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Books with Settings That are New to Me (Top Ten Tuesday)

By Brookelorren on July 23, 2019July 19, 201920 Comments

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, where we make a list about our favorite book topics! Today’s topic is “Settings I’d Like to See More Of” but I’m not too picky about the settings, so this week I’m going to twist the topic a bit and write about books on my TBR that have settings that are new to me. Last month, I challenged myself to read more books from different countries and states. There are so many places in this world and I still have to read about a lot of them. So today I’ll go through my TBR and find books from places I’ve never been and have yet to read about.

As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!

Piedmont Valley, Italy, Medieval era ~ Rora

My “Read Around the World” challenge doesn’t include historical novels, but I think maybe I’ll make an extra column for historical novels. I’ve never read about this particular part of the world or about this particular group of people (except for a couple of lines in Foxe’s book of Martyrs). This is on my summer TBR, so I hope to read it soon.

Ukraine ~ Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine

Fun fact: while Ukraine is officially known as Ukraine today, during the Holodomor (what this book is about) people usually called it The Ukraine. But don’t do that today because it’s considered insulting. At the time of this book, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, and now it’s not. The farmers at the time didn’t want to go for collectivization, and Stalin tried to starve them. I’ve never read a book set in the Ukraine, so it made today’s list.

North Korea ~ Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il

Evidently, Kim Jong Il of North Korea could fart rainbows. Or something like that. There aren’t too many books set in North Korea. I don’t think I’ve ever read one, in fact (maybe some world history books that might talk about it for a chapter).

The Azores ~ The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores

I’ve been to the Azores before. It was in the middle of the night at the airport, and I was only there for an hour, but I can technically say I’ve been there. Didn’t really see much because it was dark though. It would probably be more interesting to read this book set in the Azores.

Israel ~ Lone Wolf in Jerusalem

I’ve read several books where the characters visit Israel, but I don’t think I’ve read a book where the main setting was Israel.

Russia on the Eve of Revolution ~ Blood Red, Snow White

I did read The Bear and the Nightingale, so I don’t know if this should count, but these are completely different time periods. This is an interesting period of history though.

Ottoman Empire ~ And I Darken

This is another book that’s on my seasonal TBR for this summer. While we can travel to the location that And I Darken was set today, we can’t exactly travel to the old Ottoman Empire.

Afghanistan ~ The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan

I don’t think I’ve read any books set in Afghanistan. This one is set in the 1980s. I’m sure the country has changed since this book took place, but the great things about books is that you can visit different locations at different time periods.

Hong Kong ~ Somewhere Only We Know

Hong Kong is another location that I’ve never been to in real life, and probably not in a book either. If I did, it was only a small part of the book. This book looks a lot more fun than most of the other books on this list too.

Thirteenth Century Wales ~ Here Be Dragons

The Infernal Devices took me to Wales in the 19th century for a bit, but I’ve never been to Wales in person, and I’ve certainly never been to thirteenth century Wales. It looks like it might be an interesting place to visit.

So that’s ten places that I’ve never taken a book to. Have you been to these places, either virtually or in real life? What bookish settings did you write about today? Next week is a freebie, and I took some inspiration from Whimsy Pages and will be writing about ten books from the last ten years that are still on my TBR!

Nottingham

By Brookelorren on July 22, 2019July 21, 2019Leave a Comment

How well do you know the story of Robin Hood? To be honest, I really didn’t know the story well before reading Nottingham by Nathan Makaryk. Of course, this is just one interpretation of the tale (and I’m pretty sure the legend’s traditional ending is a little different) but after reading the story, I feel like I know Robin Hood a little better.

I recently read this book after receiving an Advanced Reader Copy (thank you Bookish first and Tor Books). Overall, I enjoyed the book, although the ending wasn’t really my thing.

In Nottingham, Robin is the son of a nobleman who went off to fight the crusades. They’re having difficulty arming the soldiers, and when a shipment of weapons doesn’t show up, King Richard sends them back to England to investigate. They find out what happened to the weapons, but in the process, are drawn into the really ugly (and bloody) feud between the nobility and peasants, both of whom are suffering from the burdensome taxes.

The Rent is Too Damn High!

