I'm so glad you liked them, -t! The Ysthar books are probably my least favorite, but I just went back and re-read 'Til Human Voices Wake Us, and it did improve upon the re-read. And Kip. Oh, my heart I love Kip. (In my head he looks like Temuera Morrison [link]

Kip is the best. I read a review that said something about Kip being too perfect and I was all "take that back I will fight you" in my head. Still kinda riled up about it. He is just exactly perfect enough

:: looks at pictures of Temuera Morrison::

Works for me! I only had a very vague image in my head, as is my wont, but he fits it pretty well

I actually like 'Til Human Voices Wake Us better now that I have read it and can think back on it than I did while I was reading it, if that makes sense.

The Return of Fitzroy Angursell was thoroughly satisfying while leaving promising open questions for future books, yay. But now I have to wait for another book to come out, alas.

And while I am finding myself thinking how much better off Richard Carstone would have been as a mage than as a Ward of Jarndyce, what with his facility for crafting Latin verse, I don’t feel quite up to starting Edwin Drood…I’ll need something to ease that transition

Oh, speaking of recs, I think my best shot at a prize in the library's summer reading bingo includes a science fiction book with a female protagonist. I haven't read much science fiction at all (other than Bujold), so would love a recommendation!

I love Connie Willis' Doomsday Book (Dueling pandemics! Time Travel!) But I also love William Gibson's female protagonists--Cayce Pollard in Pattern Recognition, especially. Molly Millions in Neuromancer (although she's a secondary character.)

I found a book about Kit Marlowe (A Tip for the Hangman). Queer Kit! His recruitment by Walsingham. The author admits to some shuffling of time/events and characters (she adds Kit to the Babbington Plot). BUT it wasn't enough to bother a Tudor history buff like me. Really good internal motivation for Kit. Strong recs all around. Great audiobook narrator.

Whoever recommended KJ Charles' books, thank you! I'm on the second Will Darling book and thoroughly enjoying them.

They're so good. I was lured in by the Magpie Lord series and went on to buy others. At this point, when a new K.J. Charles is announced, I pre-order ... and am delightfully surprised when it lands in my e-reader.

At this point, when a new K.J. Charles is announced, I pre-order ... and am delightfully surprised when it lands in my e-reader.

Same.

Speaking of female-led scifi, I suggested my book group read Gideon the Ninth this month, and they agreed. I'm not sure how the meme-y aspects are going to land with this particular group. Or the horror. At least the gay will go down a treat (which is one reason I've been in this book group for ~20 years). It's been fun re-reading it.

At this point, when a new K.J. Charles is announced, I pre-order ... and am delightfully surprised when it lands in my e-reader.

EVERY DAMN RELEASE. I can't recommend Wanted: A Gentleman, enough. Or the Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting. Or Unfit to Print.

I also need to thank whoever recommended "A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking". Great fun. Now I need to glom her backlist.

Oh, you are in for some treats, bennet!