Recently Read
A podcast in which we tell you about a book we just finished, and what we thought of it.
65 “The Cruel Stars” by John Birmingham
Antony reads the first in a rip-roaring space opera series in which humanity is faced with an existential threat, and comes away impressed.
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June 19, 202164 “The Man on the Street” by Trevor Wood
Antony recommends a crime novel that’s already won multiple awards, and which he considers one of the most accomplished debuts he’s read.
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June 6, 2021
63 “Blade Reforged” by Kelly McCullough
Erika continues enjoying her reread of the Fallen Blade series. And Blade Reforged is a good jumping-on point!
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June 6, 2021
62 The Nightshades Series by Melissa F. Olson
Sometimes entertaining escapism means three short, bloody books about vampires.
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June 5, 2021
61 “Fireheart Tiger” by Aliette de Bodard
A beautifully written, complicated queer romance … plus politics … plus a fire elemental.
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June 5, 2021
60 “Tea and Sympathetic Magic” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Who would want to jockey against a sea of debutantes to win a marriage to a Duke when there’s a library full of books to be read and plenty of good tea to drink?
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June 5, 2021
59 “Brightfall” by Jaime Lee Moyer
A post-myth Robin Hood tale that is at turns sad, dark, frightening, and eventually hopeful. With fae and dragons!
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June 3, 2021
58 “The Galaxy, and the Ground Within” by Becky Chambers
It’s a book in which nothing much happens, just a bunch of aliens sitting around waiting for the sky to clear. And yet Becky Chambers works her magic on it, and makes it memorable and moving. What a magic trick.
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June 3, 2021
57 “Slow Horses” by Mick Herron
In anticipation of the upcoming Apple TV+ show, Antony recommends a spy series quite unlike any other.
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November 5, 2020
56 “Broken Blade” by Kelly McCullough
Erika revisits an old favourite and discovers it’s even better the second time!
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November 5, 2020
55 “Guns of the Dawn” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Erika enjoyed a regency-style fantasy novel about war! Who woulda thunk it?