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[Nessa Saelind]

@Yávië - I discovered that podcast in March when the whole lockdown situation started and I needed some distraction from the news. I think Saladin Ahmed tweeted that LeVar was reading one of his short stories that I adore: Mister Hadj's Sunset Ride and that's how I found the podcast. Personally it's the right length for me, because he reads short stories. When I tried to listen to audiobooks previously at some point my mind would wander off somewhere and after a while I'd realise I have no idea what's going on So short stories are the most I can do.

Oh, I just saw today that the Goodreads Choice Awards for 2020 started or is going to be started? The page got all jumbled when I tried to go see the nominees and vote. I have no idea what's going on there Who are you folks voting for this year? If you're voting. :-)

[Lailyn]

@Androthelm - that is a shame but I know what you mean. I read an awful lot of first books in series and unless they really wow me I don't often keep going.

@Yávië - So after I ran across Nausicaa I actually looked into other graphic novels and Sandman is one I read a lot of good things about. If Nausicaa goes well for me I may have to check out Sandman too!
Yes, The Glass Hotel had its moments for sure but I do like Mandel. Did you read her Station Eleven? I really liked that one a lot and it is the reason I read this one.
Off topic but omg I just discovered Wait Wait Don't Tell Me this year! I am a new fan, been listening to NPR for years and not sure how it took me so long to find!

@Nessa Saelind - I saw the GR Choice Awards, not having any problems with viewing it. Have you tried again? I have some less than awesome opinions about some aspects of GR even though I use it a lot but I did vote for the one book I had read that was nominated (aforementioned The Glass Hotel). I am waiting on quite a few nominated books from the library. I mostly read fantasy so there are a lot of categories I can't have any opinion on.

I just finished up The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. I really liked it a lot. It is a slow, quiet almost slice of life sort of book with themes about immigration, friendship and loneliness, finding your place and what it means to be human.

[Nessa Saelind]

@Little Bird Lail - it looks like it was just an opening glitch, probably me being an eager beaver later it worked fine and I did cast my votes. Although, the history book category was a hot mess like every year.

[Nessa Saelind]

I've just started reading Sir David Attenborough's newest book A Life on Our Planet (it's a companion book to the Netflix documentary series) and I am, once again, amazed how beautiful his writing is! It's very lyrical and simultaneously melancholic and uplifting. Very Sir David I must say

[Raisins]

I am currently at a loss of books all my books are packed for the most part due to moving though apparently I forgot to pack my copy of 'The Magicians' by Lev Grossman. Which I will admit because I watched the TV series and was highly curious but have not had the time to read in full.

I have started reading it due to having nothing to do short of explore the internet in my house as its ridiculously empty of art supplies and anything else. That said so far I am quite enjoying it.

[Yávië]

Aha! @Lailyn it was you! I read The Golem and the Jinni in November alongside NaNo and I loved it. Ice Cream Saleh was just brilliant. I realize this is a bit ridiculous to say considering, uh, *glances at site header*--but sometimes it's nice to take a break from Save the Kingdom/World/Universe fantasy. The genre could probably use more slice of life.

@Nessa Saelind So I pulled up LeVar Burton Reads a little while ago and have just been going through them in order from the beginning. The most interesting one so far was probably What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky. Oh, and I love Gaiman's Chivalry but I've read that before. Mostly I'm just enjoying checking out new and less familiar authors. Even Murakami is more bearable with LeVar. *g*

Right now I've got V.E. Schwab's newest book, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and I'm almost finished with The Last Wish because I wanted to watch The Witcher on Netflix sometime. I didn't realize it was short stories or sort of fairy tale retellings so that was a surprising first fifty pages.

What else? Oh, I mentioned it in Ringwraith but I just indulged myself in a long overdue Elenium (David Eddings) re-read. It had finally been long enough that a few things even managed to surprise me again. And if anyone is around to commiserate with me, That Thing That Happens At The End still breaks my heart every time.

[Lailyn]

@MEOW I'm so glad you liked it! It was cozy and lovely. I like stories about immigrants.

I'm on about a six month wait list at the library for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue! I've heard good things.

Recently read and enjoyed the weird little adventure that was Josiah Bancroft's Senlin Ascends. I don't even know how to describe this book. It was sometimes darkly hilarious, sometimes ridiculous and did not even have much plot but kept me engaged nonetheless.

