Fantasy
The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang
Technically this is the subgenre of urban fantasy or supernatural fantasy but to be honest it felt more like a family story to me because it’s all about two sisters’ efforts to find their missing Mom. It’s okay, the pacing is a little slow at bits but I think that’s to be expected given the storyline and focus. The ending is satisfying.
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
This is more the traditional fantasy that was my main reading interest and love and I do think it is a good story interweaving between two interesting protagonists. In fact, I like how their stories were at first separate but then became intertwined with each other. Not quite sure whether I will continue onto the next book yet but considering it.
Strike the Zither by Joan He
I already covered it in a separate post so won’t repeat it here.
Mystery
The Secret of Three Fates by Jess Armstrong
It’s a good enough mystery in the sense that I didn’t guess the culprit and it does a good job of introducing that it’s set in the past with the vocabulary at the start.
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
This is part of my Broadening Horizon Read for this year. I had started it but it’s too early to say anything about it.
Literary Fiction
The Lost Legends of New Jersey
This is the 3rd of my min-reading challenge- the first chapter is titled Constellations. It is really a family drama story, focusing mostly on the son but there are a few chapters written from the father’s perspective too (although in third person rather than first person for the son) and there is definitely an echoing effect between the two characters. And the story is set in New Jersey and apparently that’s the theme for the novel too.
For me personally, this is not a story that has me really engaged because my reading taste does not lean towards literary. But it is engaging enough in its own way.
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