Buddy Reads
Song of Blood and Stone is the March book for The Book Check Out Book Club! I have been curious about L. Penelope’s 202 release, Monsteres We Defy, but this book is new to me, which is why I love book clubs. Song of Blood and Stone is the first book in an epic fantasy series and follows an outcast drawn into a war between two powerful rulers.
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries is a reread for me, but I was asked to be a guest host for the Femme Afictionados in April and this is the book that we will be reading and discussing. I was so thrilled when they asked me because I loved this book and was looking for an excuse to reread it.
I buddy read all of the Fairyloot Adult books the month after they come out. The Adventures of Amina al-Shirafi was the February book, so we will be reading it in March!
I have decided to participate in TorDotCom-Athon this year! This readathon was created by Beautifully Bookish Bethany and the goal is to read more books published by Tor. There is also a bingo card with different prompts that you can follow! I adore Tor, so I love having this excuse to focus on their books.
My plan is to read as many Tor books as I can and then to just see if I can get a bingo!
Daughter of the Forest was first published in Australia in 1999 but Tor Book published it in 2000. I love that this book has had so much staying power and it seems to be having a moment right now. I saw it on so many “Best Book” lists for 2022. It is a The Six Swans retelling and it is also one of my five star predictions. I am excited that I have an excuse to get to it!
Ring Shout has been on my radar since it came out and I have been curious about P. Djeli Clark in general. Now that I have been getting more and more into horror, I think it is the perfect time to finally read this novella.
I have heard some incredible things about Spear and I am always up to try an Arthurian retelling. It is another novella and I have heard that it is beautifully written.
Now onto the SciFi! For some reason, a lot of Tors’ SciFi titles appeal to me. Network Effect is the first full length novel within the Murderbot series and it is the last book I have to read in order to be caught up!
Winter’s Orbit has been on my TBR for ages and I am so determined to finally read it because I know I am going to love it! I am hoping that I love this so much that I will want to jump right into the next book.
I have read and loved Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo, so I am thrilled that we are getting a weird SciFi horror from him. All I know about Feed Them Silence is that it involves wolves somehow and it sounds wild.
I also have to read more of the SPFBO finalists, so I will be happy if I manage to get through all of these Tor titles, but I have a few more on my radar that I hope to squeeze in.
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I just read Even Though I Knew The End for this readathon and am planning on reading Daughter of the Forest and the next Martha Wells. I really enjoyed Winters Orbit and Ring Shout, hope you do too!
What did you think about Even Though I Knew the End? I read it when it first came out!
I love that we are reading some of the same books and I have a feeling Ring Shout and Witner’s Orbit will become favourites!
These sound like some fun planned reads! Tor has really been putting out a lot of books suited exactly to my interests lately. I’ve read a couple of the ones on your TBR and enjoyed them, so I hope you do as well!
Tor is definitely one of my favourite publishers!
Did you ever read Hunt The Stars by Jessie Mihalik? It’s SciFi Romance. I mean real Science Fiction with Romance. I A D O R E D it. Had to add that emphasis.
It’s so funny you say that because I’ve been seeing that series everywhere lately! I’m sold on it now!!
I adore it. Can’t wait to sink my teeth into the next one.
I’ve been meaning to read Ring Shout too! I liked the Tor bingo sheet- some of the short stories from the LeVar Burton Reads podcast were found on Tor first.
The sci-fi books all look interesting I will have to check them out!
I’ve been loving SciFi lately!
Me too!!
Good luck with your TBR! I loved Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries as well and really need to do a reread 🥰 Hope you enjoy Network Effect, I loved it so much!
Thank you! So excited to read it and I already know I’m going to love Network Effect!