So I’ve recently read…

• Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby — An interesting near-present tech thriller mostly about gender roles and tech bros with a bit of a battle royale element thrown in. Good, but not great.
• Moonbound by Robin Sloan — An excellent fantasy/sci-fi cross that takes place 11k years in the future and sort of re-enacts the knights vs dragons trope, but the dragons are creatures built by humans to explore other dimensions and the knight is still a young boy. I really enjoyed this one.
• Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera — I could not get into this in the slightest and abandoned at about 150 pages, but then again, I thought his The Saint of The Bright Doors was barely tolerable. (I did make it through that one at least.)
• Swordheart by T Kingfisher — As usual, a lot of fun. A woman decides to commit hari kari with an ornamental sword on the wall when her in-laws lock her up because a rich uncle she was taking care of gave her most of the inheritance. But turns out the sword is magic and has a guardian in it, who promptly busts her out (pun intended). Hijinks ensue.
• A Sorceress Comes to Call — Asks the question, what if your mom was the wicked sorceress from all the fairy tales? How would you cope as a child? Also very entertaining.

And I just started Echo of Worlds by M R Carey, which is second in the Pandominion series. First was ok? Hoping it picks up in this one.

Started in on The Wind-Up Girl by Bacigalupi, but got distracted by a manhwa so I haven’t gotten far in.