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Boo, burying it in the spoiler thread of a book I haven't gotten to yet! I guess I'll leave this thread up for folks in a similar position.

I've read Tanith Lee's Secret Books of Paradys and Secret Books of Venus and loved both series. Her prose is fantastic, and really draws you in.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's excellent Untamed Shore is $2 right now:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B0BRW6GLRX
CA: https://amazon.ca/dp/B0BRW6GLRX

JPK, on 07 October 2024 - 05:59 PM, said:

I actually seem to be the only one here who absolutely loved it; it was my favorite read of the year. The prequel is also great, though not nearly as good as the first.

JPK, on 03 October 2024 - 12:37 AM, said:

I too had to put GORMENGHAST aside about halfway through, though I came back and completed it (and it finished strong IIRC.) Peake really can do some amazing things with just words printed on a page.

If you're wondering where I've been this past year, I basically spent March through July reading SHOGUN, which was of course amazing. (I don't remember if seeing the announcement of the TV show spurred me to finally pick it up, or if it was entirely coincidental.) Anyway, reading it on Kindle made the ending (specifically, when it ended) come as quite a surprise. I liked how the plot, while it would often revolve around Blackthorne, was never about him. And indeed, in the end you find out I also enjoyed reading (due to buzz around the show) how John Byrne was so enamored of the character of Mariko that he stole her outright to put her into Wolverine comics.

Since July, I've been reading D.V. Berkom's LEINE BASSO thrillers, via a prequel short from the author's website, and an 8-book omnibus from Amazon. They're about a former government assassin lady turned anti-human trafficking operative. Definitely not high literature, but entertaining enough. If you see the 1-8 omnibus on sale for a couple bucks, there are definitely worse things to spend your money/time on.