2023 Book Bingo!

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I finished my first book of 2023! I technically started this one in 2022, and I don't know if that's actually "within the rules" but eh I'm gonna go with it. It's not like I had a book I'd read 95% of in 2023 and I finished it on Jan. 1, so.


For work, I (re)read Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence; we're working on a re-edit of it and we'll be launching into the other two books in the trilogy (which I have neither read nor edited before).

Blurb:

For eighteen years, Alaric has lived under the cloying politics of family and his Clan community. His freshman year is supposed to be a chance to explore a world where Clan and his shapeshifting Talent isn’t central to his life. But when his inner bear bursts forth during his first football game, endangering those around him, Alaric realizes that it’s not so easy to ignore his past, or his own internalized anger.

In his quest for anger management, Alaric begins to train in taekwondo, and makes new friends in both sports. He finds that he is creating his own small community, where Clan, Mages, other Talents, and even humans come together and build their own found family.

When Alaric receives news that something has happened to his brother Orson, he must return and deal with his Clan and his place in their world. He discovers that old prejudices are still strong between Clan and Mage communities, but that both may be in danger from a creature long thought to be only a legend. Alaric must figure out how to move forward and prevent a war and protect both his home and newly built communities, his found family with him every step of the way.

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I really enjoy this book, and I think I liked it better on a second read than on my first. I feel like knowing the characters better improved it. The other books have different main characters, and I'm really looking forward to getting to know some of them; I expect to start the second book later this week, or maybe early next week.

And, not only does Tris live in my state (New York) - we've actually met in person, not just online! She was at my house on Saturday!

I'm close to finishing another book (that I also started in 2022), and I started my first all-new read of the year (if I only count novels, anyway, I read a lot of short stories but I'm not using those for the bingo)

Onward!