May 2015 monthly book list
Read in May:
36. Crimson Angel - Barbara Hambly (5/2)
37. Radiant - Karina Sumner-Smith (5/6)
38. Crimson Bound - Rosamund Hodge (5/9)
39. Healer's Touch - Amy Raby (5/9)
40. Relic - Heather Terrell (5/10)
41. Backward Glass - David Lomax (5/11)
42. Dreams of Shreds and Tatters - Amanda Downum (5/13)
43. The Magicians and Mrs. Quent - Galen Beckett (reread) (5/17)
44. Karen Memory - Elizabeth Bear (5/19)
45. Rat Queens v2 The Far-Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth - Kurtis J. Wiebe, art Roc Upchurch & Stjepan Sejic (5/20)
46. Night Broken - Patricia Briggs (reread) (5/22)
47. I Am Princess X - Cherie Priest (5/28)
48. Troubled Waters - Sharon Shinn (reread) (5/31)
Favourites:
Radiant by Karina Sumner-Smith
A postapocalyptic future urban fantasy dystopian story about friendship. In fact, about friendship that endures beyond death. Citypunk?
Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
Another YA novel opting not to simplify character, politics, or feelings, even if it doesn't show any sex. What if Little Red Riding Hood were about Fenris and Ragnarok, and set in the 17th or 18th century French court?
Backward Glass by David Lomax
Another YA novel, another Canadian debut author. One of the best handled time travel plots I've run across, with a large cast of teen travelers mostly situated ten years apart from each other over a century - which makes the structure even better handled.
Notable:
Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn
One of Sharon Shinn's strongest novels, as good as or better than the best of her Samaria novels. More going on than appears on the surface most of the time.
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Not a tricky mystery, but a well done, fast paced story about web-based princess ninjas. With illustrations, and occasional male friends and not-unuseful parents.
Rat Queens v2 The Far-Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth, graphic novel by Kurtis J. Wiebe, art Roc Upchurch & Stjepan Sejic
More fun with two all-female (and one all-male) Generic D&D-style fantasy adventuring teams. This time with Cthulhu and an unexpected uptick in sex. (No, not with Cthulhu.)
36. Crimson Angel - Barbara Hambly (5/2)
37. Radiant - Karina Sumner-Smith (5/6)
38. Crimson Bound - Rosamund Hodge (5/9)
39. Healer's Touch - Amy Raby (5/9)
40. Relic - Heather Terrell (5/10)
41. Backward Glass - David Lomax (5/11)
42. Dreams of Shreds and Tatters - Amanda Downum (5/13)
43. The Magicians and Mrs. Quent - Galen Beckett (reread) (5/17)
44. Karen Memory - Elizabeth Bear (5/19)
45. Rat Queens v2 The Far-Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth - Kurtis J. Wiebe, art Roc Upchurch & Stjepan Sejic (5/20)
46. Night Broken - Patricia Briggs (reread) (5/22)
47. I Am Princess X - Cherie Priest (5/28)
48. Troubled Waters - Sharon Shinn (reread) (5/31)
Favourites:
Radiant by Karina Sumner-Smith
A postapocalyptic future urban fantasy dystopian story about friendship. In fact, about friendship that endures beyond death. Citypunk?
Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
Another YA novel opting not to simplify character, politics, or feelings, even if it doesn't show any sex. What if Little Red Riding Hood were about Fenris and Ragnarok, and set in the 17th or 18th century French court?
Backward Glass by David Lomax
Another YA novel, another Canadian debut author. One of the best handled time travel plots I've run across, with a large cast of teen travelers mostly situated ten years apart from each other over a century - which makes the structure even better handled.
Notable:
Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn
One of Sharon Shinn's strongest novels, as good as or better than the best of her Samaria novels. More going on than appears on the surface most of the time.
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Not a tricky mystery, but a well done, fast paced story about web-based princess ninjas. With illustrations, and occasional male friends and not-unuseful parents.
Rat Queens v2 The Far-Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth, graphic novel by Kurtis J. Wiebe, art Roc Upchurch & Stjepan Sejic
More fun with two all-female (and one all-male) Generic D&D-style fantasy adventuring teams. This time with Cthulhu and an unexpected uptick in sex. (No, not with Cthulhu.)