rec list: bureaumancy

Welcome, travelers! Lately, I discovered I liked a special sub-genre of fantasy: bureaumancy. What's that thing, you ask? Well, traveler, bureaumancy is a mix between magical worlds and the joy of bureaucracy. Novels from that genre usually have an almighty organization (but not necessarily evil), with lots of rules and regulations, paperwork, and characters working …

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review: the house in the cerulean sea by tj klune

A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.When …