I just finished the Night Circus, the way books can transport me in a new world, with its unique rules and characters is something I can’t experience with any other art form.

“He forgets that he was someone’s dream once, himself.”
From The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern.

“She would have liked the luxury of having a mental breakdown, but unfortunately now time mattered again.” — Katabasis
R. F. Kuang has clearly been a PhD student.

Last Christmas I did my own advent calendar with one book (physical or digital) a day for 24 days. Of those books, the best surprise was “A Skinful or Shadows” by Frances Hardinge.
I adored the writing style, I only wish it was longer. A wonderful ghost story.

#booksky

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one”
From A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin.