I’ll definitely try to tempt you with the rest, lol.
Great haul! I’m especially excited for Sundial, The Bone Orchard, and of course The Book of Night!
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Here’s hoping we both love all of them:-)
Cool haul! Hope you enjoy them all!
Thank you:-)
I’m looking forward to City of Dusk, just got my copy! Hope Kaiju Preservation Society is good, Scalzi’s books are usually fun.
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I hope we both love City of Dusk!
Scalzi’s books always look so good. It looks like a good bunch of books there! Can’t wait to see how you like them1 Great haul!
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Thanks Lisa! I’m very excited to read the new Scalzi:-)
I got a copy of Sundial as well, and I’m so tempted to hit the button on the new Holly Black!
They all have amazing covers!! And they also seem interesting!! Happy reading!
Oh so awesome you already got Tara Sim’s new book! I still have to catch up with her recent releases, those that came after the Timekeeper trilogy which i really loved.
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I’m so jealous of all the Tor and Tor.com books you receive! So cool 🙂
NGL I would like the Holly Black book.
Great haul.
Lynn 😀