Posted on July 28, 2023 Posted by John Scalzi 12 Comments
As we ease into the dog days of summer, here’s a stack of new books and ARCs to keep you company. What here would you like to take into a cool reading nook? Share in the comments!
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I love the Dresden books but Peace Talks is 3 years old at this point and isn’t even the most recent book in the series.
How could I resist ‘If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes’? I mean – huh?
Looked up Womb City because I wasn’t familiar with the author, and it goes on my to-read list. Looks interesting.
No science fiction, sigh.
“I love the Dresden books but Peace Talks is 3 years old at this point and isn’t even the most recent book in the series.”
And yet, Subterranean sent our esteemed host a copy of their edition, which is new. That’s why it’s in a stack of new books and ARCs.
Just ordered Jade Shards by Fonda Lee. Really enjoyed the other books in this series. Highly recommended!
New Fonda Lee!!!
Edging into my seventh decade and I am STILL a sucker for anything with dragons in the title.
Peace Talks must be the reason I got a shipping notice from Sub Press. I’m looking forward to adding it to their excellent collection of Dresden Files special editions. I should add, as I always do on these occasions, that I am in NO WAY bitter that our host gets them for free. Nope, not in the least…
@Kurt Busiek: Are you that Kurt Busiek?
Idle question that I suspect you have answered previously but I can’t find it. Do you read mostly paper books?
Peace talks of course, then if wishes were obfuscation codes and never steal from dragons, purely for the titles
I just read a review copy of Anna Smith Spark’s A Sword of Bronze and Ashes and it is absolutely stunning – a gorgeously written story about love and redemption that intertwines the mythical with the mundane. For me this is not just one of the best books I’ve read so far this year but one of the best for a long, long while.