Booknook

Finished When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo, The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler, and Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite.

I loved the exploration of stories being told differently in When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain. It wasn't as impactful as The Empress of Salt and Fortune, but I still loved the rich worldbuilding and the stunning prose.

I've already read Ray Nayler's book The Mountain in the Sea, and didn't have a particularly high opinion of it, so I wasn't expecting much from The Tusks of Extinction. It was excellent, much better and I think the novella length fits his writing more. Also mildly funny to read this the week after the news about direwolves being brought back from extinction (or not), because the method the novella discussed for bringing back the mammoths were fairly identical from what I understand.

Murder by Memory was the weakest, but still rather enjoyable. Seems like it'll be a series, which I might be willing to read as long as they continue to be in the novella length.

Also finished The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, which I didn't like. It was very disappointing, having focused too much on the romance and not much on the imperialist themes I was hoping to read.

I unfortunately DNF'd Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, I think the depression was a lot for me, and I couldn't do that right now.