Books read
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purleweA Marvellous Light by Freya Marske. Gay Fantasy Romance. Alternate Victorian-ish London, Robin Blyth takes a job and finds out that he has been put in charge of informing the PM about the magical goings on in England. He meets Edwin Courcey, his counterpart on the magical side of things. Unfortunately the reason the post had been vacant for Robin is that his predecessor has gone missing. On his first day of the job he is magically cursed. Edwin decides to help him by taking him to his family's estate and their library. Somewhere in all those books there must be a way to remove the curse. Even tho this is alternative England, being gay is still illegal. (Oscar Wilde's trial is referenced as "just a few years before") Both men fall in love. Definitely steamy romance bits. The next book will be steamy Sapphic romance.
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske. Gay Fantasy Romance. Maud goes to America to bring home magician to England. Unfortunately the woman is killed before they even set sail. Trapped on a ship with the killer she decides to find the killer before the reach home. She enlists the help of Violet and others. And along the way discovers that she has feelings for Violet. FUN! looking forward to the next one.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. Sci Fi. 3 different ships land on Gora to wait their turn for their wormhole timeslot. Gora is a nothing planet, but it happens to be at the intersection of lots of wormhole space hops. And the people who live there spend their time catering to the needs of the different people who space hop. The Five-Hop One Stop is run by a woman and her son who try to cater to everyone's needs. On this day there is a space accident above them and the 3 different people are trapped on Gora until it can be cleared. It goes along well, until it doesn't. And they have to make a decision to help each other. All of Becky Chambers books are about good and hope and caring for each other. I am sad to have finished all 6 of her books in like 3 months.
An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd. (Bess Crawford #2) Historical Fiction, Mystery. Set during the first war Bess Crawford is a nurse. She happens to see a woman giving a tearful goodbye at the train station to a soldier. But she knows that face. It is the wife of the soldier she just brought back to the convalescent home. Bess goes back to the front. And a newspaper several weeks old shows the woman's face, saying she had been murdered and if anyone can come forward about information Scotland Yard would appreciate it. I like Charles Todd books, and I really like the Bess Crawford series. Looking forward to the next one.
Stats: 57 books
W: 35 M: 21 NB: 1 AOC: 14 +1(illustrator) LGBT: 19 Library books: 51
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske. Gay Fantasy Romance. Maud goes to America to bring home magician to England. Unfortunately the woman is killed before they even set sail. Trapped on a ship with the killer she decides to find the killer before the reach home. She enlists the help of Violet and others. And along the way discovers that she has feelings for Violet. FUN! looking forward to the next one.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. Sci Fi. 3 different ships land on Gora to wait their turn for their wormhole timeslot. Gora is a nothing planet, but it happens to be at the intersection of lots of wormhole space hops. And the people who live there spend their time catering to the needs of the different people who space hop. The Five-Hop One Stop is run by a woman and her son who try to cater to everyone's needs. On this day there is a space accident above them and the 3 different people are trapped on Gora until it can be cleared. It goes along well, until it doesn't. And they have to make a decision to help each other. All of Becky Chambers books are about good and hope and caring for each other. I am sad to have finished all 6 of her books in like 3 months.
An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd. (Bess Crawford #2) Historical Fiction, Mystery. Set during the first war Bess Crawford is a nurse. She happens to see a woman giving a tearful goodbye at the train station to a soldier. But she knows that face. It is the wife of the soldier she just brought back to the convalescent home. Bess goes back to the front. And a newspaper several weeks old shows the woman's face, saying she had been murdered and if anyone can come forward about information Scotland Yard would appreciate it. I like Charles Todd books, and I really like the Bess Crawford series. Looking forward to the next one.
Stats: 57 books
W: 35 M: 21 NB: 1 AOC: 14 +1(illustrator) LGBT: 19 Library books: 51
