"The Cartographers" by Peng Shepherd. This fantasy novel about maps was definitely written just for me. And maybe also for my sister who bought it for me for Christmas but didn't have a chance to read it before she gave it to me. I went to a hoop class and was reading it in the waiting area, and one of my classmates asked what I was so engrossed in, and I totally shilled for it.
LHC #197: "The final revival of Opal and Nev" by Dawnie Walton. I few days ago I was watching a political pundit being interviewed on the news presumably in her home or office, and she had this book on her shelf. Anyway, it started off like far too many things I've read lately, but took an interesting turn. There's a great scene where one character tells another "so, you got me fired from my dream job" and the other one doesn't really care.
LHC #198: "The View from the Ground" by Martha Gellhorn. No idea why this was on the list, but it's interesting nevertheless. These essays are each a product of their time, so for example the one about Britain preparing badly for war in 1938 is delightful in what it doesn't know. And because the author is a woman journalist, it has a tone slightly different than the standard. She was ranting about gun violence in the 60's, so it's not a new thing.
LHC #199: "A memory called Empire" by Arkady Martine. Hard copy because the eBook wait was 13 weeks. For some reason I thought this was going to be challenging to read, but I read a lot of it on the bus! Totally my jam.
LHC #200: "Gideon the Ninth" by Tamsyn Muir. Audiobook, because I have that sweater I have to look at to knit, and because the audio book had no wait while the eBook had 13 weeks wait (and I already had two hard copy books I was reading). One day on the bus I saw someone reading book three of the series and I accosted her about her fantastic taste and she's probably thinking that's her bad TTC experience and I'm a crazy person now, but whatever.