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[incognitajones]

FYI, so far the people I follow here and on Tumblr are knocking it out of the park when it comes to suggesting books. First ladytharen and youareiron-andyouarestrong were right about Six of Crows. Then I finally got my hands on The Poppy War as hyped by mnemehoshiko and HOLY CARP it's amazing! I need the sequel, like, yesterday.

But I've had good reading luck so far this year, discovering lots of good stuff and few duds. Other than the fantasies above, in the literary fiction department both There There (Tommy Orange) and Excellent Women (Barbara Pym) were great (although Pym didn't *quite* stick the landing, in a way I need to think about--there was something unsatisfying about the ending that retroactively brought the rest of the book down in a way).

Next up, for a change in genre: Barbed Wire Heart, with another ruthless protagonist like Rin from The Poppy War, plus some high-tension non-fiction, either The Bone Woman or K2, depending on which of my library holds comes in first.

...anyone else got a book to rec?

Comments

[maplemood]

Um, Barbed Wire Heart sounds like EXACTLY my kind of book. All of these sound amazing, actually, but I'm such a sucker for books with ruthless female protagonists.

[incognitajones]

Me too! Plus, I loved WInter's Bone and it definitely seems to have echoes of that.

[elperian]

You are knocking these books down one by one!

Have I recommended Code Name Verity to you? I do to everyone.

[incognitajones]

Already read years ago (and loved it), although this reminds me I never read the sequel.