[Nessa Saelind]

@MEOW - I'm so glad you Like LeVar's reading! ^_^ My favourites so far were The Truth about Owls by Amal El-Mohtar, the live reading of The Winds of Harmattan by Nnendi Okorafor and Skinwalker, Fast-Talker by Darcie Little Badger. I really like that he chooses to highlight authors that folks might not know about.

I'm trying to finish A Life on Our Planet this week so I can immerse myself into a couple of books of Croatian folk tales and essays about folk tales and traditions. From what I could see when I browsed the books there are some really, really wacky fairy tales

[Lailyn]

Oh gosh GoodReads is starting to give me year-end stats. I've read a whopping 88 books this year and I still have a few weeks left! That's definitely the most ever but all this social isolation has made me read even more than I normally do.

[Nessa Saelind]

I love Goodreads' stats, but I hate that they put them up this early! There are 15 days to the end of the year Goodreads! I can read more books during that time period! So far 106 books read, soon to be 107 when I input Sir David's book. There are a few books missing from these statistics because some of LeVar's readings aren't on the lists and 2 books that I've read weren't in the database. I'm guessing it's because they're older and in Croatian so there's that. BTW my longest book was The Empire of Gold with 766 pages! Didn't feel that long when I was shouting at the characters though

[Lailyn]

Agreed, I still have so many days left to read!! 106 wow! I usually read somewhere around 70 a year so I thought 88 was a lot. My longest was The Priory of the Orange Tree at 848 pages. Shortest - Pile of Bones (a short story by Michael J. Sullivan). here's to more reading whoo!

[Nessa Saelind]

I usually set my goal to 52 books a year (one per week, which is doable in case life throws bricks at me), but in the past years, I've read around 60-ish books per year. This year thanks to the pandemic and lockdown I managed to complete my reading goal at the beginning of April and then I just kept going The Priory of the Orange Tree is on my reading list! How did you like it?

[Lailyn]

I don't set a goal I just see what I end up with!
I liked it but I did not love it. It was definitely a good book, it was well-written and I love that it was standalone. I loved the dragons, dragon-riders and the magic. I read it surprisingly fast for its length. But a lot of time was spent at court and I was more interested in the other main storylines. As such, I think part of my disappointment was because my favorite character did not get as much screen time as I wanted. The romance was very sweet and I do like a nice dash of it but it took over the plot a little too much for me. If you like Medieval-ish court politics and intrigue with a heavy dose of romance, you might enjoy it more than I did!

[Nessa Saelind]

Seeing as I'm slowly shifting my history specialisation from the early modern period to the Middle Ages I think I might enjoy it. Might depend on the romance factor. I'm not a huge fan of romance, it kind of has to be done right, not too much and not too little. But I'll give it a go in January, I have some library books I need to finish and return before the end of the month. :-)

[Nessa Saelind]

New Year, new Goodreads challenge! My first New Year's resolution and the only one I'm going to stick to most likely

I was debating whether to be ambitious and go for a 100 books for this year, since I managed to read 107 last year, but I was chatting about it on Twitter with some friends, and we agreed we don't poke or provoke 2021 in any way, shape or form and decided to stick to the more realistic goal of 52 books (that's one book per week). Like every year I'm hoping I'll read more history books, last year I managed 5! Which is a minor miracle considering how slow I am when it comes to reading them. Fingers crossed that I get faster, or at least stop being distracted by reference notes

Anyone else decided on this year's Goodreads challenge?

[Mattie]

On my bedside table atm are:

- Roverandom (by Tolkien of course)
- Avalon High by Meg Cabot. This novel and 3 comic books retell the story of King Arthur in a modern American high school setting. Very fun reading for Arthurians.
- The Gown, a gothic short story by the musician Emilie Autumn which addresses mental illness.
- True Grit by Charles Portis. This novel tells the story of Mattie Ross (my namesake), a 14 year old girl who is out to avenge her father's murder. This is my favourite Western novel and it's definately time for a reread.
- Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan, the psychologist who developed DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy). This memoir is very inspiring. Marsha and I have similar stories (except I'm still stuck in "hell"). She is an important role model for me atm. Her book gives me hope.
- the Holy Bible (King James Version), an important staple in my life.

