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What I read: January 2025

 LHC #282: "Nona the Ninth" by Tamsyn Muir. Audio book. I love these so much. That said, I spent far too much time on the Locked Tomb wiki trying to figure out what was going on. 

LHC #283: "The edge of the plain : how borders make and break our world" by James Crawford. Hard copy, and sadly not because I'm trying to read less books on Overdrive and more in hard copy, but because it's the only format they had available. This book was what I wanted it to be. A rare case where I actually remember where I heard about it: it was Marissa Lingen. 

At first it struck me as odd that this book about borders has no maps. I googled. It was no problem. Which led me to believe this was a choice, probably kept production costs down, and also I can get better maps on line with more detail and higher resolution than they could print anyway. 

LHC #284: "The Monsters we Defy" by Leslye Penelope. Hard copy for the same reason as above. It's a heist set in 1920's Washington DC. The setting and plot are fun, but I found the romance subplot awkward and uncomfortable. 

LHC #285: "Thus was Adonis murdered" by Sarah Caudwell. eBook. No clue who recommended it or why it was on my list. Apparently Marissa Lingen again. It was a little twee for my taste. Somehow I hadn't realized until I got to the end that this was published in 1981, which explained a lot. Like why these people wrote so many letters and had no cell phones. 

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