[reading wednesday, like normal]

I have been reading so much and I am never going to catch up on all of it, so here are a couple of highlights from the last few months:

- Proper English, KJ Charles. I finished this yesterday; it's a fluffy stereotypical English country house murder mystery, except with queer women. I adored it. Unfortunately it looks like the rest of the author's work is about queer men? Much less interesting. ;)

- Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Melissa Bashardoust. This is a fantasy novel about a sheltered princess, but within that constraint it was constantly surprising to me. Really enjoyed the mechanics of magic.

- The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, Mary Robinette Kowal. Alternate history space exploration. Just a delight. Full of wonder and also lots of period-appropriate examination of feminism and racism.

- The Thousand Names and The Shadow Throne, Django Wexler. Parts one and two of a six-book series (three is on hold). This is sort of magical-fantasy-military-history, which is not something I'm usually interested in, but it is managing to keep me engaged.

I also finally read Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel, on which the Melissa McCarthy film of last year was based, and... the film was much, much better, sadly.

I never know what I'm reading next. Lots on hold through Libby and a few things on Kindle I haven't yet finished. I am awash with delightful options.