AN AMBITIOUS END OF THE YEAR TBR | November + December TBR

I've tried to start this one a few times but haven't been able to get into it.

This is the sequel to Empire of Sand, which is a book that I actuallyquite enjoyed earlier this year, and it's like a South Asian fantasy, hadsome really compelling characters, but also isn't like the end-all be-all sortof chosen one story, it's more of like a contained fantasy, which I really liked,so I'm curious to see how this next one goes because it's a bit of a companionrather than like a direct continuation.

This is asequel to Legendborn, which is one of my favorite books of 2020.

I really loved her other book,Little Fires Everywhere.

I didn't get too, too far in, but what I read so far, Idid really like, and there was a lot of like lines that I was underlining andlike tapping.

Like just a couple chapters that I read, I was like, thisis already super creepy and kind of terrifying.

And the reason I grabbed the audiobook wasbecause the audiobook for the first one was like so fantastic and part of whatmade the experience so great for me.

And this one I'm really excited for becausethis is the author of The Haunting of Hill House, which is one of my favoritebooks and my favorite horror books.

It follows ablack woman who works in publishing and just deals with that whole tension ofidentities and the way that publishing treats BIPOC people, and I was superexcited to read this having worked in publishing before, but I got about, Ithink, a third or halfway through and started to lose interest because of somelike side perspectives that come in, but I did see the potential in it, and I didwant to finish it at some point, but I just like wasn't super motivated to dothat until I talked to my friend who was like, "The ending is worth it, so gofinish it."

And I am excited to read this one because I absolutelylove the satirical voice of Grady Hendrix that he had in his other book,The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires.