Wow, the second story is bleak. Do not recommend for people with children in their lives.
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Tak! reviewed Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
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
Tak! commented on Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
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)
It's official publication day! Go read The Beautiful Decay!
Tak! commented on Witch King by Martha Wells
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
Tak! commented on A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
The #SFFBookClub selection for September 2023
Tak! rated Witch King: 4 stars

Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, …