[Nessa Saelind]

- True Grit by Charles Portis. This novel tells the story of Mattie Ross (my namesake), a 14 year old girl who is out to avenge her father's murder. This is my favourite Western novel and it's definately time for a reread.

Thank you for reminding me of this one Mattie! I haven't read the book, but I've watched both movie adaptations and I loved them! I need to add this to my Goodreads list lest I forget about it.

[Mattie]

@Nessa Saelind no problem, I hope you enjoy it

[Lailyn]

Don't set reading goals so will just see how many I end up with this year. So far, had a lot of good ones - T.J. Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea was the heartwarming, uplifting story I needed in January and Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January was just beautiful. I was also very pulled into 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin about a man lost at sea for, you guessed it, 438 days. It was gruesome and hard to read at times but also hard to put down. I am fascinated by these kinds of survival stories. I'm hoping to read a little more non-fiction this year.

[Nessa Saelind]

@Lailyn The House in the Cerulean Sea is on my wishlist! I want to get it, but I need to find time to actually read, instead of hoard books on the e-reader

Currently, I'm reading Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 in the Croatian translation. At first, I was a bit sceptical about the book, it's got 700 pages and it's 20th-century history, which I'm not a fan of, but it won a lot of awards so I decided to check it out. Professional curiosity And so far chapter 1 is a riot! Serbian politics at the beginning of the 20th century is like the worst soap opera that you just cannot believe is real, but it is and it's a hoot!

[Nessa Saelind]

A while ago in a random conversation on Discord I mentioned something like that it would be cool to see folks recommending X amount of favourite books of the moment or books you're looking forward to reading at the moment... I said I was going to look through my Goodreads list because I read a lot of amazing books last year and dunno, forgot

Anyway, long story cut short here are my current erm 6 favourite books or book series that you need in your life (according to me)

I'll start with a nonfiction one: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by the Feminist Giant Mona Eltahawy. I could spend half the day explaining why this book is an essential read for everyone with the help of birb memes, but you'd defenestrate me at the 10 minutes mark so I won't A bold and brilliant feminist manifesto and a must-read. Mona is <3

If you like a particular mix of historical fiction mixed in with fantasy and Robespierre as a necromancer along with Toussaint L'Ouverture as a weather mage seems like the best idea you've heard in a while then you must read A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry, especially since the sequel A Radical Act of Free Magic is coming out in July of this year and Napoleon is in it! This is going to be such awesomeness! I feel it in my bones! (although, that could just be rheumatism )

The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang. Inspired by Chinese history and the Sino-Japanese relations this historical fantasy is something else. The author killed it with this series and in more ways than one. You need this in your life. End of line.

The Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty. Shannon is a star, truly <3 I've been with this series since the start (in 2017) and it's been a genuine pleasure to see this series develop and grow; to experience this amazing story that starts in 19th century Egypt and shows a rich and diverse world inspired by Islamic/Muslim culture and traditions. And don't get me started on the characters. They are all awesome and amazing, even the ones I hate! You also need this series in your lives!

The Khorasan Archives series by Ausma Zehanat Khan. I cannot praise Khan's lyrical writing enough, her writing is a source of inspiration and writing goals. I am in awe of this epic fantasy series, how she merged many stories into one powerful one... The inspirations and descriptions, powerful characters, gripping story... It's brilliant alright. <3

Last, but not the least Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Inspired by the civilisations of pre-Columbian America Black Sun is epic, rich, detailed, vivid and brilliant. It's one heck of a book and an emotional rollercoaster that will leave you screaming for more. Roanhorse here is at the top of her writing game and I cannot wait to read the sequel. And Cara Gee is reading the audiobook version so you know it's good.

Heh, just realised that all the above books I recommended and I've read in 2020 were written by women. Wasn't intentional, but there you go. Women crushed 2020 with writing.

[Nessa Saelind]

Nominations for the 2021 Hugo awards have been announced. Happy to see some of my favourite authors, editors and their works amongst the nominees. <3

[Nessa Saelind]

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon starts this Saturday (April, 24th) for everyone who wants to participate. I hope some of you will join me in a very bookish weekend.

[Lailyn]

This one time I forgot about this, one of my fav OOME threads. I will have to think about my fav books of 2020 and come back with a list, though I think I probably mentioned most of them somewhere in this thread already.

