Like Rinn’s said in her post, it’s that time of year where we sit and reminisce about the great books we read over the past year!
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Red Sister by Mark Lawrence is one of my top 3 books of the year. I didn’t expect to like it when my housemate gave me a copy, but I loved every moment of it. I read it very slowly on purpose, I wanted to soak up every aspect of the world! Nevernight by Jay Kristoff is another treat that helped cement my love of the grimdark genre: It’s an amazingly well written, engaging novel that had me reading late into the night (and annoyed my girlfriend because I refused to stop reading well past 3AM). The last book here is Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey that I picked up as part of the Tor Books book club. It’s over 700 pages and took me the entire year to read but it’s worth it. It’s a great world that has beauty, intrigue and magic in it.
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The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin has been in the news for the past few years, racking up quite a few awards, but I only just got my hands on it this year. It took some time to get into but Jemisin has made such a truly engrossing fantasy world that I can truly understand why the books are at the “top” of many fantasy lists. Alice by Christina Henry was another surprise read that I enjoyed massively because of its dark, gritty and terrifying take on a beloved classic. The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M. H. Boroson – I don’t even know how I got this book, but it’s a wonderful fantasy tale based on traditional Chinese myths and religions – this is important to me because fantasy can seem very western/white.
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed was the first book I read in 2017 and it utterly captivated me. It made me want to go hiking in the US though I do not have that sort of stamina! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists is a MUST read because it helps readers see the value in different perspectives. Finally, The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers was my surprise read because I am NOT a sci-fi fan. I love fantasy. Simply put! But Rinn recommended this so many times I felt like I had to do give it a go and it was well worth it, it’s a beautiful, stunning book that reads like an anthropologist’s tale of outer space.
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