Babelby R.F. KuangHistorical Fantasy560 pagesExpected publication: August 23, 2022 In 1828, young Robin Swift, orphaned by a cholera epidemic, is taken away from his homeland of China and spirited off to England where he is given a home, an education, and eventually a place at Oxford University's most prestigious college: The Royal Institute of Translation, … Continue reading Book Review: Babel
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Sunday SumUp: August 14, 2022
Somehow, we have reached the midpoint of August. I think the heat is starting to break at last. While we're expecting another day of hot temperatures around here, the nights have been cooling off to something more reasonable, rather than hovering around 85-90°F as they'd been doing through most of July, and daytime highs are … Continue reading Sunday SumUp: August 14, 2022
StoryGraph Saturday: Babel
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Babel
Goodreads Monday: The Poppy War
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Fantasy 544 pages Published May 1st, 2018 by Harper Voyager From Goodreads: When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Poppy War
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