Mostly I am here to gush about a book I just read and absolutely loved - Hall of Smoke by HM Long. It is a journey/quest book about a priestess of a warrior-goddess with some Celtic and Viking vibes. I felt so immersed in the story, it was mythical and magical and I absolutely loved everything about it. It was marketed as a standalone when I first heard about it and that made me happy (because I wish there were more stand alones in fantasy) and now that I loved it so much I'm stoked to see there's a sequel in the works! I cannot wait. I haven't loved a book this much in a long time.

I'm about to start on Josiah Bancroft's Arm of the Sphinx, the sequel to Senlin Ascends, which I read last year and quite liked a lot! I'm excited for this adventure and just about to break the book open when I sign off this evening.

If anyone ever wants to, feel free to add me on GoodReads - you can find me here. I don't often review, but I update pretty frequently and I love chatting books!

[Nessa Saelind]

The first 24 hour Readathon of 2021 completed! I think I did pretty well, I managed to finish 2 books (one novel and one novella), 4 short stories in audiobook form. To me, Readathon is a great thing, that I'm looking forward to every year. I can block out a whole weekend just for reading, without feeling guilting that I'm not doing other things... It really helps me and encourages me to explore various reading media, like audiobooks or e-books. And hanging around with other readers is so fun! Sharing what you're reading, cheering folks on, building structures out of your to read piles Just what I needed in 2021.

[Yávië]

Okay, where did the Dresden Files fans go? Harry drove me slightly crazy for the first several books and every time I finished one I considered giving up on the series...and then suddenly a few days ago I was finished with Ghost Story and the next book wasn't available from the library right away and aaaaaaaaaaaaargh. So I went looking for Codex Alera but I had to put that on hold too, and now I'm reading FoTR.

I had to check Goodreads to know what on earth I was reading before I started binging Dresden but it tells me...

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke -- I've really got to get back to Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which I think I like better (I moved in the middle of it and ended up without my hard copy), but meanwhile I did enjoy this much shorter tale.

Lois Lowry's Gossamer -- The Giver is one of those books that I read at the right time and right age and became one of those fundamental building blocks of how you look at stories and books and the world. Since then every other Lower book has been slightly disappointing, but I suspect that's not the fault of the books themselves. But Gossamer was very sweet, and I can imagine it being that book for someone else, at the right age and right time.

Archer's Goon -- I read and loved many Diana Wynne Jones books as a kid but once in a while I'd run into one (Dalemark, maybe?), that just didn't click with me at all. This, unfortunately, was another one of those.

Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving by Mo Rocca -- I've never listened to the podcast or watched CBS Sunday Morning regularly but this book is mentioned on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me every few weeks so I thought I'd finally pick it up. It wouldn't hurt me to read more non-fiction either. Entertaining, as expected, though I did a little skimming through the people/movies/pop-culture I didn't really recognize. Recommended for NPR nerds.

[Nessa Saelind]

@Yávië - I've read the Dresden Files a long, long time ago. Need to pick up the books again because I forgot what was going on. However, upon reading Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series, another urban fantasy, I prefer it over Butcher's Dresden Files

The Locus Award Top Ten Finalists are out! A lot of excellent authors and works here! I'm really curious and excited to see who will win, everyone is so good it's going to be a touch choice.

[Nessa Saelind]

Tomorrow is the day, my friends! Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa and P. Djèlí Clark's A Master of Djinn will be published and I am going to be diving into these diverse steampunk and epic fantasy worlds! A Master of Djinn is first on the reading list, followed by Son of the Storm and then, I'm rounding up this with Kwame Mbalia's Last Gate of the Emperor and Tristan Strong books. It's going to be an epic reading May! I will see you when I see you

[Lailyn]

Ok I know I promised I'd look at my fav books of 2020 but instead I am looking forward to some releases coming out this year...

The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman - hello sir, you had me at thief
The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker - I hope the sequel is as lovely as The Golem and the Jinni!
A Rush of Wings by Laura E. Weymouth - I will read anything the wonderful @Thalionwen Hunigfolm writes
The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft - final installment, what an ominous title, no spoilers please I still haven't read The Hod King!

