LHC #184: "Amberlough" by Lara Elena Donnelly read by Mary Robinette Kowal. Audiobook, listened to it mostly in my car driving to and from Ottawa. There was more gay sex than I expected, but it was fine because it was all totally integrated in the plot, characters interrogating each other during, etc.
LHC #185: "Subprime Attention Crisis" by Tim Hwang. ebook. This was more history than future than I wanted, but I guess predicting is risky.
LHC #186: "Jade War" by Fonda Lee. Read book 1 almost 2 years ago. When I get the hold list down to a reasonable number*, I think I will start reading series closer together, it's more enjoyable. Anyway, I talked this one enough that the boy will probably start the series, and I've already added book 3 to my list.
LHC #187: "A Necessary Evil" by Abir Mukherjee. eBook. I said to someone I was critting recently that I don't read much in the way of mysteries, and apparently that was a lie. I read the first one because Marisa Lingen was reading one of them and who am I but a sheep. Another book that had an annoying sense of deja vu because I'd read the preview chapters. I must remember not to read preview chapters anymore, they mess with my head.
I didn't really enjoy it, I found it too stressful.
*Currently sitting at 73, which is 3 books per month, way better than before. I think it peaked at 95. My target is 60. Then I might be able to remember why I wanted to read things, or read them in a more timely fashion.