Recently Read
A podcast in which we tell you about a book we just finished, and what we thought of it.
64 “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, 202163 “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?
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September 26, 2020
54 “Beneath the Rising” by Premee Mohamed
This book is (partially) set in Edmonton, which is exciting for Erika. It’s about monsters and friendship and what monsters can do to friendship.