Finished reading: The Awakening by James E. Wisher 📚
★★★☆☆

Book two of the Aegis of Merlin, I rather enjoyed it.

Finished reading: The Impossible Wizard by James E Wisher 📚
★★★☆☆

Book one of the Aegis of Merlin, I rather enjoyed it.

Finished reading: Resistance Above Magic 2 by B.T. Narro 📚
★★☆☆☆

The second book in the series, it was good to see where the story went but the cliffhanger was rather annoying; I guess I’ll have to wait for the next book. 🤣

Finished reading: Unexpected Healer by Jonathan Brooks 📚
★★☆☆☆

This one randomly showed up as a suggested read on my Kindle and I decided to give it a shot. It was pretty one dimensional but highly entertaining…and it set the stage for an interesting series (if the author continues, of course).

Finished reading: The Gorgon Incident and Other Stories by John Bierce 📚
★★★☆☆

Having finished the Mage Errant series last year, it was rather nice to go back to the same world / universe, to revisit and reminisce.

Finished reading: The Price Of Power by B. K. Cook 📚
★★☆☆☆

The last book of the series (though, the author makes it pretty clear they’ll be continuing the books), this one felt a little rushed and you could see the ending coming a mile away but it was still a satisfying conclusion.

Finished reading: In Clawed Grasp by Seth Richter 📚
★★★★☆

I went into this not expecting much but wow, was I surprised: this book was great. The “leveling system” is both more and less well-defined than many other books in the LitRPG genre, which is awesome. I can’t wait for the second one! 😄

Finished reading: Resistance Above Magic by B.T. Narro 📚
★★☆☆☆

I wouldn’t call it “great literature” but it was a fun read, very much reminding me of my time playing WoW, with all the talk about skill trees, leveling, & stat bonuses from gear. 🎮

Finished reading: Rune Seeker 2 by J.M. Clarke & C.J. Thompson 📚
★★★☆☆

The second book of the series, this follows up directly to the ending of the last one…and boy, does it deliver. This one couldn’t exist without the first but it’s much better; we finally get some (fascinating) backstory. 🗡️🛡️

Finished reading: Path of Stars by David North 📚
★★★☆☆

My least favorite of the series since book one, I finished this last night. The one places more emphasis on the main character, which is good but abandons almost all the other ones. It’s also a bit…meandering. Still, excited for the next one.

Finished reading: Astral Threads by David North 📚
★★★☆☆

I finished reading this last night (woke up with the kindle on my chest)… 🤭 It’s the fourth of the series and progresses nicely but leaves you with a giant cliffhanger. 😱 That said, each book is better than the previous.

I didn’t get nearly as much reading done in 2023 as I’d planned but that’s just the way the cookies crumble. I plan to do more reading in 2024 and spend some of my reading time focusing on books outside the fantasy / sci-fi genre.

Note: I only started using Micro.blog’s bookshelf feature midway through the year.

Finished reading: Moonlight Relic by David North 📚
★★★☆☆

In third of the series, the main character (Sam) really starts coming into his own…with a remarkable and rather unbelivable number of twists. Parts of the story are rather predictable but others, you never see them coming. 🤣

Finished reading: Aster Fall by David North 📚
★★★☆☆

The second of the series, this picks up right after the first and the main character (and secondary ones) progresses (it is LitRPG after all) nicely, setting the stage for bigger progression in the next book.

Finished reading: Battlefield Reclaimer by David North 📚
★★★☆☆

This book, a re-read for me, is the first book of the Guardian of Aster Fall series and in my opinion, sets up the universe for said series rather nicely. The character development is decent and the RPG improvement system is very cool.