It seems that Jimmy McMillan (the guy pictured above and founder of the Rent is Too Damn High party) brought up a timeless truth: the rent is too damn high! People feel that today (I recently saw an article about people paying $1200 a month to rent a bunk bed), and they felt that way in the 12th century. The legend of Robin Hood came from a time when historically, the ordinary people were having a really difficult time making ends meet. Nottingham captures that feeling quite well, and really doesn’t put the blame on anyone. Everybody is the hero of their own story, and this book gives even the “villains” reasons for their actions.

That doesn’t mean I liked all the characters. I despised some of them (as people, they weren’t supposed to be likeable). Even the unlikeable characters here had good motivations for doing what they did.

This story has a lot of parallels to our own time (beyond the rent being too damn high). As someone who has friends whose political opinions range from very conservative to very liberal, I know that most people want to do the right thing. Most people aren’t the bad people the other side makes them out to be. They just have fundamental differences in worldviews that make it hard to agree on the solution. This happens all throughout this story as well. There are good people and villains on both the Robin Hood side of the story, as well as the Sheriff’s side of the story.

Writing

The descriptions in Nottingham were well-done. Sometimes authors have difficulty with fight scenes, but I think Mr. Makaryk did a good job with those. I ended up writing a page and a half of quotes from this book into my book journal.

While I enjoyed the writing, this book may or may not be a little on the long side, depending on your mood. There are a lot of different points of view in this book. Each character had their own unique voice, but with so many different characters, there’s a lot of story here. Don’t let the fact that this book is only shortly over 490 pages fool you: the type is fairly small, so the word count is a lot higher than most books of this length. Read this book when you’re looking more for a Game of Thrones style read than something you can quickly devour during a day or two at the beach.

The End and Last Thoughts

The end was really the one thing I can say I didn’t like about this book. I don’t really want to give away spoilers, but this not a book that ends well (that is, happily). There were good guys and bad guys on both sides of the struggle here, and there could have been multiple ways for Nottingham to come to a satisfying conclusion, but it didn’t really do that. Throughout the book, it seemed like some of the problems were insurmountable, and evidently, they were (at least for the immediate future).

Although I wouldn’t recommend this story if you’re in the mood for a happily-ever-after, if you’re looking for a story with complex characters, a lot of struggle, and an intricate world, you might want to check out Nottingham. It doesn’t go on sale until August 6th, but you can pre-order it now.

ABC Book Challenge – C

By Brookelorren on July 21, 2019July 10, 2019Leave a Comment

Hello! Time for another episode of the ABC Book Challenge, which I found over at Me, Myself, and Books, but I think was started by the Thrifty Bibliophile. Today we’re looking at books from My Books over on Goodreads that start with the letter C. I’m going to do a mix of books that I have read and books that I want to read today.

The first book I’ll highlight is Veronica Roth’s Carve the Mark. I’ve read this book five or six times now, and I still get things out of it. This is one of those books that I’ve enjoyed more rereading than the first time around, because there’s a huge cast of characters, the world is so unlike ours, and there are things hidden in here that I didn’t see the first time through.

There are two books on today’s list that are coming out in 2020. The first one is Chain of Gold, which comes out on March 3. I’m looking forward to reading about Will and Tess’s children, along with the other shadowhunters of their generation.

I reread Marie Lu’s Champion about once a year, along with the rest of the Legend series. I love this book, and am looking forward to the final book in the series coming out on October 1st.

Veronica Roth gets two books on today’s page: The Chosen Ones comes out on May 4, 2020. I know Goodreads is listing it as The Chosen One, but Amazon has an “s” at the end of the title, so I’m going with that. You can already pre-order the Kindle edition of the book, but I plan to get it in hardback, so I wait.

The final book on today’s list is Color Outside the Lines, a collection of short stories by several well-known authors. Edelweiss actually approved me for an ARC! It won’t be released until November, so I haven’t read it yet, but I’m looking forward to it.

So there are a few books that start with the letter C that I’m looking forward to reading, and a couple that I love!

I Should Have Read That Book Tag

By Brookelorren on July 20, 2019July 17, 2019Leave a Comment

Hello! I found yet another great book tag I wanted to do. This time it’s the “I Should Have Read That” book tag. Now, I’m not dead, so I can still read these books, so maybe someday I will. Right now, I haven’t. I found this tag over at Madison’s Inkwell, but it was started by Booksnest.co.uk.

