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Piñata: A Novel by Leopoldo Gout
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The Saint of Bright Doors by @adamantine
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The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang
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Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
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Ebony Gate by Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle
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The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
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Review: Ebony Gate by Julie Vee and Ken Bebelle
Series: Phoenix Hoard #1Authors: Julie Vee and Ken BebellePublisher: Tor BooksReleased: July 11, 2023Received: NetGalley
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Book Summary:
Emiko Soong was born into one of the eight magical families of the world. That said, her life has been anything but ordinary – even by their standards. She once walked the path of the Blade (of the Soong Clan). Now, she walks…
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Should I do an SDCC highlights reel? Yeah okay for sake of my own memory let's do this!!
Brought a bunch of Hawaii snacks and cookies to feed folks. My second round of feeding the Tor booth, Publicist Caro was like "I think I'm understanding something about how Sunai came to be" and I was like HONESTLY IT'S JUST HAWAII CULTURE. It is my pleasure to feed you but also it's a social norm I am emotionally compelled to uphold!
The Tor Dinner and the Star Wars Dinner were at exactly the same time on exactly the same day and I got the Tor invite first so went there. Bemoaned having to choose to Editor Tom and Editor Liz at the Star Wars corner of the PRH booth and they assured me there would be more dinners. WHEN THO. I wanna hang. They're so sweet.
Editor Tom pointed me out to every fan at the booth while I was visiting and was like BE NICE TO EMMA; THEY WROTE A PANDEMIC BOOK AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS BEFORE. Thank you, Star Wars fans. You are consistently really cute.
Also apparently they were selling out of Ronin by like, day one, so that's pretty cool.
They actually sold out of both Ronin and The Archive Undying by the end of day two/beginning of day three! Which is! Pretty fucking rad!
I hung out a lot with JR Dawson, Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle, and @miatsai as a kind of debut posse, and had some truly fantastic conversations with all of them.
Also got to meet @charliejaneanders!! Whose work I have adored and admired for goddamn years!! Along with Sylvain Neuvel, who is a lovely goofus. And Martha Wells, Nnedi Okorafor, and Charles Soule at the other panel, which was amazing bc I admire the fuck out of all of them in different ways. (And Pierce Brown was also there, but lol i don't go here, who is he.) (the answer is he's a big enough writer to have folks cosplaying from his books so like, he's Known i'm just a Weirdo Aesthete).
Hope I wasn't too much of a nightmare for the second moderator bc I could not shut up about the fundamental toxicity of late capitalism as a social structure when he just wanted to ask what we thought of various technological developments (BUT MY GUY THE GAME IS IDEOLOGICALLY FLAWED. WE CAN'T Y/N ON TECH ADVANCEMENTS SANS THEIR BROADER CONTEXT. GENOMICS ARE TECHNICALLY A VERY COOL VERY PROMISING FRONTIER BUT ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, EUGENICS.) (I'm extremely normal-brained and definitely know how to abide by the rules of ice breaker party games.)
The most important thing to know is that I got to bring a plus one, but my wife had to go back to work after book tour/wedding trip, so I brought my largely not very nerdy mother. She had a great time people watching the cosplay. Love her.
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Wanted to do something for the new year, so I guess I'll do a 2023 book wrap up. In chronological order from the beginning of 2023 to the end.
Putting in a read more because this is 90 books and that's too much to not hide it.
Rereads marked with a *
The Iron Dirge by Sam Sykes - Grave of Empires #2.5
Three Axes to Fall by Sam Sykes - Grave of Empries #3
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin - Great Cities #2
Unbreakable by Mira Grant
Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box by Mira Grant
Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire - Wayward Children #4.5
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire - Wayward Children #8
The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #1*
The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #2*
The Spirit Eater by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #3*
The Spirit War by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #4*
Spirit's End by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #5*
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan Saga #1 (Publication Order)
The Coup of Tea by Casey Blair - The Tea Princess Chronicles #1
The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown
Lyconthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal
The Jewel and Her Lapidary by Fran Wilde - Gemworld #1
Sandry's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #1*
Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds
By A Silver Thread by Rachel Aaron - DFZ Changeling #1
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older - Mossa and Pleiti #1
The Twice-Drowned Saint by C.S.E. Cooney
Tris's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #2*
The Bones Swans of Amandale by C.S.E. Cooney (Novella)
Even Though I Knew The End by C.L. Polk
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth
An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard - Unseen World #1
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato
The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliot
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Servant Mage by Kate Elliot
The Warden by Daniel M Ford - The Warden #1
Daja's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #3*
Jackdraw by K.J. Charles - A Charm of Magpies World #1
The Thief Who Pulled On Trouble's Braids by Michael McClung - Amra Thetys #1
Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot
Lexicon by Max Barry
The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
The Thief Who Spat in Luck's Good Eye by Michael McClung - Amara Thetys #2
Briar's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #4*
The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow's Gate by Michael McClung - Amara Thetys #3
Murder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang - The Lamplight Murder Mysteries #1
Ebony Gate - by Julie Vee and Ken Bebelle - The Phoenix Hoard #1
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #2*
Rogue Protocols by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #3*
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #4*
Zen Bow, Zen Arrow: The Life and Teachings of Awa Kenzo, the Archery Master from "Zen in the Art of Archery" by John Stevens
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diareis #6*
Apparently I've hit the character limit without a paragraph break. So, we'll be starting over from 1, but it will really be #54.
