Books on My Radar – Need Your Thoughts!

BlaiseAce Monday

I absolutely have to post this again since it didn't get any attention in the section Reading & Writing.

📚 Books I Want (for now):

• Vicious - Victoria E. Schwab (Fantasy/Paranormal)

• Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson (High Fantasy)

• Battle Royale - Koushun Takami (Horror/Dystopia)

• Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler (Sci-Fi/Dystopia)

• Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said - Philip K. D. (Sci-Fi/Dystopia)

• In the Woods - Tana French (Mystery/Detective)

(I asked for these for Christmas, fingers crossed I get them!)

📖 Recommended Ones:

• The Only Good Indians(Horror)???

• Piranesi - Susanna Clarke (Magical Realism/Mythology) ???

• I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (Literary Fiction/Dystopia)

• Scythe (Dystopia/Sci-Fi) ???

• Song of Achilles (Mythology) ???

• Jade City (Urban Fantasy) ??? (rec. by Emily Fox)

• All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby (Thriller/Mystery) (rec. by Pretty in Pupercuts)

• Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova (Horror) (rec. by Ali do is read)

• A Dowry of Blood - S.T. Gibson (Horror)

• The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison (Fantasy/Slice of Life) (rec. by BookswithEmilyFox)

(these are the ones I was thinking of in general , that I hear them mentioned a lot)

I put question marks next to the ones I'm not quite sure if I like. If you have read any of these let me know if it is overrated or if I should read it asap

If you want to recommend books to me Please unleash 🦅

TL;DR: Considering books like Vicious, Mistborn, Battle Royale, and more. Want to try new genres. Recommendations?

Aayla Tuesday

@BlaiseAce out of all these, Mistborn is my absolute favourite: very original in terms of worldbuilding, a band of outcasts trying to overthrow a tyrant, what more could you want?

Between the ones you're unsure about I read A dowry of blood and Song of Achilles and I recommend both. Beautiful retellings with wonderful characterization and writing, maybe not as original as Mistborn but I loved both!

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BlaiseAce OP Tuesday

@Aayla

Yes, I asked for Mistborn for x-mas! and I hope to receive it! After enjoying Six of Crows, which had a similar concept, and I think I'll enjoy Mistborn even more as it seems more thoughtfully written.

I also considered asking for A Dowry of Blood and The Song of Achilles, but I didn't want to make my parents suspicious since both books include queer representation 😔

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Aayla Wednesday

@BlaiseAce great choice! I hope you'll get it and enjoy it as much as I did! As for the books with queer representation, I'm sorry you're in a situation where it feels safer to avoid it. You can still ask for one book this year and another next year among other non-queer options, if you prefer to keep it hidden!

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BlaiseAce OP Wednesday

@Aayla

Thank you for the suggestion and for understanding! I appreciate your support. However, if someone looks at the plot closely, they might still figure it out.

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