Attack on Titan, Vol. 25 Attack on Titan #25

Continuing the story of the greater world, bringing everything together. Hatred and lies all aimed at eliminating Paradis and the people there… and only a small group from Paradis to try to stop them.

Or perhaps more…

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The Borrowers Afloat The Borrowers #3

That’s a cute little addition to the Borrower’s world. After being ousted from their first home to live out of doors for a book, the Borrowers get another chance at ‘civilization’, this time even with family around! But alas, all is soon to end and off they go on another adventure, trying to find another life.

It’s a fun story, full of tiny adventures. While again, the ending and the frame story are by far the weakest parts of these books, they’re still great fun and well worth the read.


Attack on Titan, Vol. 24 Attack on Titan #24

Oh this extended world. The idea that there is a race of people (the Eldians) with a special power unique to their people which makes them makes them hated and feared, relegated to a suppressed class. Except a minor few that are brain washed and weaponized. It’s a story we’ve heard time and time again, even going back throughout history, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad story. It’s one that really needs to be told.

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Smoke Bitten Mercy Thompson #12 Mercy Thompson World #17

Two in a row! It’s like Christmas! If Christmas was chuck full of creepy uberpowerful fae…

One of the major plot threads is dealing with the fallout of Storm Cursed . Mercy and co may have won the day, but in doing so they managed to tick off a great number of very powerful beings, lost a strong ally, and may have caused some permanent harm to Adam and Mercy’s relationship. I really hated this at first–I’ve loved how solid the relationships of the main characters are in these books, letting them deal with huge problems together–but by the end I’m at least willing to see where this goes.

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Attack on Titan, Vol. 23 Attack on Titan #23

This is a fascinating change of scope. After so long on what we thought of as the entire world (although of course we’d guessed it wasn’t the case), now we have an entire much larger world, more advanced in a lot of ways both in science and knowing about Titans. Crazy times.

Plus a bit more backstory of Reiner and a handful of new characters that purposely are training to be Titans, all to willingly take on the Titans for only 13 years.

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Storm Cursed Mercy Thompson #11 Mercy Thompson World #16

It’s been a while since my last re-read/listen through the Mercy Thompson books. I had forgotten just host much things had been changing on a larger world building scale in the last few books: since Mercy put herself and her pack on the line defending the people and territory of the Columbia Basin, things have gotten complicated. And dark. And did I mention complicated?

It’s fascinating world building.

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The Book Thief

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.

As grim and depressing as a book set around Nazi Germany narrated by death can be, I actually quite enjoyed this story. Zusak certainly has quite a way with words and the story is alternatively terrifying (in a way that makes you think) and touching (likewise).

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Attack on Titan, Vol. 22 Attack on Titan #22

Well that’s a switch. We have a notebook talking about Eren’s father’s life outside of the walls, just how large the rest of the world is, and how the Attack Titan came to be.

Now what in the world are they going to do?

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Attack on Titan, Vol. 21 Attack on Titan #21

So close and yet so far. So many are dead, trying to (did they succeed after all) to take down the Beast Titan. And now they have a choice. Theoretically, they can steal one of the Titan’s abilities and save one of their own…

But who?

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