Getting back into the swing of things. Been distracted by LARP a fair bit recently but I'm shaking off the burn out slowly. Still won't be doing full-on massive reviews for a bit but that's not mandatory anyway 😊

Happy book birthday!! Grats on release!!

Julia and the Shark - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Temple Alley Summer - Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake
Little Town of Marrowville - @robbotron.bsky.social
Last Great Heir - Carina Finn
Vanquishers - @kalynnbayron.bsky.social
Cosima Unfortunate - @lauranoakes.bsky.social

West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman, The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

If you want some just pure whimsy/joy
Strangeworlds Travel Agency by LD Lapinski, Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
I rec these highly to adults too!

Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, Night Call by Brenden Carlson (book 1 is a tad rough but he certainly improved writing skills in 2 & 3!), Dead Sience by S. A. Barnes, The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

Any specific kind of genre or whatever?

Damn, my kindle is about to give out on me and I was going to pick up a kobo to replace it...

Netgalley has really been making a lot of questionable choices recently..

I always ignore them, and whenever I turn a book over to read the description and only find quotes I find it genuinely frustrating. I've actually just put down some books instead of hunting for the description due to that!

Yeah that's why I've been really wanting to read this!!! Knowing how long it generally takes for UK editions to release though, my best bet will just likely be to order a US edition when it releases over there haha

Damn, not on .co.uk 😭I just wish for more chronic illness + queer rep 🙏