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My September Reading Log

Posted on October 16, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie was a lovely historical fantasy featuring an Icelandic trader who travels far from home and discovers he has magical gifts relating to ghosts, and brings home a mysterious white mare. I … Continue reading →

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My August Reading Log

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: A friend recommended Samantha Irby’s essays to me, so I obtained two of her collections from the library. Wow, No Thank You. and Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby were a good introduction to her work, I think, addressing topics … Continue reading →

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My July Reading Log

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Maid by Nita Prose is a murder mystery set in a prestigious city hotel. Molly Gray, the titular maid, is alone in the world after the death of her beloved grandmother, who raised her and helped her navigate … Continue reading →

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My June Reading Log

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fanfiction: Panem et Circenses by littleblackfox is a mashup/alternate universe putting Crowley and Aziraphale into the Great British Bakeoff, in one of the early BBC seasons. In a world in which Armageddon didn’t happen, a year later Heaven and Hell … Continue reading →

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My May Reading Log

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I started off the month of May with three DNF mystery novels; it might be me and not the books! Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold is latest in her Penric and Desdemona series; it’s also latest in the … Continue reading →

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My April Reading Log

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher is a somewhat dark fantasy with many fairytale elements. Marra is the youngest princess of a tiny kingdom with a good harbor; her mother has bargained for their safety with the eldest and, … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher was short but a lot of fun! Fourteen year old Mona lives in Riverbraid, which has a number of wizards with odd small talents; Mona’s magic works best with dough … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Paladin’s Faith by T Kingfisher is fourth in the series, featuring Marguerite Florian and the paladin Shane, whom we met in the first book. As with the previous installments in this series, I was more invested in the worldbuilding, … Continue reading →

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My January Reading Log

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn is first in the “Elemental Blessings” series, a secondary-world fantasy with magic and personality types associated with/linked to elements or combinations thereof. The protagonist, for example, is linked mostly to water, which has a … Continue reading →

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My December Reading Log

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo is horror, a genre I read only rarely, but I was completely gripped by the 1930s rural setting. Leslie Bruin, a trans man and veteran nurse of World War One, now works … Continue reading →

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