Fantasy Book Club discussion

Finished Magic's Price, and now getting a head start on A Natural History Of Dragons.

Seisen by Kit Sun Cheah

Working through Gideon the Ninth

Come, Seeling Night by Daniel Humphreys

Finished the Sanderson short Firstborn. It was pretty original. I liked it.

And seeing as Halloween is coming up, it's time to read some gothic/horror stuff, so I'm reading The Murders of Molly Southbourne.

My September round up:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows★★★★★
Defy the Fates★★★★☆
To Be Taught, If Fortunate★★★☆☆
The Jester★★★★☆
Professional Integrity★★★★☆
Holy Island★★★★☆
Darkdawn★★★★★

I've been fighting an eye infection which made reading tough so not as many as last month.

Finished three in September. 3-5 books a month is about average for me, but last month was kind of busy, and I went on vacation too, so I might of read more if not for that. My ratings

Hush ★★★★☆
In the Net of Dreams ★★★☆☆
Firstborn ★★★★☆

My roundup:

Blue Labyrinth ★★★☆☆
Crimson Shore ★★★☆☆
The Obsidian Chamber ★★★☆☆
Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest ★★★★☆
Gideon the Ninth ★★★★★
House of Cthulhu ★★★☆☆
Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land ★★★☆☆

Lots of fast three-star reads; also, I had a couple of days out of town visiting the parents, which gave lots of time to read on the way there & back and when not actually visiting.

Oh Gideon was one of the books that I didn’t get to.

My September:


🎧 Super Powereds: Year 4 ★★★★★
🎧 Station Eleven ★★★☆☆
🎧 NPCs ★★★★☆
🎧 Split the Party ★★★★☆
🎧 Going Rogue ★★★★☆
🎧 Siege Tactics ★★★★☆
🎧 Skulduggery Pleasant ★★★☆☆
🎧 Good Guys ★★★☆☆
📖 Gideon the Ninth ★★★★☆
🎧 Stuff and Nonsense ★★★★★
🎧 The Tangled Lands ★★★★★

+ 9 short stories (mainly from Escape Pod and Tor.com)
+ Arc 1 to 8 of Worm (1078 pages)

A very good month with LOTS of Drew Hayes, an unusual experience in Tangled Lands (4 novellas in a shared world), and the start of the best LitRPG series I've read so far (Threadbare).

Now that I see the little symbols, I realize I mainly did audio as well :p My 'eyeball reading' was dedicated mostly to Worm.

Oooh icons!

Helen wrote: "Oh Gideon was one of the books that I didn’t get to."

I found the first half tedious, and only managed not to DNF out of sheer stubbornness. I wanted to see what the hype was about, and wasn't disappointed. The second half was a wild (and very enjoyable) ride :)

Good to know.