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #4.5
Compulsory: A Murderbot Story by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #0.5*
Magic Steps by Tamara Pierce - The Circle Opens #1*
Murder on the Lamplight Express by Morgan Stang - The Lamplight Murder Mysteries #2
Bone Swans by C.S.E. Cooney (short story collection)
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel - Themis Files #1
Mammoth at the Gates by Nghi Vo - The Singing Hills Cycle #4
The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M Valente
Triggernometry by Stark Holborn - Triggernometry #1
Street Magic by Tamara Pierce - The Circle Opens #2*
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett - The Foundryside Trilogy #1
Advanced Triggernometry by Stark Holborn - Triggernometry #2
Inda by Sherwood Smith - Inda #1
Thief Liar Lady by D.L. Soria
A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne - Tomes and Tea #1
Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan
Dracula by Bram Stoker - via Re: Dracula
Beholder by Ryan La Sala
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
System Collapse by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #7
Cold Fire by Tamara Piece - The Circle Opens #3*
Dream of the Falling Axe by Sam Sykes - Grave of Empires #3.5
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Hikaru No Go Vol 1 Decent of the Go Master by Yumi Hotta - Hikaru No Go #1
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs - The Kingdom Trilogy #1
Shatterglass by Tamara Pierce - The Circle Opens #4*
Paladin's Faith by T Kingfisher - The Saint of Steel #4
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon - The Downworld Sequence #1
On The Fox Roads by Nghi Vo
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrom by John Scalzi - Lock In #0.5
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
Okay, and according to Storygraph:
My longest book was Three Axes to Fall at 806 pages
My most read authors were: Tamara Pierce, Martha Wells, and Rachel Aaron. Which is due to re-reads. I re-read 16 books this year.
My average rating was 4.14 out of 5.
I read the most in June.
I read 41 new-to-me authors.
52 of the books I read were part of series.
So, I guess, feel free to ask me any questions.
Happy New Year!
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New Title Tuesday: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Contrarian by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
In Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy.
Recently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths—but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building by insurrectionists. His patron, the Premier of the Council, has been assassinated, leaving Dekkard with little first-hand political experience and few political allies.
Not only must Dekkard handle political infighting, and continued assassination attempts, but it appears that someone high up in the government and corporations has supplied arms and explosives to insurrectionists.
Insurrectionists who have succeeded in taking over a naval cruiser that no one can seem to find.
This is the third volume of "The Grand Illusion" series.
Ebony Gate by Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle
Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed any magic. Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan. Or was. Until she’s drenched in blood in the middle of a market in China, surrounded by bodies and the scent of blood and human waste as a lethal perfume.
The Butcher of Beijing now lives a quiet life in San Francisco, importing antiques. But when a shinigami, a god of death itself, calls in a family blood debt, Emiko must recover the Ebony Gate that holds back the hungry ghosts of the Yomi underworld. Or forfeit her soul as the anchor.
What's a retired assassin to do but save the City by the Bay from an army of the dead?
This is the first volume of the "Phoenix Hoard" series.
The Book of Witches edited by Jonathan Strahan
With a breathtaking array of original stories from around the world, P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Garth Nix, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renée Thomas, and two dozen other fantasy and science fiction geniuses bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction, witches, in never-before-seen works written exclusively for this volume.
Witches! Whether you know them from Shakespeare or from Wicked, there is no staple more beloved in folklore, fairy tale, or fantasy than these magical beings. Witches are everywhere, and at the heart of stories that resonate with many people around the world. This dazzling, otherworldly collection gathers new stories of witches from all walks of life, ensuring a Halloween readers will never forget. Whether they be maiden, mother, crone, or other; funny, fierce, light and airy, or dark and disturbing; witches are a vital part of some of the greatest stories we have, and new ones start here!
The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero-Lacruz
Reina is desperate.
Stuck living on the edges of society, her only salvation lies in an invitation from a grandmother she’s never known. But the journey is dangerous, and prayer can’t always avert disaster. Attacked by creatures that stalk the region, Reina is on the verge of death until her grandmother, a dark sorceress, intervenes. Now dependent on the Doña’s magic for her life, Reina will do anything to earn—and keep—her favor. Even the bidding of an ancient god who whispers to her at night.
Eva Kesare is unwanted.
Illegitimate and of mixed heritage, Eva is her family’s shame. She tries her best to be perfect and to hide her oddities. But Eva is hiding a secret: magic calls to her. Eva knows she should fight the temptation. Magic is the sign of the dark god, and using it is punishable by death. Yet, it’s hard to deny power when it has always been denied to you. Eva is walking a dangerous path, one that gets stranger every day. And, in the end, she’ll become something she never imagined.
This is the first volume of "The Warring Gods" series.
