June 2016 Bookpost
Yes, it's almost September. Y'all should be getting used to the routine by now. Not surprisingly, a fair amount of Hugo reading. Note my comments are all on the non-Hugo nominees.
49. Engines of War, George Mann
50. Meeting Infinity, Jonathan Strahan - 4th anthology in the Infinity Project. This one didn't grab me as much as its predecessors (particularly the first two collections).
51. Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson (novella)
52. Shards of Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold (reread) - Keeping up with the Tor.com reread. And I found out I've spent the last quarter-century with an incorrect interpretation of the epilogue. D'oh!
53. Invisible Republic: Vol 1, Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman (writers), Gabriel Hardman (artist)(graphic novel)
54. The Divine, Boaz Lavie (writer), Asaf & Tomer Hanuka (artists)(graphic novel)
55. The Builders, Daniel Polansky (novella)
56. Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch - 5th book in the Rivers of London series. DCI Grant versus the Fair Folk in a romp across the Herefordshire countryside.
57. The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher
58. To Rise Again At a Decent Hour, Joshua Ferris - Note to my book club: just because a book won the [insert major award name] doesn't mean it will appeal to our club members. Amusingly, among the things our current crew does seem to have a taste for are "accessible" SF and fantasy (e.g. Station Eleven, Neverwhere) and historical nonfiction (e.g. Devil in the White City, The Boys in the Boat).
Anyone want to bet on how soon I get to July and August?
49. Engines of War, George Mann
50. Meeting Infinity, Jonathan Strahan - 4th anthology in the Infinity Project. This one didn't grab me as much as its predecessors (particularly the first two collections).
51. Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson (novella)
52. Shards of Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold (reread) - Keeping up with the Tor.com reread. And I found out I've spent the last quarter-century with an incorrect interpretation of the epilogue. D'oh!
53. Invisible Republic: Vol 1, Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman (writers), Gabriel Hardman (artist)(graphic novel)
54. The Divine, Boaz Lavie (writer), Asaf & Tomer Hanuka (artists)(graphic novel)
55. The Builders, Daniel Polansky (novella)
56. Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch - 5th book in the Rivers of London series. DCI Grant versus the Fair Folk in a romp across the Herefordshire countryside.
57. The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher
58. To Rise Again At a Decent Hour, Joshua Ferris - Note to my book club: just because a book won the [insert major award name] doesn't mean it will appeal to our club members. Amusingly, among the things our current crew does seem to have a taste for are "accessible" SF and fantasy (e.g. Station Eleven, Neverwhere) and historical nonfiction (e.g. Devil in the White City, The Boys in the Boat).
Anyone want to bet on how soon I get to July and August?