My March to May Reading Wrap-up, 2021

Make sure to check out these excellent reviews if nothing else:

Shawn the Book Maniac on 'Detransion Baby':
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Njeri @ Onyx Pages on 'Butter Honey Pig Bread':
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Forgive me if I go on, jump to the time stamps below to get to the book you wish to disagree with me about!

0. Introduction - 0:00
1. The Biggest Bluff 0:22
2. Butter Honey Pig Bread 01:40
3. The Gangster 03:19
4. Beeswing 05:08
5. The Butterfly Lampshade 07:47
6. Detransition, Baby 09:31
7. In the Labyrinth of Drakes 12:50
8. Don Quixote 14:49
9. Tirant Lo Blanc 16:37
10. Quichotte 19:18
11. Rhythm of War 22:03
12. Currently Reading and Goodbye for Now 27:50

More info on those books:

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova
2020, Non-fiction

Butter Honey Pig Bread
Francesca Ekwuyasi
20220

The Gangster (#6 in the GFL Series)
Scott Sigler
2021
Sigler's site with links to a free ebook or podcast of The Rookie (#1 in the series):
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Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975
Richard Thompson

The Butterfly Lampshade
Aimee Bender
2020

Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters
2021

In the Labyrinth of Drakes (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #4)
Marie Brennan
2016

Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
1605, 1615
translation by Edith Grossman
2005

Tirant Lo Blanc
Joanot Martorell
1490
translation by Robert S. Rudder
find the translation here, released originally in 1995, which contains Rudder's explanation as to why he put forward an abridgement:
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Quichotte
Salman Rushdie
2019

Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
Brandon Sanderson
2020

Stoner
John Williams
1965

Rivers of London
(Rivers of London #1)
Ben Aaronovitch
2011


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