pickWhat fun!! Like all time travel books, it‘s best not to get too bogged down in the details (& luckily the quick pace set by the author helps just that). Rabbit Ward has been a time traveling archaeologist for decades, but the last year has been rough as it‘s obvious someone is horning in on his work. An adventure in the 6th century Constantinople provides him with the opportunity to right his first professional misstep & learn about his opponent!
pickI love a good archeological tale, and this one is no exception. Rabbit Ward is a chrono-archeologist, a time traveling archeologist. He goes back to Constantinople to search for a lost menorah. He had previously sought it out, and a colleague was lost in time. I liked the no-nonsense, yet descriptive style of writing. Themes of grief and redemption were found in the novel. A solid, though sometimes confusing novel. Thanks to NetGalley.
February is the month where I kept falling asleep while reading, so it took me forever to get through books, lol. Almost done with the tagged book, too, which has been fascinating but also taking a long time to read.
I seem to be in an epistolary novel spurt - teaching So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ to my World Lit class next week!
pickThis is a debut that features an archeologist who travels through time to save the world's treasures. Much of the action is in 535 CE Constantinople as he tries to rescue an ancient menorah. I enjoyed it, but I would have preferred less action, less characters and more dialogue. I do recommend it, however, for fans of action-packed historical fiction that are okay with a bit of science fiction as well. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. 3.5/4
pickI've been a big fan of smaller books lately and this read was perfect. Despite its smaller size, it contains an intense amount of world building that left me shocked at how much the universe of the story had developed in my mind. The way this story dealt with the complexities of trauma, unhealthy relationships, and existential crises was incredibly nuanced and made for an interesting read.
pickReceived to review!
Took me a bit to get myself back into the world and remember what happened in the first book, but things fell into place nicely given a bit of time. I remember feeling ambivalent about the end of the first book, at what Saralene and Maddileh do to survive, and it felt like this... simplified it and robbed it of some of the ambiguous darkness I actually liked. Maybe it hadn't been intended after all.
pickAn imaginative tale of a world very different, told in letters. I wasn‘t sure how I‘d get along with the format, and I did find it rather slow going at first. But the mystery of what happened to E. and Henerey drew me in, as their siblings worked to solve their disappearance. The world building is charming and thorough, and the characters appealing and enjoyable to spend time with. I‘ll definitely read the sequel.
pickReally enjoyed this! So glad to be back in the Xuya Universe. This novella was a little more confusing than previous ones I‘ve read. But ultimately I did enjoy the overall story. Makes me want to go hunt down the others I haven‘t read yet and dive into them immediately. Give it a shot if you like sapphic sci-fi featuring Chinese and Vietnamese inspired galactic empires rather than Western based. Highly recommend.
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