Woo boy. More twists and turns on the Titan front, more on the whole revolution front, and just a whole pile of madness in general.
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Attack on Titan, Vol. 14 Attack on Titan #14
And another level of crazy more. Eventually that will have to stop ramping up like that… right…?
Wild Sign Alpha & Omega #6 Mercy Thompson World #18
The Mercyverse books (both Mercy Thompason and Alpha & Omega) are one of the few series of books I’ll come back to every few years for a complete reread, or in this case, a re-listen. Something that’s made all the better when you get to the end and there are new books to add to the old favorites!
On the upside, it’s a crazy ride with a whole heap of more backstory for and reason to like Leah (some reviewers say it changed her backstory, but I think it fits), more information about witches, both white and black, and a few new crazy magical beings on the block (Bigfoot! Bigfeet? And that’s not even the crazy one…). It’s a crazy world and a crazy plot and it manages to keep going all the way through.
A Great and Terrible Beauty Gemma Doyle #1
Shall I tell you a story? A new and terrible one? A ghost story? Are you ready? Shall I begin? Once upon a time there were four girls. One was pretty. One was clever. One charming, and one…one was mysterious. But they were all damaged, you see. Something not right about the lot of them.
That was not at all what I expected. Granted, I didn’t expect much. I’ve had this book on my to read list for years and decided to finally try it without looking at anything but the cover. Instead, we got a slow building paranormal boarding school / historic urban fantasy set in around the turn of the 20th century with a portal fantasy turned surprisingly dark.
Attack on Titan, Vol. 13 Attack on Titan #13
Woo boy is this series bonkers.
Eren has to deal with the people that died for him. More crazy worldbuilding, with underground cities. More hints at where the Titans come from and how they’re related to normal people. More expiriments with Eren’s Titan form. And … kidnapping!
Attack on Titan, Vol. 12 Attack on Titan #12
We keep learning more about the Titans and the humans that they come from. And the more we learn, the more questions I have. What makes their forms different? What about the lower level dumb Titans? Are those humans too? What about the ones in between? And who are all of the Titans on the side of?
WHAT’S GOING ON?!
Attack on Titan, Vol. 11 Attack on Titan #11
Onward to battle! More than ever before, we get some really big Titan versus Titan battles (crazy) and the barest of hints at just who and what the other side of the battle might be.
Spoilers and pretty pretty pictures (for some definitions of pretty):
Attack on Titan, Vol. 10 Attack on Titan #10
Wooo boy. The wall is breached and the 104th is still doing their absolute best to save the day. One thing leads to another and they get trapped by Titans in a castle in the wall–only for everything to go absolutely sideways once again!
Man this story is nuts.
Attack on Titan, Vol. 9 Attack on Titan #9
So. Just when we know who the female Titan is, there’s a new one stomping about: the Beast Titan. And somehow another wall has fallen. I have no idea what’s the root at all this… but they don’t either, so off to find out!
Man the twists in this series. I think at some point, the biggest twist is going to be paying it straight and everyone will be so surprised!
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
This… was a somewhat unepxected read.
Essentially, it’s a textbook about how Lindenmayer systems (L-Systems) can be used to simulate and model plants in increasingly complicated ways.