The trials of a bookworm

[miladygrey]

Okay, Stack of Library Books, I've got ten new holds to be picked up tomorrow, and my stack of Books I Own That I Really Should Read is growing exponentially. Some of you need to go back unread.

YA Lesbian Princess Romance: *makes big eyes*

Powderpunk Epic Fantasy: *looks charming*

Gothic Suspense: *lower lip wobbles*

Frothy Regency Romance: *flutters fan*

Gritty Urban/Military Fantasy: *flexes*

Historical Biography: *bats eyelashes*

...I LOVE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH HOW CAN I CHOOSE?

The librarians are going to weep tomorrow when they see me coming.

Reading Log: Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda; The Overneath by Peter S. Beagle; A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole; Sovereign by April Daniels; Bloodring by Faith Hunter; Borrowed Time by Paul Monette; The Terror by Dan Simmons; The Long and Short of It by Jodi Taylor; The King's Peace by Jo Walton

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[sabine]

Powderpunk Epic Fantasy? Tell me more.

[miladygrey]

It's Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan. I picked it up off the library's "If You Like Game of Thrones, You'll Like..." table, and the jacket copy/summary looked promising. See below...

Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces. Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty is being tested by blackmail. Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are whispering about omens of death and destruction. Just old peasant legends about the gods waking to walk the earth. No modern educated man believes that sort of thing. But they should...

[sabine]

Added to Goodreads!