Here are the rules of the tag:

Thank the person who tagged you and link back to their post
Link back to the creator’s blog (booksnest.co.uk)
Answer the questions below
Tag 10 others to take part
ENJOY THE TAG!

Let’s get started!

A book that a certain friend is always telling you to read

My friend Lydia at my old job was always raving about Vampire Academy. I really do need to read it someday… I just haven’t yet.

A book that’s been on your TBR forever and yet you still haven’t picked it up

I haven’t read 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West yet. I’ve had it on my TBR since April 25, 2013. It still sounds good, I just haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.

A book in a series you’ve started, but haven’t gotten round to finishing yet

I do plan on finishing the Pennies series by Pepper Winters, but I haven’t yet. I got this one from the library, and I’ll have to buy the next one, and I just haven’t. But I will… someday.

A classic you’ve always liked the sound of, but never actually read

I have every intention of reading Les Misérables at some point… after all, both Legend and Sky Without Stars were inspired by this book, and I loved them both, but again… I still haven’t read this one.

A popular book that it seems everyone but you has read

Lots of people have read this one, and maybe people think I’m a heretic for not reading it, but I don’t really plan on reading Harry Potter any time soon. It’s not like there aren’t thousands of other books I can be reading.

A book that inspired a film/TV adaptation that you really love, but you just haven’t read it yet

Uh… I don’t watch a lot of television or movies, so I’m not sure I can answer this one.

A book you see all over Instagram but haven’t picked up yet

I don’t go to Instagram a lot (usually only when I see on Twitter that someone has posted something over there) but I have seen King of Scars a lot on Twitter over the past year, and I haven’t read this one yet either. I do plan on reading this one at some point… I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.

The Poppy War

By Brookelorren on July 18, 2019July 16, 20192 Comments

Last year, everybody was talking about The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. When I saw it on sale last year, I had to pick it up. I didn’t get around to reading it until this year though. It was an enjoyable, but fairly dense, book.

In a land resembling medieval China, Rin is struggling to make a tolerable life for herself. Being a poor orphan girl, she only has one shot: she needs to ace the Keju exams, or she’ll be forced into a marriage she doesn’t want. Getting a scholarship into the prestigious Sinegard academy may be her ticket out of marriage, but it won’t be the end of her struggles. Not only is the academy more difficult than anything she’s ever experienced, war is on the horizon.

What I Liked

There was a lot that I liked about this book. I liked Rin, the protagonist, and her determination. The supporting characters were interesting and unique. I also loved the Medieval China-ish setting. This is still a world we don’t see a lot of.

This is a very dense book with some heavy themes and philosophizing. I copied down several quotes into my book journal, like “the creation of empire requires conformity and uniform obedience” and “It was, simply, what happened when one race decided that the other was insignificant.” When war comes to this land, there is a race of people that wants to wipe out the other. The war is quite brutal.

Things to Note

There is magic in this book, but the magic doesn’t seem to be the central focus of The Poppy War. Rin doesn’t really start to develop her powers until later in the book, so later books in this trilogy might be different.

Like I said earlier, the war in this book is quite brutal. The Poppy War is a pretty heavy book. If you’re in the mood for a light contemporary, you might want to wait on this one. Some people might find the brutality in this book to be triggering. War is hell, especially when one of the parties doesn’t see the other side as worthy of humanity.

While I’m typically not a mood reader — I stick to my seasonal TBR pretty well, like to create monthly TBRs, and generally read my ARCs when they’re scheduled — I definitely want to read the sequel, The Dragon Republic, when I’m in the mood for something dark.

Auto-Buy Authors (Top Ten Tuesday)

By Brookelorren on July 16, 2019July 9, 201936 Comments

It’s Tuesday again, and you know what that means! Another edition of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! Today we’re going to talk about Auto-Buy authors. You know, the authors that are so good they could write about the alphabet and you’d buy it. You’d die for a chance just to buy a copy of their grocery lists. To be honest, I actually only have two 100% auto-buy authors. But there are other authors that I adore that, when I hear they have a new book coming out, my ears perk up. So I’m going to include some of my favorites on this list too.

Let’s get started!

