I've been listening to James Herriot's books before bed and if I wake up in the night with my mind racing. This week, I finished the final in his series, The Lord God Made Them All. James Herriot has a gift for storytelling and great material after many years as a vet. He freely cast himself as the butt of his jokes. The story where he gets fleas from one of his home visits and they start leaping off of him during dinner. Cringey! His books are restful and captivating. Highly recommend.
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A Thousand Steps into Night is the first Traci Chee book I've read. This book had many positives. The world-building was epic. The world of Awara has ghosts, peasants, monsters, demons, rulers, farms, towns, and inns that feel authentic. Miuko is the daughter of an innkeeper in a deteriorating village. By misfortune, she is cursed and starts to change into a demon. Cast out of her home, she sets out to free herself from her misfortune. This novel falls into many categories: coming-of-age, feminist awakening, quest, and adventure.
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I don't know how I came across Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason, but I'm guessing in a list of books about books. I'm glad I did. Recently divorced, Sophie works at a local book festival. Sophie's complicated divorce has left her estranged from her best friend and avoiding her brother. I feel this book is of a certain type. A grief-stricken, isolated woman has everything going wrong in her life. How will she find her way out? Sophie loves books, and she discovers an author she used to read. The words land in a powerful new way. Sophie dives deep into everything the author writes and listens repeatedly to every podcast until the author takes up residence in her head, advising and guiding her through this bleak time. Then the author comes to the book festival. Even though I recognized the trope, I was captivated by how Meg Mason wrote Sophie out of her depression and into a new life. It helps that it is darkly humorous and bizarre in the best way.
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