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Title: The Bands of MourningAuthor: Brandon SandersonPublication Date: 2016Publishing House: Tor This is the sixth book in the Mistborn series. The first three books follow Vin and Eland, while the later books follow Wax and Wayne. There will eventually be at least one more book in the series but it has not been published. Synopsis
Title: The Rules of MagicAuthor: Alice Hoffman Publication Date: 2017Publishing House: Simon & Schuster This is apparently the second book in the Practical Magic series but it reads well as a stand alone novel. I originally heard about this book through Book of the Month, but I didn’t select it because there were others to be
Title: Baptism of FireAuthor: Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator)Publication Date: 1996, 2014Publishing House: Orbit The order of The Witcher Saga can be super confusing. Baptism of Fire is the third book in the original series after Blood of Elves and Time of Contempt. This was listened as an audiobook from the library. Support your local
Title: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn HardcastleAuthor: Stuart TurtonPublication Date: 2018Publishing House: Sourcebooks Landmark If 2020 has done nothing else it has given me the chance to take a lot of books from the want to read list and move them to the read list. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle has been on the
Title: Shadows of SelfAuthor: Brandon SandersonPublication Date: 2015Publishing House: Tor Books This is the second book in the second part of the Mistborn series one year after the events of The Alloy of Law. Synopsis from Goodreads. Shadows of Self shows Mistborn’s society evolving as technology and magic mix, the economy grows, democracy contends with corruption,
Title: The Alloy of LawAuthor: Brandon SandersonPublication Date: 2011Publishing House: Tor Books I have really been enjoying the Mistborn. The later part of the series is quite different from the first. Synopsis from Goodreads Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to
Title: Ninth HouseAuthor: Leigh BardugoPublication Date: 2019Publishing House: Flatiron Books I’ve wanted to read this book for a while. I loved Bardugo’s Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Synopsis from Goodreads Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped
Title: The Starless SeaAuthor: Erin MorgensternPublication Date: 2019Publishing House: Doubleday Books I had heard about this book from other book bloggers and managed to get a copy from my local library. Synopsis from Goodreads Far beneath the surface of the earth, upon the shores of the Starless Sea, there is a labyrinthine collection of tunnels
Title: The Well of AscensionAuthor: Brandon SandersonPublication Date: 2007Publishing House: Tor Books I listened to this book as an audiobook from my local library. Support your cities library as they are fantastic resources for everyone. Synopsis from Goodreads Vin, the street urchin who has grown into the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and Elend
Title: The Last WishAuthor: Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator)Publication Date: 1993, 2008Publishing House: Orbit This book in the Witcher Saga is the prequel to Blood of Elves and is worth the read. Synopsis from Goodreads Geralt the Witcher — revered and hated — holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of
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