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I House with Good Bones. I actually really liked. That's my favorite of her.

But yes, I read Band of Brothers this year and that was fantastic.

Also read Black Sun Rising. It's like a perfect blend between fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. And it's a phenomenal series that does not get talked about enough.

I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I was going to, especially the first half of the book. I think the first half is incredible. The second half lost it for me a little bit just because it kind of I don't know, the tension is still there, but it's it's different.

Flowers for Aldurnon is such a good pick. That's a good pick. I agree. That's a great book.

I read that earlier this year, I think. Yeah, earlier this year. How are you enjoying it so far?

That one I think is just so infused with the spirit of human kindness and human experience that and it's really short and it's just it's such a beautiful be a beautiful book that I think makes me aspire to be a better person having read it.

It's a It's so fun. I just it's >> but also the world building the world building is so good. The level of detail there >> it's lived in. It feels so good. I love it.

I have discovered this last couple of years a translated Japanese , murder mystery author that I've really been enjoying, Keo Higashino. This one, there's two. This one's a more like intimate first person. Why done it? >> , Malice.

And then the other one is newcomer, which is a little bit more it's like it's set in a precinct of Tokyo that feels like a small town. And we're getting like how the crime has impacted the small community and the detective is going around like solving everybody's little generational mysteries before we get to like the final act.

And I love Pure and Essie. I think it's really interesting and I loved it.

I loved Fifth Elephant. which I don't know if that's necessarily a hot take within the Discworld fandom, but I know it's not usually people's like favorite city watch book. I think it's in my top three.

this is one that I also think is an incredibly important read and should be read by anyone who's willing to give it a try.

I do think that the themes of this book, I think, are really important and powerful. I do think that the execution of it in the storytelling style is a bit clunky, >> which could potentially be translation. >> Yes.

Laya Lak Lammore is one of my favorite fantasy books of all time.

I didn't love book one enough to be like super motivated to go into book two. So, we'll see.

What a great palette cleanser, too, honestly. I need to get back to book two. >> It's a fun book.

I just read Tainted Cup last month and I enjoyed it. I had some like there were some things that I was meh on, but in terms of like just unique fantasy world building and storytelling, it's so good. It's so interesting.

I liked Lions Rousan >> in a lot of aspects. I really loved it. I liked especially what he was doing with the character arcs through the story.

I'm gonna recommend a teaching finer as well, Thornhedge, little tiny spooky read that's a fairy tale retelling of Sleeping Beauty. but with a major twist.

I started in January and I'm hoping I'm hoping to get a good chunk farther in it before the end of the year. I do I am enjoying it.

It's so wholesome and it just made me so happy at the end. I was like, I need more of this in my life as I pick up like, you know, dark fantasy and wars.