Marie Lu

So this one shouldn’t be a surprise at all if you read this blog regularly. Like my other auto-buy author, I own all of her books in English (except for her Middle Grade book, although I’ve read it), multiple books in Spanish, and one book in German. I’ve also written multiple fanfiction works for both my auto-buy authors.

And I have two of her upcoming books pre-ordered at the moment. My husband thinks I’m weird because I have Rebel pre-ordered both on the Kindle and a signed hardback ordered. I started ordering her books on Kindle because I don’t really want to wait to start reading her books. And Kindle books download at midnight Eastern time, which means 10 PM in my time zone.

Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth is my other auto-buy author. I own Divergent in four languages. Of course I’ve also pre-ordered The End and Other Beginnings, which happens to come out on the same day as Rebel. Curse you publishers!

I felt so bad because earlier this year, Ms. Roth came to Denver and I found out about it about three weeks ahead of time… and all the tickets were sold out. I got on the waiting list but wasn’t high enough on the list. Now I check the Tattered Cover’s web site regularly, just so I make sure I’m not missing anybody.

I don’t own all her short stories, but I’ll probably have to start working on that one. I don’t have The Chosen Ones (out May 4, 2020) pre-ordered yet because right now only the Kindle one is available for pre-order and I want the hardback edition.

Cassandra Clare

I don’t own all of Cassandra Clare’s books, and probably won’t buy them all. She’s pretty prolific. I did buy all of the core Shadowhunter books (although not all in hardback), but I don’t own any of her books in a foreign language.

At some point I probably will read all or most of her books, but I’ll probably get some of them from the library.

Oh, and Chain of Gold is currently scheduled to come out on the same day as Marie Lu’s Kingdom of Back, both of which I’ve pre-ordered. Again, what gives, publishers?

Leigh Bardugo

I don’t own the Grisha Verse books and don’t own King of Scars (yet), nor do I own The Language of Thorns or any of the Grisha Verse novellas. But I have pre-ordered Ninth House, which happens to come out on… October first, the same day as Rebel and The End and Other Beginnings. It’s going to take me over a week to read just the books coming out that one day.

Sabaa Tahir

The only books I’ve read by Sabaa Tahir so far are the An Ember in the Ashes books, but I’ll definitely buy Ember 4 as soon as it comes out. I’ll have to wait until she publishes something else until I can truly say whether I’m ready to hand over the private keys to my Bitcoin account and just say “please, take my money! Just keep writing!”

Renée Ahdieh

I haven’t read everything that Ms. Ahdieh has written (still trying to get around to reading The Rose and the Dagger) but I’ve enjoyed everything that she’s written so far. I wasn’t sure whether I was going to read The Beautiful or not (when I heard it was a book about vampires I was like “meh”) but I got to read the beginning of that book and I thought it was really good.

Holly Black

Ms. Black is another author that I haven’t read everything she’s ever written (I haven’t even read The Lost Sisters) but I jumped at the chance to pre-order The Queen of Nothing as soon as I could. I’ll probably end up reading more of her backlist at some point as well.

Joel C. Rosenberg

I haven’t read everything by Joel C. Rosenberg either, but I’ve liked everything that I’ve read that he’s written. I haven’t read any of his nonfiction books, but I have read two of his completed series as well as one of his books from another series. Eventually I’ll have to read some of the books that I’ve been missing. Not many of my blogger friends write about his books, so I don’t hear as much about them.

Brad Meltzer

To be honest, there are a lot of Brad Meltzer books I haven’t read. Some I have no interest in reading (like his superhero books and books for kids). But I do like a lot of his books, and I’ve liked all of the thrillers that he’s written so far. So, while not quite an auto-buy author, an author I enjoy reading a lot.

Glenn Beck

You can tell that some of these photos (which I got from Goodreads) are old, because right now Glenn Beck looks like he’s auditioning to be the next Colonel Sanders. Anyway, I’ve read most of Glenn Beck’s books and I really like them.

He’s written several different kinds of books, from political nonfiction books to thrillers to Christmas books. His nonfiction books of short stories like Miracles and Massacres and Dreamers and Deceivers are pretty informative.

So there’s my two auto-buy authors and eight more authors that I usually enjoy reading. I didn’t think I was going to make it to ten today! Next week, we’re going to do a summer activity (kind of) and talk about bookish settings I’d like to see more of. See you then!

