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joachim@lire.boitam.eu

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I mostly read SF&F. My 2021, 2022

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reviewed Menewood by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #2)

Nicola Griffith: Menewood (2023, Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 5 stars

In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to …

Fantastic.

5 stars

The author writes so very vividly about life 1350 years ago in Great Britain. One of these books I wanted to read as fast as possible, but that I didn’t want to actually finish, you know?

reviewed Le Débat des Dames by Jean-Philippe Jaworski (Le chevalier aux épines, #3)

Jean-Philippe Jaworski: Le Débat des Dames (Hardcover, french language, Les Moutons Électriques) 4 stars

Profitant des querelles au sein de la famille ducale, les clans d’Ouromagne ont pris l’initiative …

Troisième volume qui remonte la moyenne de la trilogie.

4 stars

Enfin, on voit où il voulait en venir ! Poussifs en diable, les deux premiers volumes m’avaient presque décourage de lire la fin du cycle. Mais j’ai persévéré et la récompense est audacieuse et on ne peut qu’être amusés qu’il l’ait prévue depuis le début.

reviewed Hild by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #1)

Nicola Griffith: Hild (2013, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 5 stars

In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming …

Striking and vivid, a book that I didn’t know I was waiting for.

5 stars

I’ll read the follow-up soon, but I don’t want to spoil it by binge-reading the whole (published) story

reviewed House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2)

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. …

Utterly engrossing

5 stars

I really like how this world works, the magic, the gods, the attention to detail, and the way humans deal with all that. Also, a great cast of characters and a worthy conclusion.

Eiji Yoshikawa: Musashi (Paperback, 1993, Kodansha) No rating

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman.

Miyamoto Musashi …

It's quite long, but I enjoy the pure serial-ness of the writing. It was published in a newspaper, so you had to keep the readers coming for more, I guess. Will anything will ever be resolved? I still have more than half the book to find out.