It's that time again! Reading was a lifesaver in September, and I'm already on a good reading streak for October. Let's hope I have even more time to chill and read as the fall continues.
- Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki--This is one of the most unusual books I've ever read, and not just because the protagonists are respectively an alien, a woman who's made a deal with the devil, and a trans violin prodigy. I enjoyed it, even though parts of it are extremely dark, and other parts of it I didn't fully understand. The alien parts are my favorite, but this is also a book that really made me think about the nature of good and evil, and left me with no answers but a reminder to always look deeper and beyond what I think I know.
- A Fellowship of Curses & Cats by J. Penner--I wasn't sure about this one from the description but J. Penner never misses for me. She continues to explore the established cast from the first book, coming back to Theo, who is now about to be a father. He drinks a potion to quell his anxiety and ends up triggering an avalanche of cats following him around. Watching how he and the group deal with this development was entertaining, comforting, and deeply healing.
- A Fellowship of Academics & Arts by J. Penner--This time, Penner uses the birth of Arleta and Theo's child as a frame for Verdreth to tell the story of how he and Ervash met, exploring the fantasy world further beyond the town of Adenashire. Verdreth and Ervash's story is as cute and relatable as every other in the series, and we get an even better sense of how they've developed into the orcs they are in the present time.
- Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer--The slow burn finally pays off a bit in this third book, and it's as laugh-out-loud funny and twisty as ever. I'm hoping to read the fourth book soon--quite the cliffhanger!
- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman--I finally got in on the hype. As promised, a fun, propulsive read about a guy who finds himself in a real-life D&D scenario--I also see hints of a larger intergalactic plot--my prediction is this will widen out to a more Hunger Games-type scenario but we'll see. I have a few more books to go before I'm caught up with the current state of the series--maybe I'll even get lucky and not finish them till they're all out.
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