This Is How You Lose the Time War

By Brookelorren on July 15, 2019July 10, 2019Leave a Comment

It’s books like This Is How You Lose the Time War that make me glad that I don’t give books a star rating on my blog. This is a book that is unique and kinda defies a rating. It may be a book that you either love or hate. Or, you could be in the middle and appreciate it’s brilliance, but the story didn’t have you at the edge of your seat. That is where I am on this book.

I have to thank Bookish First and Saga Press for providing me with an ARC!

Red and Blue are time travelers, fighting on two different sides of the same time war. They start to write letters to each other. First, the letters are taunting. Then, they start to develop a mutual respect for each other. That respect grows into love. Of course, since they are on opposite sides of the war, so their bosses cannot find out. If they do, that would be a mess. I can’t say much more of the plot without giving away spoilers.

Its Brilliance

First, the good: This Is How You Lose the Time War is a brilliant book. As Red and Blue travel through time, you get to see snippets of history which the time travelers sometimes change, sometimes keep the same. We see the Mongols, Atlantis, ancient Rome… as someone who loves history, I really enjoyed this aspect of the story. I think my favorite line in this whole book is the tongue-twister about the Mongols found on page 35 of the ARC.

This book is smart in several other ways. Red and Blue are constantly trying to find new things to call each other, such as “My careful Cardinal” for Red, and “Dearest 0000FF” for Blue. It was fun to see the new words they’d call each other. There were several words I ended up looking up in the dictionary. Also, the way the plot resolves itself was lovely. I think there would be a lot of things you’d catch if you reread this book.

The Downsides to this Book

Yes, this book is brilliant. That in itself is a pro and a con. The book can be confusing, especially in the beginning. It took me a while to really start to understand what was going on. Even then, the book didn’t have me hanging at the edge of my seat, needing to know what was going to happen next, until close to the very end.

Conclusion

This Is How You Lose the Time War may be a book that you love, or it could be a book that you hate. I’m sorry I can’t be more specific, but it really is that type of book. While it is brilliantly executed, it’s also a book that won’t be for everyone, or for every mood. If you’re looking for a beach read that you can just enjoy and wash over you, this won’t be it; however, if you’re looking for an intelligent book that will get you thinking, you might enjoy this one.

ABC Book Challenge – B

By Brookelorren on July 14, 2019July 15, 2019Leave a Comment

This is the second week of the ABC Book Challenge, which will run until the end of the year. For this tag, which I originally found at Me, Myself, and Books, and was able to trace (tentatively) back to Thrifty Bibliophile, I’ll go through my TBR and find books that begin with that particular letter. I might do a mix of books on my TBR and books that I’ve read (depending on the letter).

I absolutely adored Sky Without Stars, the first book in the System Divine series by Jessica Brody. Between Burning Worlds, the second book, is expected to come out in 2020. And I’m expected to read it.

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague has a really long title, but it sounds really interesting. I love history, and this is one element of history I don’t know much about.

I saw a review for The Boy and His Ribbon a while ago and it sounded interesting, but I’ve still never gotten around to reading it. I’m guessing it’s probably not as dark as Pennies which is by the same author? Anyway, it’s another B book that I hope to read at some point.

Last year, I read The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, and of course I’d like to read the next book in the series at some point.

Occasionally, I mention Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy on this blog, because it’s such an interesting account of this important figure from World War II. This is the only book on this list that I’ve already read. I’ll probably end up rereading this book again at some point.

City of Brass

By Brookelorren on July 11, 2019July 11, 20194 Comments

I recently finished reading City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty. I started reading it for a readalong last December and… then I got distracted by a shiny — ooh, a book! — and I kept forgetting to get back to it. Don’t let the fact that I got distracted while reading this book deter you. I did like it.

Nahri is a young woman just trying to survive in old-timey Cairo. This isn’t an easy task, as you can imagine. She doesn’t have a family to fall back on, and she has become skilled as a con-artist in the process. Until she accidentally summons a djinn. Whoops.

From that point, her life will never be the same. The next thing you know, Nahri and the djinn are running away from monsters. They end up taking shelter in Daevabad, which seems like a good idea at first, but happens to be ruled by a monster of a different kind.

There’s a lot to this book, which makes the book both intriguing and… perhaps a little overwhelming.

