Tak! commented on At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2)
Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, …
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Tak! commented on The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva (Tombtown, #2)
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
Hi lovely folk,
I am surprised and delighted to say that my novel The Beautiful Decay is up for various awards at the Queer Indie Awards!
If you enjoyed it, it would mean a lot if you'd vote for it. 💙
Discoverability is incredibly difficult as a self-published author and awards can be a big help.
Voting closes 26th Jan!
Tak! reviewed How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
How High We Go in the Dark
4 stars
A series of bleak, gritty glimpses of what's in store for us over the next few decades.
The tone is lightened a bit here and there with injections of optimism, but I think it works against itself a little when the optimism feels unwarranted.
The way that the characters from the different stories are linked reminds me a bit of Cloud Atlas (although I only saw the movie (sorry)).
Tak! wants to read City of Pearl by Karen Traviss (The Wess'har Wars, #1)
Three separate alien societies have claims on Cavanagh's Star. But the new arrivals -- the …
I saw this series favorably compared to Dune, so
Tak! commented on Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, …
Tak! commented on How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
Wow, the second story is bleak. Do not recommend for people with children in their lives.
Tak! reviewed Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a tent …
Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands
3 stars
I enjoyed the setting, and some of the substories were compelling, but as a whole it was too rambling and incohesive for me.
I feel like it would have worked better as a series of stories about different people from the same village or whatever instead of repeatedly being like "despite being in the middle of this incredibly urgent life crisis, the main character decides to spend six months teaching an older woman to fold laundry" or "despite having a very bad outcome two chapters ago, the main character decides to engage in exactly the same dangerous behavior with no additional precautions"
Tak! commented on Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a tent …
Content warning overall plot arc comment
Ah, so it's a nested stories story
Tak! commented on Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a tent …
Let's see if I finish this one in time for #SFFBookClub
Tak! rated The Border Keeper: 4 stars
The Border Keeper by Kerstin Hall (Mkalis Cycle, #1)
She lived where the railway tracks met the saltpan, on the Ahri side of the shadowline. In the old days, …
Tak! rated Rose/House: 4 stars
Rose/House by Arkady Martine
Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: a …
Revelator by Daryl Gregory
In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. The mountains …
Tak! rated First Snow: 5 stars
First Snow by Veo Corva (Tombtown)
Tak! commented on The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva (Tombtown, #2)
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
It's official publication day! Go read The Beautiful Decay!
Tak! commented on Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
Someone asked about a copy of the Dramatis Personae for Witch King since it would be handy for audiobook readers. I'm kind of drowning in doctor appointments right now so I'm going to put it and a link to the map here: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/631012.html