I'm in the middle of the 6th book of The Wandering Inn webserial. I hear it's so long that I may be reading it for the rest of my life.

This was wonderful, thanks for sharing! (Now sending it to all my friends.)

This week I read Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, hoping the nonfiction would be a good change of pace. I finished it, so I might look up some more nonfiction over the next little while.

I also read Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne, since my hold came in at the library. I thought it was just fine as a way to end the series, and I don't wish I had the time back. A very fast/easy read.

THANK you. I was looking at the left picture going, "Is it me or does he look weirdly like Scott Bakula...man, it's not me, right?"

I started reading some fantasy by T. Kingfisher (both books of The Clocktaur War and a standalone or two), and I enjoyed the duology enough to request some of her other fantasy books from the library, so I'll read some more of them next week. I'd only read some of her horror novels previously. (The afterword on Bryony and Roses made me want to reread the two Beauty and the Beast adaptations by Robin McKinley, so I'm briefly detouring there.)

I read through first book and supplement novella of the Captive's War series by James S. A. Corey, because while I didn't love every bit of the Expanse novels and short stories, I really enjoyed the series as a whole, and definitely didn't regret sticking with it. I'd read the next book--I'm intrigued and want to know what happens next!

I also read the first two books in the Mirror Visitor quartet by Christelle Dabos. Apparently they were written in French and translated by Hildegarde Serle, if any fantasy fans are still looking for hard mode for bingo square 1B, give the first book a chance and see if it sparks your interest. It's called A Winter's Promise, and it's listed as both young adult and romance as well, but I wouldn't have said the first book was either of those (just not what I expect from either of those categories).

Exactly as you say! It's a relief to know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

That's a great suggestion--I'll have to try it.

I loved this series! I tried to convince my friend to read it, but the length makes it a hard sell. Good luck!

Glad to hear the recommendation for The City & the City, I can't wait to read it!

Suggestion: virtually anything by Jane Austen (so many movies/shows/plays); Gary K. Wolf - Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (warning: not nearly as much fun as the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)

My card: Jane Austen - Persuasion

C! I know it's a gimme, with the free square in the middle, but I just started my last book in that row (the free square), The Scarlet Pimpernel (hard mode from the "Older Than You Are" square). I'm about halfway done now.

After that, I guess I'll just read through as much of the card as I can before the end of April, while taking breaks for whatever catches my fancy. I just read a couple of fantasy novels by Margaret Owen that I very much enjoyed, and she has another book coming out in a few months.

I look forward to reading them--thanks for the link!