First, City of Brass has quite an array of supernatural beings. Some of them I’m familiar with, like the djinn, but then there are many other tribes and cultures with different affinities, and it’s all really hard to keep track of. Then each culture has a rich history and… I certainly can’t remember it all. Never mind that I got distracted and went off and read a bunch of other books before finishing this one, I had trouble keeping this all in my head while I was reading it.

Then, there’s the court of Daevabad itself. There are rebels and the ruling family has its history and everybody is fighting against each other. It might not have been as difficult if I hadn’t already been trying to keep track of all the supernatural beings.

There is a bit of a love triangle with Nahri and the djinn that she ends up summoning and the younger prince. It’s not resolved in this book. I have my personal favorite that I’m rooting for, but I’ll have to read the next book to see what happens.

My guess is that this book is one that would be better upon a reread. While I enjoyed the book, I’m not sure if I liked it enough to reread it. The characters were interesting enough, but I didn’t feel a connection to them like I do in some of the books that I can reread over and over and over again.

So, while City of Brass is well-written and has an amazingly complex and intricate world, it didn’t end up being one that I’ll gush over for years to come. That’s mostly on me, not the book. If I would have felt more connection to the characters or been more familiar with the culture, I probably would have liked it more.

Characters that Travel (Top Ten Tuesday)

By Brookelorren on July 9, 2019July 8, 201930 Comments

Hello! As you know, it’s Tuesday again, so it’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today’s topic is “Character Freebie”. Am I the only person that has trouble coming up with topics for the freebie days? I found a topic that I wanted to do for the freebie at the end of this month, but what to do about characters? I searched around and discovered that today was the Call of the Horizon Day. So I decided to celebrate this (very) minor holiday by highlighting characters who have traveled or who have gone on journeys, answering to that call of the horizon (or perhaps being forced on that journey).

The first character that came to mind when I decided on this topic was Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings. I once did part of one of those “virtual walks” which was supposed to cover the distance walked on this epic journey. I didn’t get very far though.

A real person that traveled a lot was Laura Ingalls in The Little House on the Prairie series. She was born in Wisconsin, made the trek to “Indian territory,” then moved to Minnesota, and then finally settled in Dakota territory for the remainder of the books.

A lot of things can make you decide to travel. Perhaps you’re running away from something. Maybe you have to move due to poverty. Or perhaps you’re traveling across the country because you think your little brother needs to be rescued, as Free did when she took a road trip across the country with Cole in Into the Hollow.

Perhaps a lot of people like to hang out in their comfortable homes and avoid the call of the horizon unless they are forced to make it. Maia in Spin the Dawn probably wouldn’t have chosen to leave her family and travel as far a she did if she hadn’t felt compelled to do so as a way to protect her family. It’s this beautiful story’s book birthday today, by the way.

I thought this topic would be a lot more difficult than it seems to be. Maybe because traveling and avoiding enemies can make for an exciting book. One of the books that I’ve read recently that involves an epic journey is Julie Kagawa’s Shadow of the Fox.

I don’t talk about The Iliad much because Gareth Hinds’s graphic novel representation was just okay for me, but you can’t deny that the journey taken by these warriors certainly was noteworthy. Even more so would be the journey taken in The Odyssey, which I might have enjoyed more, but I haven’t read that one.

The characters in An Ember in the Ashes and the following books take quite a long journey. Like many of the characters here, I’m sure they would have preferred to stay at home. Nevertheless, struggle strengthens a person and also makes for a more interesting book.

The Throne of Glass series certainly takes you on an epic journey. Over the course of these books, Aelin and her allies travel the world in order to defeat their enemies and save the world.

A Song of Ice and Fire covers the lives of many characters across a vast world. Like most of the characters answering the call of the horizon today, most of them aren’t embarking on their journeys for the fun of it. Their survival is at stake.

While they don’t travel particularly far in the first book of The Mortal Instruments, the characters in this series do quite a bit of traveling. These books take you from New York City to Idris to Paris… and even to an alternate world. Life as a shadowhunter evidently involves quite a lot of travel.

Well, there you have it: characters who have answered the call of the horizon. Next week, we’re going to talk about my auto-buy authors. I actually only have two actual auto-buy authors, but there are several that I will read most of what they write, so we’ll talk about them.

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