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Currently reading Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold. I'm glad I'm reading it after The Curse of Chalion, since that provides a lot of context the novella format doesn't have space for.
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Finished The Ways of Khrem by D. Nathan Hilliard (secondary world urban fantasy mystery adventure novella collection) | bingo: short HM, x of y, steppin' up HM
A master thief turned honest bookseller is strongarmed into helping a Captain of the Watch solve cases.
At first I was kind of whelmed by this, as the world and characters felt very generic (maybe a nod to classic stuff I haven't read?); nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it by the end. I would have put a sequel on my TBR, except there isn't one. D: