Okay, this will be ridiculously long, because I have been ridiculously bad about updates and have read/dnfed/started approximately ONE MEELION books lately.
Recent reads:
The Element of Fire (Ile-Rien, #1), by Martha Wells. She’s really really good. If you like Lois McMaster Bujold (and you should), I think you’ll like Martha Wells. High fantasy.
Denton Little’s Deathdate (Denton Little #1), by Lance Rubin. Imagine a world where everyone knows exactly what date they will die on. Now imagine snarky teens, a weird conspiracy, and people turning hilariously purple. That’s this book!
Fallen, by Celeste Bradley. Really terrible romance temporarily enlivened by graphic random sex scene of two minor characters.
Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant. Part of the Newbery reads. Very poignant and sad but strangely not depressing.
Goose in the Pond (Benni Harper, #4), by Earlene Fowler. Cozy mystery with super arrogant macho dickhead cop and his irritating wife. And yet I enjoyed it!
Hearse and Buggy (An Amish Mystery, #1), by Laura Bradford. I should have hated this cozy, but it was competently written and I swear those are hard to come by.
Even Money, by Dick Francis. Not one of my favorite of the Francis thrillers, but so readable.
Doggie Day Care Murder (Melanie Travis, #15), by Laurien Berenson. One of my favorite cozy series. It’s like fast food for your brain.
It Happened One Midnight (Pennyroyal Green #8), by Julie Anne Long. Romance with some solid moments and a lame-ass ending.
Gluten for Punishment (A Baker’s Treat, #1), by Nancy J Parra. DNF cozy mystery where characters explained things in dialogue. “As you know, you drive a van…”
Wicked Game (WVMP Radio, #1), by Jeri Smith-Ready. Imagine an urban fantasy with vampires that I found readable and even good! I’m shocked. I hate vampires. This is a different treatment of them, which I appreciated.
Death by Darjeeling (A Tea Shop Mystery, #1), by Laura Childs. No. Just no. Cozy.
Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (A Dixie Hemingway Mystery, #1), by Blaize Clement. DNF. Author has a weird fixation on cat anuses. Cozy.
The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman. Newbery read. Good, but could stand to be longer.
The Probability of Murder (Sophie Knowles, #2), by Ada Madison. Cozy DNF, sleuth too stupid to live.
Currently reading:
The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2), by Jonathan Stroud. Barely started. YA fantasy.
The Last One, by Alexandra Oliva. Barely started. SF.
Shame on You (Fool Me Once, #1), by Tara Sivec. Barely started. WTF. Almost certainly a DNF.
The Spirit Lens (Collegia Magica, #1), by Carol Berg. Barely started. Fantasy.
Beauty and the Spy (Holt Sisters Trilogy #1), by Julie Anne Long. Barely started. Romance. Almost certainly a DNF.
The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox. Barely started. Newbery.
A Geek Girl’s Guide to Murder (Geek Girl Mysteries #1), by Julie Anne Lindsey. Barely started. Cozy.
The Darkest Part of the Forest, by Holly Black. Barely started. YA fantasy.
Death at Breakfast, by Beth Gutcheon. Barely started. Cozy.
The Crossword Murder (Crossword Mysteries, #1), by Nero Blanc. Barely started (sense a theme?) Cozy.
Now we actually get to the books I’ve read more than 10 pages of!
The Lie Tree, by Frances Hardinge. Good fantasy. Just got distracted.
Crimson Bound, by Rosamund Hodge. Fantasy. Probably a DNF. Isn’t holding my attention.
Range of Ghosts (Eternal Sky, #1), by Elizabeth Bear. Fantasy. My library check out expired and I have been waiting to check it out again. I’m not in love.
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare. Newbery. When Jesus entered the plot, I grew wary.
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1), by Jean Craighead George. I’m a bit baffled by this book.
Killer in Crinolines (Consignment Shop Mystery #2), by Duffy Brown. Funny cozy but not clicking.
Freckles (Limberlost #1), by Gene Stratton-Porter. Oddly overwrought. I’ll finish someday.
The Sayers Swindle (Book Collector Mystery #2), Victoria Abbott. Funny cozy but not clicking.
Dark Currents (The Emperor’s Edge, #2), by Lindsay Buroker. Good fantasy! I got distracted!
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Non-fiction I will finish.
Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye, by Michael Shermer. Non-fiction I will finish.
The Essential Ellen Willis, by Ellen Willis. Non-fiction, I am bored.