I also I want to hear about Son of the Storm, as it was just released, I am waiting on it from my library. Currently reading another new release from January, The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick (pen name for Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms) and loving it so far. Nothing like a good heist story!

[Nessa Saelind]

@Lailyn I'm so sorry I totally forgot that you wanted to hear my thoughts about Son of the Storm I've had (great) expectations from this book and boy o boy Suyi did not disappoint! He created a rich and diverse world inspired by the history of African nations. From the start, it's clear that the author put a lot of thought in the world of Oon, its cultures, geography, ecology and his characters. His characters are diverse, complex and intelligent, and I really loved that one of the main characters (Danso) could recognise when he made a mistake, think about it and learned from it. It was so refreshing to see. And also to see so many non-fighter characters in an epic fantasy! I loved the book and I wholeheartedly recommend it and I cannot wait for the next instalment!

In other news yesterday the Nebula Awards winners were announced! So many great authors and works were nominated! It was really a tough choice... But I'm ecstatic that P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout won Best Novella! <3

[Tharmáras]

I'm read 254 pages of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park now .

[Lailyn]

Ahh no worries, Nessa! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, I'm still waiting for it from the library (and a bunch of other books too!), but looking forward to whenever I receive it. I'm especially excited to hear about non-fighter characters.

How are you enjoying Jurassic Park, @Tharmáras? People always tell me I should read it but its one of those books I never got round to!

I recently finished Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars and I was pleasantly surprised! I've been trying to avoid YA Fantasy for the most part after I over-saturated myself with it a while back and got a bit tired of some of the tropes. This one was really good, I'd say some of her best writing, and it also helped me survive the heat-wave!

[Tharmáras]

@Lailyn , who I will henceforth call El if that's alright, Jurassic Park is one of those novels which I never got around to reading until presently so don't feel left out! I love the book and its differences from the first film. For instance this excerpt below (are we permitted to show excerpts? Should they be whited out?) concerns Lex feeding a pink baby Triceratops! Lex is wayyyy younger in the book; in the movie she's a computer wiz teenage girl but in the book she's an adorable child under 10 years old (Tim is the older one in the book). This scene below was replaced by Lex feeding a Brachiosaurus in the movie.

' “Chew your food,” Lex was saying. “Don’t be a piggy, Ralph.”
Grant walked around the corner and found Lex by the bars, holding out handfuls of hay to an animal outside that looked like a large pink pig and was making the squeaking sounds Grant had heard. It was actually an infant triceratops, about the size of a pony. The infant didn’t have horns on its head yet, just a curved bony frill behind big soft eyes. It poked its snout through the bars toward Lex, its eyes watching her as she fed it more hay.
“That’s better,” Lex said. “There’s plenty of hay, don’t worry.” She patted the baby on the head. “You like hay, don’t you, Ralph?” Lex turned back and saw him.
“This is Ralph,” Lex said. “He’s my friend. He likes hay.”
Grant took a step and stopped, wincing.
“You look pretty bad,” Lex said. “I feel pretty bad.”
“Tim, too. His nose is all swollen up. You want to help me feed Ralph?”
The baby triceratops looked at Grant. Hay stuck out of both sides of its mouth, dropping on the floor as it chewed.
“He’s a very messy eater,” Lex said. “And he’s very hungry.”
The baby finished chewing and licked its lips. It opened its mouth, waiting for more. Grant could see the slender sharp teeth, and the beaky upper jaw, like a parrot.
“Okay, just a minute,” Lex said, scooping up more straw from the concrete floor. “Honestly, Ralph,” she said, “you’d think your mother never fed you.”
“Why is his name Ralph?”
“Because he looks like Ralph. At school.”
Grant came closer and touched the skin of the neck gently.
“It’s okay, you can pet him,” Lex said. “He likes it when you pet him, don’t you, Ralph?”
The skin felt dry and warm, with the pebbled texture of a football. Ralph gave a little squeak as Grant petted it. Outside the bars, its thick tail swung back and forth with pleasure.
“He’s pretty tame.” Ralph looked from Lex to Grant as it ate, and showed no sign of fear. It reminded Grant that the dinosaurs didn’t have ordinary responses to people.
“Maybe I can ride him,” Lex said.
“Let’s not.”
“I bet he’d let me,” Lex said. “It’d be fun to ride a dinosaur.” '

[Nessa Saelind]

(are we permitted to show excerpts? Should they be whited out?)

