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The Faraway Inn - Sarah Beth Durst, 5/5, 370 pages
I was already a fan of Sarah Beth Durst thanks to "The Spellshop" and "The Enchanted Greenhouse", but this is by far her best work. Cozy fantasy of the absolutely best kind. I couldn't put it down, but never wanted to story to end.

It is just the right combination of domestic coziness, magical whimsey and fanciful characters mixed with enough of a plot to keep the story going, while still being (relatively) low stakes.


Min ven Thomas - Kirsten Holst*, 5/5, 272 pages

One of my favourite books as a teen. I hadn't read it in 20+ years, so was a bit hesitant to pick it up again, but fortunately it still holds up, and broke my heart just as much now as it did back then.

It is very much a product of its time though. I don't think teens reading it for the first time in 2026 would think very much of it. It's rife with stereotypes and shows an attitude to both women and homosexuals that's very far from what we would like it to be now.

Even so, I loved it. And it was a fun revisit to my teenage years.


Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman, 4/5, Audiobook ~11hrs
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman, 4/5, Audiobook ~17hrs
The Gate of the Feral Gods - Matt Dinniman, 4/5, Audiobook ~18hrs
Slowly but surely working my way through the Dungeon Crawler Carl books. The narrator, Jeff Hayes, is amazing! They are LONG books though, so I haven't had time for much else.


Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder*, 5/5, 409 pages
Reread for my book club. Still love it!


Books Read: 63
Pages Read: 11,819
Hours Listened To: 316
Book of the Month: The Faraway Inn. One of the best cozy fantasy books I've read in a long time.
Biggest Disappointment: None - they've all been excellent reads.