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Currently Reading: Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra. I've also been reading Simon Armitage's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on and off for almost a year.

Last year's reading list:
• Sabriel by Garth Nix. My third or fourth reread of this one.
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Past Imperative: Round One of the Great Game by Dave Duncan. This is the only one of the series that I own, and my library doesn't have ebooks for any of them, so that was the end of my foray into Duncan.
• A Short Guide to Writing About Biology, Seventh Edition by Jan A. Pechenik
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Also my third reread of this one.
• Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan. I got a library card at this point and started reading ebooks.
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Castle in the Air by Dianne Wynne Jones
• Started Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Reread this one after hearing that it was being turned into a film.
• Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire
• This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
• Babel by R.F. Kuang
• The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
• The Red Palace by Jun Hur
• Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
• Medieval Life 2016 magazine
• Writing Mysteries edited by Sue Grafton
• A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
• Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
• Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
• Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin
• Dear Writer, You Need to Quit by Becca Syme
• The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
• The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
• The Missing of Clairedelune by Christelle Dabos
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
• Started reading Turning the Tables by Andrew P. Haley, but I haven't finished it yet; every time my hold on it runs out, I take a break before diving back into it.

So far this year, I've read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, The Memories of Babel by Christelle Dabos (my library doesn't have the next one in the series), Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones, and In Five Years by Rebecca Serle.

I'm waiting for The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon to become available again so that I can finish reading it.