MORE RADIO AU *runs around in circles screaming with joy*

And you want book suggestions, you say? I don't have goodreads but I have book suggestions! What do you like? And limit me else I'll go mad. Five? Five is a good number (I used to be a bookseller, can you tell?)

WE'LL SEE. You'll have to help me figure out how to make Natasha's perspective different enough :)

YES BOOK SUGGESTIONS!!! Five is good - I like lighter fiction and/or mysteries during the school year, nothing that I have to analyze, and (shocking literally no one, I'm sure) I like a good romantic plot line. Not a requirement, though!

I WILL HAPPILY DO THAT. Natasha POV or Steve/Bucky, I am up for either. :D

Yay books! OKAY:

1. Six of Crows and The Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. THE MOST FUN. It's basically fantasy Ocean's Eleven. All the characters are delightful.
2. The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker. A golem and a djinni meet in 1930s New York. Everything is just wonderful. If you've read the Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, it's like that. If you haven't read that book, READ THAT BOOK.
3. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovich. This is actually a mystery! Or, sort of. Police procedural but with magic! Very British with the most familiar, multicultural London I have ever read. Plus there's about seven books right now so it should keep you going. They're great.
4. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. Set in Iceland in the 1800s and about the last woman executed for murder. Very atmospheric and VERY good.
5. Alif the Unseen by G Willow Wilson. Arab fantasy! Wonderful stuff. <3

My reading is skewed towards sci-fi/fantasy so sorry if that's not really your jam. And I don't read all that much overly romantic fiction either, though the Night Circus and Six of Crows have strong romantic plotlines. Hope you find something you like! And feel free to pester me for others, I have many I can share! (As you can tell from the fact that I said I'd give you five and in fact technically recommended thirteen)

Just hopping in to say that if you have any interest in audiobooks, even a little, Kobda Holdbrook-Smith's narration of the Rivers of London books is utterly sublime. Also, the first book got re-titled to Midnight Riot in the US, just to be confusing, I guess. But I firmly second the rec!

And I just googled this out of curiosity and his name is apparently Kobna. But EXCELLENT. I want more audiobooks. (I will forever be sad that the audiobook of LotR is crappy.)

Indeed it is! (::face-palm::) And I googled it before I typed the comment, just to be sure I got it right, sigh. ::returns to chug a little more cough syrup::

He is *fabulous* though.

Some brief YouTubing has already endeared him to me. I must download them ALL.

(If I may recommend you an audiobook back, Simon Prebble reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke is fabulous. And if you haven't read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, I HIGHLY recommend)

Oh, I will look into that! I keep trying to read JS&MN, but never can seem to gain enough momentum. I'm in the car a lot, though, so I have better luck with longer books there, thanks!

In my personal opinion, the audiobook makes JSMN incredibly accessible, though the footnotes are a little distracting. But Simon Prebble is just so low-key sarcastic, it's brilliant. :D

Night Circus is very good. A+. Go read!

I also loved this :)

I've read all of these except Burial Rites (which is in my pile, aha) and seconded :)

I think perhaps these might also be up your alley:

1. All The Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
Here is a thing that everyone wants: a mircale. Here is a thing that everyone fears: what it takes to get one. Colardo 1962. A family who can perform miracles and the pilgrims who come seeking them. Renegade radio. Love. One of my favourites from 2017.

2. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
Essentially what the magical M15 would be in Harry Potter. Complete with civil service bureaucracy and hilarity. It starts with our female, middling-aged protagonist waking up in a park in London with amnesia surrounded by dead bodies with a letter from her former self in her pocket telling her that someone wants her dead. She has to figure out what's going on. Whilst figuring out what the hell her job even is and how to do it. Amusement, espionage, magic.

3. City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong
Depends how dark you like your books, but Armstrong does steamy romance and if you like mystery - there is a town in the middle of nowhere and off the grid that takes in people on the run. Casey is a homocide dectective with a secret who let's her best friend, on the run from an abusive ex, get them in. They want Casey, because the town has had it's first murder and everyone has secrets...

I'm on goodreads here !

The Rook! That book is great. Have you read the sequel? A bit bad-fanfic-y but really good fun. :D

It is in THE PILE. The pile which is...more than one pile... *whistles innocently*

Why am I not surprised? :P

YAY! I've added all of these to my want to read pile and also added you! :)

BOOKS <3

I do like sci-fi and fantasy, so yay now I have so many options!!