2023 Reads | Week 49 [CC]

This week I read a bunch of 2023 releases, including some new books by authors I love.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
0:20 Ice & Ivy
3:25 The Privilege of the Happy Ending
5:21 Ways to Play

MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED

Series Review | Mages of the Wheel by J.D. Evans

BOOKS MENTIONED

Ice & Ivy by J.D. Evans

The Privilege of the Happy Ending by Kij Johnson

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson

The River Bank by Kij Johnson

Ways to Play by Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Gabriel Alborozo (Illustrator)

CONTENT WARNINGS

Ice & Ivy: fire, burns, injury, murder, death of a family member, trauma, grief, PTSD, loss of bodily autonomy

The Privilege of the Happy Ending: child abuse, sexual abuse, rape, suicidal ideation, injury, illness, trauma, death, death of a family member, body horror, toxic family relationships, sexism, domestic abuse, animal death

Ways to Play: (none)

CONNECT WITH ME

[OliviasCatastrophe]

I love when you put a book on pause and then pick it up later, and it is exactly the right time to return to the book! I hope you enjoy continuing the series all the more after enjoying this volume. Ways to play sounds very cute and helpful for children as well. And yay for the representation as well <3

[ReadBecca]

Wow! That cover on the Kij Johnson. I don't think I knew about that collection before so I'm glad you brought it up, especially if there is a new wind in the willows story there, I just bought myself a copy of The River Bank because I wanted to reread it. Ive enjoyed what a chameleon of a writer she is across different types of stories and existing works.

[zixaz]

Ooh I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read The Privilege of the Happy Ending or not but your description sounds great! So officially adding it to my TBR :)