1. The Magicians - Lev Grossman
2. Peeps - Scott Westerfeld
3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - Erik Larson
4. A Separate Peace - John Knowles
5. Ash - Malinda Lo

Quality trumps quantity. Only five books for October but all of them are enjoyable reads that give new spins on common tropes. ( Read more... )

1. The Demon’s Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan ( Read more... )

1. False Colours - Georgette Heyer ( Read more... )

1. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 5. Predators and Prey - Joss Whedon, et al.
3. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
5. Pride and prejudice and zombies : the classic regency romance-- now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem - Jane Austen ( Read more... )

1. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
2. The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan
3. Children of Men - PD James
4. The Titan’s Curse - Rick Riordan
5. Hallowed Hunt - Lois McMaster Bujold
6. The Man Who Made Lists: Love, death, madness, and the creation of Roget's Thesaurus - Joshua Kendall
7. The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death - ( Read more... )

1. Reflex - Steven Gould
2. Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold
3. Let Me In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
4. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
5. World War Z - Max Brooks

May was a slow month. Three of the books required a lot of mental digestion with only Reflex and The Sea of Monsters (Book 2 in the Percy Jackson series) to leaven the seriousness.

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1. Lord John and the Private Matter - Diana Gabaldon
2. Lord John and the Hand of Devils - Diana Gabaldon
3. The Curse of the Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold
4. Nation - Terry Pratchett
5. The Sirens Sang of Murder - Sarah Caudwell
6. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
7. Jumper - Steven Gould

This is Jessie's normal brain, interrupting the ongoing special ( Read more... )

1. Warchild - Karin Lowachee
2. The Shortest Way to Hades - Sarah Caudwell
3. Burndive - Karin Lowachee
4. Cagebird - Karin Lowachee
5. Firewatch - Connie Willis
6. Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications - Marlene Wagman-Geller
7. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

I've finally found a Neil Gaiman novel that I like ( Read more... )

By way of naominovik :  Del Rey has started a free online library of its catalog where you can get free PDF copies of fantasy and sci-fi books.

If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend the first book in the Temeraire series -- His Majesty's Dragon (click for direct link to the PDF file). The first batch of free books also include works by Harry ( Read more... )

1. Chalice - Robin McKinley
2. Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik
3. The Magicians and Mrs. Quent - Galen Beckett
4. Phyllida and the Brotherhood of the Philander - Ann Herendeen
5. Cetaganda  - Lois McMaster Bujold
6. The Last Defender of Camelot - Roger Zelazny

Ugh! The library wasn't cooperating with me and I didn't have new books ready for pick-up for ( Read more... )