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I read this immediately after I finished Spinning Silver (book club shoutout!) and I needed MORE from Novik. It’s excellent. I agree with other reviewers that the love interest/romance angle didn’t really hit, but considering it was such a minor point in the plot it was easy for me to focus on the other relationships.

Narrated by the author. Very fun so far.

After the umpteenth reference to “a hundred-pound mountain lion” I googled it and apparently females range from 60-140 lbs. I just assumed they were bigger but it’s not as though I’ve seen one outside of a zoo.

I can’t believe I’m almost a year behind on this

Novella: “A Rocket for Dimitrios” by Ray Naylor. Alternate history where a flying saucer really did crash in Roswell, granting the US incredible power and turning the tide of WWII. 5/5. I will never get tired of alternate-history Eleanor Roosevelt

“Footprint” by Kate Maruyama. Short story. A mother struggles with the final farewell to her Mars-bound daughter. 5/5

“Return to Glory” by Jack McDevitt. Short story. Three hundred years in the future, Star Trek is rediscovered. 5/5

“The Mirages” by Alaya Dawn Johnson: short story exploring relationships in a world with new borders drawn by a rapidly changing climate. 5/5

“Grief, As Faithful As My Hound”: a short story by Marissa Lingren. First contact and hospice. (I love everything Lingren writes. She’s amazing.) 5/5

“Forger Mr. Z” by Chen Qiufan: a struggling writer, reverse identity theft, and time travel. I enjoyed the twist at the end. 5/5

“Take a Look at the Five and Ten”: a lovely story about family and the brain by Connie Willis, 5/5.

I've read the entire series years ago, but I remember way more about A Wizard of Earthsea than The Tombs of Atuan. I'm hooked.