263: Lisa’s Mid-Year Reading Check-In 2024

<p>This week Lisa shares her mid-year 2024 book recommendations and what she is looking forward to in the second half of the year. Shachi shares a mini review of <i>Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny</i>, written by Mark Cecil and narrated by Tanis Parenteau, Ari Fliakos, and JD Jackson.

<p><b>Novels:</b></p>

<p><i>The Warm Hands of Ghosts</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/4cNP5lX">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/9893177/the-warm-hands-of-ghosts">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Warm-Hands-of-Ghosts-Audiobook/B0C6YLMHPG">Audible</a>] </p>

<p><i>Those Beyond the Wall</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/4awaRdo">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/9951436/those-beyond-the-wall">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Those-Beyond-the-Wall-Audiobook/B0CB96MWM7">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/248">Episode 248</a>]</p>

<p><i>The Stardust Grail</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/4cfwYoL">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10180098/the-stardust-grail">Overdrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Stardust-Grail-Audiobook/B0CKM5YQX8">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/260">Episode 260</a>]</p>

<p><i>Mirrored Heavens</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3NDa7cG">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10158263/mirrored-heavens">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Mirrored-Heavens-Audiobook/B0CKFPMDV9">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/262">Episode 262</a>]</p>

<p><i>Service Model</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3USosF6">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10250315/service-model">Overdrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Service-Model-Audiobook/B0CMYKLK4Q">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/257">Episode 257</a>]</p>

<p><i>Someone You Can Build a Nest In</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/4aIs7Mg">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10393756/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Someone-You-Can-Build-a-Nest-In-Audiobook/B0CX7C9FQM">Audible</a>]  / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/253">Episode 253</a>]</p>

<p><i>Kinning</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3TjLWDs">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10097955/kinning">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Everfair-Audiobook/B01LZCA9PH">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/246">Episode 246</a>]</p>

<p><i>Rakesfall</i> (Written by: Vajra Chandrasekera / Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio)</p>

<p><i>The Dead Cat Tail Assassins</i> (Written by: P. Djeli Clark / Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman)</p>

<p><i>Loka</i> (Written by: S.B. Divya)</p>

<p><i>Dead Girls Don’t Dream</i> (Written by: Nino Cipri)</p>

<p><i>A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping</i> (Written by: Sangu Mandana)</p>

<p><i>Blackheart Man</i> (Written by: Nalo Hopkinson / Narrated by: Ron Butler)</p>

<p><i>The Book of Elsewhere</i> (Written by: Keanu Reeves and China Mieville)</p>

<p><i>The Mercy of Gods</i> (Written by: James S.A. Corey / Narrated by: Jefferson Mays)</p>

<p><i>Wind and Truth</i> (Written by: Brandon Sanderson/ Narrated by: Kate Reading & Michael Kramer)</p>

<p><b>Novellas:</b></p>

<p><i>The Truth of the Aleke</i> (Written by: Moses Ose Utomi)</p>

<p><i>Small Gods of Calamity</i> (Written by: Sam Kyung Yoo)</p>

<p><i>The Butcher of the Forest</i> (Written by: Premee Mohamed)</p>

<p><i>The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles</i> (Written by: Malka Older / Narrated by: Lindsey Dorcus )</p>

<p><i>The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain</i> (Written by: Sofia Samatar)</p>

<p><i>Lost Ark Dreaming</i> [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Lost-Ark-Dreaming-Audiobook/B0D4BCXNXS">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/259">Episode 259</a>]</p>

<p><i>The Brides of High Hill</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3JXEf0a">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10254320/the-brides-of-high-hill">Overdrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Brides-of-High-Hill-Audiobook/B0CZSNF5NM">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/256">Episode 256</a>]</p>

<p><i>The Tusks of Extinction</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3UGmuZQ">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10361459/the-tusks-of-extinction">Overdrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Tusks-of-Extinction-Audiobook/B0CS4212B1">Audible</a>] / [<a href="https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/243">Episode 243</a>]</p> 

<p><i>We Speak Through the Mountain</i> (Written by: Premee Mohamed / Narrated by: Eva Tavares)</p>

<p><i>Navigational Entanglements</i> (Written by: Alliette de Bodard)</p>

<p><i>Haunt Sweet Home</i> (Written by: Sarah Pinsker)</p>

<p><i>She Who Knows</i> (Written by: Nnedi Okorafor)</p>

<p><b>2024 SFF YA and Middle Grade:</b></p>

<p><i>Moonstorm</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3XMdvIg">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10125003/moonstorm">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Moonstorm-Audiobook/B0CHXS5T1P">Audible</a>] </p>

<p><i>Sheine Lende</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3zrm01a">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/10259395/sheine-lende">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Sheine-Lende-Audiobook/B0CMZ4HLPN">Audible</a>] </p>

<p><i>Daydreamer</i> (Written by: Rob Cameron)</p>

<p><i>Heavenly Tyrant</i> (Written by: Xiran Jay Zhao)</p>

<p><i>Amari and the Dispicable Wonders</i> (Written by: B.B. Alston)</p>

<p><b>2024 Non-Fiction:</b></p>

<p><i>Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography</i> (Written By: Jessica Max Stein)</p>

<p><i>Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power</i> (Written & Narrated By: Devon Price)</p>

<p><i>Who’s Afraid of Gender</i> (Written & Narrated By: Judith Butler)</p>

<p><b>Mini-Review:</b></p>

<p><i>Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny</i> [<a href="https://tidd.ly/3RTan9z">Libro.fm</a>] / [<a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/9951382/bunyan-and-henry-or-the-beautiful-destiny">OverDrive/Libby</a>] / [<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Bunyan-and-Henry-Or-the-Beautiful-Destiny-Audiobook/B0CB9C1HGZ">Audible</a>] </p>