General historian response: it's OK to quote something from a book/article/etc. as long as you cite the author, title, publisher, year of publication and the page number(s). CMS citation guide is an awesome help with this.

[Tharmáras]

Okay, I'll edit tonight after work, @Nessa Saelind . I think it will be fun showing except of the books reading. Could you edit the OP of this thread's post to show that rule for others?

[Nessa Saelind]

@Tharmáras - sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough (I am a bit tired). My response regarding the citation guide is not a Plaza rule . It was just an answer to your question - that you do not need to white out a quotation from a book if you give credit aka cite and me providing you (and everyone) with resources on how the humanities usually cite works they use. You can see more examples of citation in the Nu Library subforum, specifically Quote Bank Submissions.

So to reiterate and to avoid possible confusions: CMS citations are not Plaza rules. My response was just a response of a Plaza member, who happens to be a historian and uses CMS when she cites. Just give credit where credit is due and it's all good.

[Tharmáras]

Oh, okay, I'll always put excerpts sans citations here then

[Lailyn]

Sure sure you can call me El I don't mind. I'll be honest it's probably been a decade since I've seen the movie Jurassic Park, I doubt I'd notice the differences. I might have to budge and finally read this one sometime!

While we're talking quotes, here was one of my favs from Bardugo's King of Scars - "Call me Grisha. Call me zowa. Call me death, if you like." said by Nina aka the best ever.

Just started Madeline Miller's Circe tonight and I already love it starting with the first sentence!

[Nessa Saelind]

Oh, okay, I'll always put excerpts sans citations here then

As long as you say Author X wrote this in book Y it's a-ok with me I'll probably do the whole 9 yards when I quote things, because force of habit

[Pip Took]

Hello all. Perhaps due to the pandemic or just getting older I've finally gone and started wilderness backpacking this year. So for some inspiration I decided to read The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. Finished a few short hours ago and just absolutely loved this quote near the end of the book, "But let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious."

I've also been making my way through Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Finished up Song of Susannah the other week. I am really loving this series and just how wild everything is. And perhaps I'm especially drawn to it by how indebted it is to Tolkien and LotR. Any other Dark Tower fans out here? Favorite and least favorite in the series? I was not much of a fan of Wizard and Glass.

[Afird Splitax]

Hi Pip! I read the Dark Tower years ago. I must say that the ending is the best ending that I have ever, ever read. And I mean that sincerely. I hope you enjoy it! There is also The Wind Through the Keyhole, the 4.5 book that is part of the series. It was made after the series and fell between Wizards and Glass and Wolves of the Calla.

I have not read much of Kerouac except On The Road. I will have to investigate The Dharma Bums! Nice quote!

[Tharmáras]

Let me know here when you start, @Lailyn !

@Pip Took , this is Aigronding / Edan / Beren / Steven C. from Facebook! I'm a big Stephen King fan! I'm currently reading Wizard & Glass and Under the Dome.

Although the series is no longer continuing, I'm most likely going to reread the core books of Dragonlance soon and finally finish the Mina trilogy, The Dark Disciple. It's been over a decade... I miss the world of Krynn.

Also, I need to finish reading my Sherlock Holmes omnibus (first volume).

Edit: Looks like Dragonlance is making a comeback, actually, just read this article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.polygon.[i][/i]com/platform/amp/2021/1/25/22249105/new-dragonlance-chronicles-trilogy-weis-hickman-wizards-coast-lawsuit .
I just saw a recent post (June 24th) from the official Margaret Weiss Facebook page that the new Dragonlance books are confirmed being written: "Just to remind everyone, I am prohibited by contract from talking about the new books. With anyone! Even those who send me private messages promising that if I tell them they'll keep it secret.:) ".

Edit: I just started rereading Margaret Weiss' Dragonlance book about Raistlin called The Soulforge.

[Nessa Saelind]

Tomorrow is the day when book 2 of The Shadow Histories Series by H.G. Parry is coming out! Honestly, it would have been cool if A Radical Act of Free Magic came out on July 14th, because you know fall of Bastille, the start of the French Revolution etc. but it's alright. Since this is the book I was really looking forward to and probably the only book I'll read this month I'm very, very happy.