“The
Golem and the Jinni” by Helene Wecker. A book that made me sad that
I’m not a better writer. This one treats religion really nicely. It’s a book
I’d like to push on share with others.
“His
Majesty’s Dragon” by Naomi Novik. I looked for this one for
years (!) around the house, knowing it was there. And it was! I found it while
looking for something else, of course. We have the first four of the series,
and they were all in different bookshelves, but not anymore!
“The
Witches of Litchford” by Paul Cornell. I needed to pick another
library book, and this one was short, and not a slog at all. Though Wikipedia
lists it as a short story. And maybe it is. It was bound as a book, so I’m
treating it as one.
“Every
Heart a Doorway” by Seanan McGuire. Free download, and it was on my
list! And also it was short, which is good because the thing you can’t tell
about this report is I was 75 pages from the end of HMD on the 26th
of the month. Oh, and I always list books read in chronological order, and I
had this stupid idea that in order to read 50 books this year I had to get
through 4 per month. Which pretty much means I will never read Middlemarch.
I have a complicated relationship with SM. I really liked the
Newsflesh trilogy, but Encryptids kind of annoyed me. I mean, it was cute and
everything, but I didn’t connect with it. I had to unfollow her on Twitter
because I just couldn’t cope with her cats. But this book was a delight. Everyone
should read it. I loved Kade, what a great character.