263: Lisa's Mid-Year Reading Check-In 2024

This week Lisa shares her mid-year 2024 book recommendations and what she is looking forward to in the second half of the year. Shachi shares a mini review of Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny, written by Mark Cecil and narrated by Tanis Parenteau, Ari Fliakos, and JD Jackson. Novels: The Warm Hands of Ghosts [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Those Beyond the Wall [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 248] The Stardust Grail [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 260] Mirrored Heavens [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 262] Service Model [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 257] Someone You Can Build a Nest In [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]  / [Episode 253] Kinning [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 246] Rakesfall (Written by: Vajra Chandrasekera / Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio) The Dead Cat Tail Assassins (Written by: P. Djeli Clark / Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman) Loka (Written by: S.B. Divya) Dead Girls Don't Dream (Written by: Nino Cipri) A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (Written by: Sangu Mandana) Blackheart Man (Written by: Nalo Hopkinson / Narrated by: Ron Butler) The Book of Elsewhere (Written by: Keanu Reeves and China Mieville) The Mercy of Gods (Written by: James S.A. Corey / Narrated by: Jefferson Mays) Wind and Truth (Written by: Brandon Sanderson/ Narrated by: Kate Reading & Michael Kramer) Novellas: The Truth of the Aleke (Written by: Moses Ose Utomi) Small Gods of Calamity (Written by: Sam Kyung Yoo) The Butcher of the Forest (Written by: Premee Mohamed) The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (Written by: Malka Older / Narrated by: Lindsey Dorcus ) The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain (Written by: Sofia Samatar) Lost Ark Dreaming [Audible] / [Episode 259] The Brides of High Hill [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 256] The Tusks of Extinction [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 243]  We Speak Through the Mountain (Written by: Premee Mohamed / Narrated by: Eva Tavares) Navigational Entanglements (Written by: Alliette de Bodard) Haunt Sweet Home (Written by: Sarah Pinsker) She Who Knows (Written by: Nnedi Okorafor) 2024 SFF YA and Middle Grade: Moonstorm [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Sheine Lende [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Daydreamer (Written by: Rob Cameron) Heavenly Tyrant (Written by: Xiran Jay Zhao) Amari and the Dispicable Wonders (Written by: B.B. Alston) 2024 Non-Fiction: Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography (Written By: Jessica Max Stein) Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power (Written & Narrated By: Devon Price) Who's Afraid of Gender (Written & Narrated By: Judith Butler) Mini-Review: Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]