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Rating: 5/5
Book Blurb: Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle's Ebony Gate is a female John Wick story with dragon magic set in contemporary San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed any magic. Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan. Or was. Until she’s drenched in blood in the middle of a market in China, surrounded by bodies and the scent of blood and human waste as a lethal perfume.
The Butcher of Beijing now lives a quiet life in San Francisco, importing antiques. But when a shinigami, a god of death itself, calls in a family blood debt, Emiko must recover the Ebony Gate that holds back the hungry ghosts of the Yomi underworld. Or forfeit her soul as the anchor.
What's a retired assassin to do but save the City by the Bay from an army of the dead?
Review:
Female John Wick except with dragon magic set in contemporary San Francisco’s Chinatown? HELL YEAH. Emiko Soong is part of one of the eight premier magical families of the world, but unlike many others she isn’t that gifted with magic but rather blades. She became the Blade of the Soong Clan, or rather... she is known as the Butcher of Beijing before she moved to San Francisco. But Emiko is done with that life, she left her clan and broke her blade in an attempt to retire and finally get away from the killing... but when a Talon ( think of it like a blood oath marker that essentially is a debt- once called upon must be answered), is activated and she goes to answer it to save her younger brother who is the heir to the clan from having to deal with it... things are about to get bloody. To her shock Emiko discovers that her mother has given a Talon to a shinigami, a god of death.... and now Emiko finds herself being tasked with finding the Ebony Gate... a doorway that holds back the hungry ghosts of the Yomi Underworld and if she can’t retrieve it she will have to forfeit her soul as the anchor instead. Finding this door is going to be harder than ever and it means that Emiko has to go back to her past career as the Blade and not only try and make new allies but uncover the new enemies who are after the door as well. With her blades, her pet lion, and a ticking clock, Emiko will have to slash her way to uncovering the truth behind why her mother owes a Talon to a Shinigami and what Emiko wants to do with her future. This is the first book in a series and WHAT A RIDE!!! It was non stop action, adventure, and I absolutely adored Emiko so much and BAO!!! (he deserves all the scratches and treats). I am so excited to see what the next two books bring and where Emiko’s relationship with certain individuals in this book goes, you get to see her open herself up to others and friendship in this book and it was wonderful. The quest was a fun one and the world setting was so interesting!! Definitely give this one a go if you like action fantasy with a bit of a twist and a contemporary setting!
*SPOILER*
Emiko becomes the Sentinal of the city, leaving behind her life as the Blade. She is now coursing with magic from the city. She discovers that her mother made the talon trade to save Emi and her father when she walked into the underworld and the death god brought her back. Emiko also faces her ex, Kamon, a tiger shifter who she broke it off with when she also quite her life as a Blade. They work together in this one and she assumes that he has moved on and is dating Fiona, the next in line as the clan head of the Tran Clan. It is shown that he still really cares and worries about her but she thinks she is not good enough for him and not what he would want as opposed to what Fiona could give him. Emiko also befriends Freddy ( Fiona’s brother) and Adam ( a human collector who is now protected and claimed under the Soong clan by Emiko). It is hinted that Emiko has a secret Gao ( magic gift) that could destroy the clans if it gets out but we dont find out for sure. Emiko finds out that the Louie clan stole the Ebony Gate and tried to make a power grab and they are also close to having a feud with the Tran clan which will probably occur in the next book.
*Thanks Netgalley and Tor Publishing Group, Tor Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
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The Big Idea: Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle
You start with an old idea, and from this old idea, you can create something new. So Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle learned, as they looked to legends from their heritage for the new novel Ebony Gate.
JULIA VEE and KEN BEBELLE:
When we started writing what would become Ebony Gate, we took inspiration from Asian myth, using foo lions, hungry ghosts, and death gods instead of the standard fare of…
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Review: Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle
Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Ken BebellePhoenix Hoard #1Urban Fantasy Add to Goodreads Synopsis Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle’s Ebony Gate is a female John Wick story with dragon magic set in contemporary San Francisco’s Chinatown. Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed […]Review: Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle
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Which Fantasy Class Are You? (and what you should read next)
having trouble deciding what your next fantasy ttrpg class is? hmm? trouble deciding your next read?
while seemingly disparate, these two fantastical phenomena are inextricably linked, and we're going to prove it with This Quiz.
so click some answers, tell us what you got, read a book or something, and go ruin a hapless town with your table of ttrpg gamers. it's what's best in life
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Books That Live Rent Free In My Head:
Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle
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ANY OF YOU LOVELY WEIRDOS GOING TO SDCC? HELLO? HELLO? I'LL BE THERE!! COME SAY HI. I'll be scuttling around both the Tor booth and the Star Wars publishing booth in my downtime, and/or be tagging along with the debut author crew (JR Dawson, Mia Tsai, Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle -- AND ME), and/or possibly even braving the world on my own! Who knows! I have artists to buy things from.
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The Big Idea: Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle
You start with an old idea, and from this old idea, you can create something new. So Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle learned, as they looked to legends from their heritage for the new novel Ebony Gate.
JULIA VEE and KEN BEBELLE:
When we started writing what would become Ebony Gate, we took inspiration from Asian myth, using foo lions, hungry ghosts, and death gods instead of the standard fare of…
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