Anticipated Reads for 2023

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved “What is the What,” OP! It’s one of my all time favorites.

Really, I thought about putting this in the other thread about books others like but I didn't. When I was reading it initially I think I was sold it as a fantasy and I didn't see that aspect. Once I learned (more of) what it was about, I wasn't interested in it (then). Now I think I'm ready to dive into more adult reads.

I agree with others. It wasn’t sold as a fantasy. Maybe you’re thinking of something else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like crime fiction and have pre-ordered 2023 releases from Gregg Hurwitz, Peter Blauner, Thomas Perry, Don Winslow, Dennis Lehane and James Elroy.

I consider myself a mystery/crime fanatic and don’t know a single one of those guys. Do you read any female authors?

How can this be? I don’t even read the genre, and I know of several of the authors. They’re quite well known!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like crime fiction and have pre-ordered 2023 releases from Gregg Hurwitz, Peter Blauner, Thomas Perry, Don Winslow, Dennis Lehane and James Elroy.

I consider myself a mystery/crime fanatic and don’t know a single one of those guys. Do you read any female authors?

How can this be? I don’t even read the genre, and I know of several of the authors. They’re quite well known!

You don't have to read or like him, but if you have never heard of James Ellroy you are not a crime fiction fanatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like crime fiction and have pre-ordered 2023 releases from Gregg Hurwitz, Peter Blauner, Thomas Perry, Don Winslow, Dennis Lehane and James Elroy.

I consider myself a mystery/crime fanatic and don’t know a single one of those guys. Do you read any female authors?

How can this be? I don’t even read the genre, and I know of several of the authors. They’re quite well known!

You don't have to read or like him, but if you have never heard of James Ellroy you are not a crime fiction fanatic.

I think that PP might be joking. I don't read crime fiction myself, but I know of Lehane, Winslow, Elroy, & Perry because they are all such huge successes and have had work made into TV / Film projects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guilty pleasure Sherry Thomas series will have “A Tempest At Sea” out in March.

Tamsyn Muir “Alecto the Ninth” comes out in the fall which is my most anticipated book

Does this list include 2022 releases we just haven’t gotten to yet??

Why is Sherry Thomas a “guilty” pleasure?

[Anonymous]

These are the physical books on my TBR I will read in 2023. I see you, babies, I’m coming…

-Under the Whispering Stairs - TJ Klune

-Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

-A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske

-Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix

-Winter’s Orbit - Everina Maxwell

These are audiobooks I’ve got queued up for when I’m driving:

The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

Off Balance - Jay Hogan

A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore

And then ebooks:

The Last Sun - KD Edwards

Hostage - Clare Mackintosh

Madison Square Murders - CS Poe

Pack of Lies - Charlie Adhara

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Foz Meadows

The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic - FT Luke s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are the physical books on my TBR I will read in 2023. I see you, babies, I’m coming…

-Under the Whispering Stairs - TJ Klune

-Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

-A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske

-Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix

-Winter’s Orbit - Everina Maxwell

These are audiobooks I’ve got queued up for when I’m driving:

-The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

-Off Balance - Jay Hogan

-A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore

And then ebooks:

-The Last Sun - KD Edwards

-Hostage - Clare Mackintosh

-Madison Square Murders - CS Poe

-Pack of Lies - Charlie Adhara

-A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Foz Meadows

-The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic - FT Lukens

Made format slightly better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved “What is the What,” OP! It’s one of my all time favorites.

Really, I thought about putting this in the other thread about books others like but I didn't. When I was reading it initially I think I was sold it as a fantasy and I didn't see that aspect. Once I learned (more of) what it was about, I wasn't interested in it (then). Now I think I'm ready to dive into more adult reads.

I agree with others. It wasn’t sold as a fantasy. Maybe you’re thinking of something else?

Being over half through it, I can now see why it was sold as fantasy. It's not the magic and wizards of dragons type fantasy but there is a mystic element of it. The entire narrative is surrounded by the question of "what is the what". That's the question based on the creation story (fantasy element) there the Sudanese chose cows as their gift from God whereas the others were left with the other thing, the what. There are all kinds of stories of what the what is and the power behind it.

Then there are the fantasies about Ethiopia, and my favorite, his way of going to sleep by constructing his ideal day by stitching together his favorite memories. I want to try that.