­Reading Journal Jan 29 2025

What I’ve Read
Strange Practice –Vivian Shaw – This reminded me of a bunch of “London has a secret magical underground” novels that were actually better. This has all the hallmarks of a series that will be a billed as “A Main Character Mystery TM” in the future and I wish the author all the best with that. As a beach read, very fun. The main character is a doctor to the creatures of London and someone has started to attack them. (Minor whorephobia in dialogue mentions)

(I logged City of Brass last week so I’ll not double up on it – but the friends who have read it suggest that the first book does a huge amount of set up for the rest o the series and so I’ll report back when I have read the rest of the books)

What I’m Reading

Locke and Key vol 2 – Joe Hill

Held in Hearts by Marchling - https://archiveofourown.org/works/38604081 - part iii of the enormous AU fic of The Fast and the Furious where soulmates are real but PTSD is realer. It’s deeply self indulgent.

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror – 52%
Power Broker – Audiobook Part 3 – 1%0

Static:
The Lottery and Other Stories – 44%
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation – 31%
Ash: A Secret History – 23%
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 10%
Count of Monte Cristo 48%

What I’ll Read Next
The Route of Ice and Salt (gay and dracula and boats)
California Bones
Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
Kingdom of Copper
Empire of Gold
Madness of Angels Kate Griffin
City of Lies
The Memory Librarian

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