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Dazrin · 12-07-2021, 02:10 PM

Since I asked, here are my favorites from 2021 so far. Items published in 2021 in red.

I was pleasantly surprised by A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher. A charming YA story that was a lot of fun to read. My daughters loved it too.

I caught up on the Penric and Desdemona series by Lois McMaster Bujold, reading the latest 4 books, books 8 through 11 in published order:

Physicians of Vilnoc
Masquerade in Lodi
The Assassins of Thasalon
Knot of Shadows

I really love these books as testified by my pocketbook, they account for almost half my spending this year.

I also caught up with what Murderbot's been up to. The first few got a lot of critical attention (and awards) and all of them are vey good. I started with a reread of the first 4 books (just as good the second time) and then read the first novel in the series, Network Effect, followed by the most recent book published this year, Fugitive Telemetry. Martha Wells really hit a home run with Murderbot.

I also enjoyed Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, I still prefer The Martian but this was very good too and better than Artemis.

As for upcoming books, I really haven't looked too much yet, I'm not much of a reading planner. I do know Brandon Sanderson has a couple coming out next year that I will want to read including The Lost Metal which concludes the Wax and Wayne series in his Mistborn setting.

12-07-2021, 02:10 PM	#2
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,729 Karma: 75825105 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	Since I asked, here are my favorites from 2021 so far. Items published in 2021 in red. I was pleasantly surprised by A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher. A charming YA story that was a lot of fun to read. My daughters loved it too. I caught up on the Penric and Desdemona series by Lois McMaster Bujold, reading the latest 4 books, books 8 through 11 in published order: Physicians of Vilnoc Masquerade in Lodi The Assassins of Thasalon Knot of Shadows I really love these books as testified by my pocketbook, they account for almost half my spending this year. I also caught up with what Murderbot's been up to. The first few got a lot of critical attention (and awards) and all of them are vey good. I started with a reread of the first 4 books (just as good the second time) and then read the first novel in the series, Network Effect, followed by the most recent book published this year, Fugitive Telemetry. Martha Wells really hit a home run with Murderbot. I also enjoyed Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, I still prefer The Martian but this was very good too and better than Artemis. As for upcoming books, I really haven't looked too much yet, I'm not much of a reading planner. I do know Brandon Sanderson has a couple coming out next year that I will want to read including The Lost Metal which concludes the Wax and Wayne series in his Mistborn setting.