Book List 2016
One of my mother's day presents today was Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven King (eeee!). Which reminded me I ought to make a book list for 2016, because this, I am totally going to make time to read.
So:
New Reads:
1) Kings Rising - C. S. Pacat
2) The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin
3) Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloane
4) Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior - Kate Fox
5) Keturah and Lord Death - Martine Leavitt
6) The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater
7) Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies - Lindsay Ribar
8) Scythe - Neal Shusterman
9) Burning Midnight - Will McIntosh
10) Where Futures End - Parker Peevyhouse
Reread:
Captive Prince, Vol 1&2 - C. S. Pacat
Once a Witch - Carolyn MacCullough
Always a Witch - Carolyn MacCollough
Flora Segunda - Ysabeau Wilce
Summers at Castle Auburn - Sharon Shinn
In Progress:
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America - Matt Taibbi
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (abandoned)
Normally I'd chat here about the highlights from last year's list -- but between a new baby and residency, I got too busy for list updates, leaving myself a whopping FIVE to choose from. Of these, I'd only really recommend Sherry Thomas' The Elemental Trilogy (The Burning Sky, The Perilous Sea, and The Immortal Heights), which features girls disguised as boys (will I ever not love this trope?), clever and capable and thoughtful young magician lovers, and the coolest immersive storybooks ever.
I am pretty sure I read more than five books, but with poor documentation. Also, approximately half the internet, which is more easily read in the ten-minute chunks of free time I get these days.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), 2014 (32), and 2015 (5).
(FIVE, REALLY?!)
So:
New Reads:
1) Kings Rising - C. S. Pacat
2) The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin
3) Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloane
4) Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior - Kate Fox
5) Keturah and Lord Death - Martine Leavitt
6) The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater
7) Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies - Lindsay Ribar
8) Scythe - Neal Shusterman
9) Burning Midnight - Will McIntosh
10) Where Futures End - Parker Peevyhouse
Reread:
Captive Prince, Vol 1&2 - C. S. Pacat
Once a Witch - Carolyn MacCullough
Always a Witch - Carolyn MacCollough
Flora Segunda - Ysabeau Wilce
Summers at Castle Auburn - Sharon Shinn
In Progress:
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America - Matt Taibbi
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (abandoned)
Normally I'd chat here about the highlights from last year's list -- but between a new baby and residency, I got too busy for list updates, leaving myself a whopping FIVE to choose from. Of these, I'd only really recommend Sherry Thomas' The Elemental Trilogy (The Burning Sky, The Perilous Sea, and The Immortal Heights), which features girls disguised as boys (will I ever not love this trope?), clever and capable and thoughtful young magician lovers, and the coolest immersive storybooks ever.
I am pretty sure I read more than five books, but with poor documentation. Also, approximately half the internet, which is more easily read in the ten-minute chunks of free time I get these days.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), 2014 (32), and 2015 (5).
(FIVE, REALLY?!)