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Despite having been on the internet since the early 90's, I still never know what to put in these summaries.

I'm an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy, though I've found books I love in nearly every genre (except romance, which I view as a personal failing, not a criticism of the genre).

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Piranesi (Paperback, 2020, Berryville, Bloomsbury Publishing) 4 stars

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an …

Well Worth Waiting For

5 stars

I've been excited by Susanna Clarke's writing since I first picked up Jonathan Strange, and when I first heard this book was coming out, I was suddenly aware that I hadn't heard about her in a long while! Some Googling revealed that she'd been suffering from severe health issues for years now, and this book was the result of more years of hardship than I could fathom. I preordered it immediately, and read it the moment it arrived.

Wow. So different, so quiet, and so, so good.

I've read plenty of reviews that disparage the book (usually because they felt the plot was thin or easily deduced, or because the narration was too simple or unrelatable), but I enjoyed the hell out of it. I was surprised when reveals came, I was drawn into the narration and worldbuilding, and I found the narrator endearing, if a bit alien in perspective. …

Notes from the Burning Age (Hardcover, 2021, Orbit) 3 stars

Ven was once a holy man, a keeper of ancient archives. It was his duty …

Review of 'Notes from the Burning Age' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Beautifully and darkly poetic, there's a lot here about the value of life, the fallacy of human elitism, and the bleakness of history. It's not an easy read, and as far as stories go, it's not one with the beginning, middle, and end. But it is a slice of a very dark life, and not a bad read.