Fractal Nosie by Christopher Paolini

ARC: Publication Date 5/16/23
Ok but like.....a person wanting to avoid conflict and mind their business sometimes doesn't work...
Like...the inaction of the MC to resolve the interpersonal conflict occuring frustrated me. And maybe it's because I would have snapped after a certain point and told them they were acting like toddlers.
304 Pages

The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia

 The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm

By Christopher Paolini

Pages: 288

"It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves. Then a vision from the Eldunarí, unexpected visitors and an exciting Urgal legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective."

This was such a fun little visit to the world of Alagaësia. I have always loved the inheritance series and thoroughly enjoyed a little peek into what some of my favorite characters have been up to. And proves that Christopher Paolini can write a short book!

2021 Reads -- Nora

Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini, 2782. (4 books) This series got me through my final senior semester. It's an old favorite and I have always loved the relationship between Eragon and Saphira and was one of the first books I read that sparked my love of dragons.

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens, 370. I wanted to read this ever since it rose to popularity a year or so ago and I can say I was not disappointed. The story switches between the mystery surrounding the murder of a community member and the story of a girl trying to survive on her own out on the bayou. Both stories progress together until they merge for the final few chapters.

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, Leigh Bardugo, 1215. (3 books) I re-read this series because Netflix was announcing its adaption to television. I fell in love with the world that Bardugo had created in this trilogy and now cannot wait to see how she continues to build it in the next series she is writing in the same universe.

 

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Christopher Paolini, 856. I don't often read space epics but this one came highly recommended and it absolutely blew me away with the story, imagery, and characters. Kira discovers an ancient alien relic that becomes bonded to her, just in time for war to erupt in her star system with the relic somehow being the key to either saving everything Kira knows and utterly destroying the universe.

Red Queen Series, Victoria Aveyard, 2048. (4 books) While this series contains many of the usual love triangle-dystopian novel tropes, the twists definitely make it worth a read. It contains a society divided between a red blooded people and silver blooded nobility who have strange powers that they use to suppress the "Reds" until one red girl who has lightning in her hands changes everything.

Read by Nora Wesselmann

To Sleep in the Stars by Christopher Paolini

when a story starts out happy... you just like...know someone HAS to die. 
I'm here for the animals. The pig...
Is that Han Solo I see?
Hey look. It's Christopher's sister.
So as a woman, I am cackling because...no. 
Ohhh the puns.
So yeah...at parts I thought about The Host by Stephanie Meyer. 
I'm getting Thorne from The Lunar Chronicles vibes from Falconi.
And I'm getting dalek vibes...The Star Wars references and the Star Trek references and the Doctor Who vibes
Aaaaand I called it. I called the thing (that I can no longer remember that I called) 
Christopher dropping words of wisdom that slap.
I love Gregorovich. I love him so much 
Gahh I have a character I like and I just want more
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