September Book List
Sept 1st: Andrew Vachss - Only Child & Down Here: Books 14 and 15 in the Burke series. In the first Burke is hired to find out what happened that caused the death of the bastard daughter of a Mafia boss. In the latter former D.A. turned information broker Wolfe has been accused of an attempted murder. So Burke and his people team up with her crew to prove her innocence...
Sept 2nd: Vachss - Mask Market: The 16th Burke book has the anti-hero lead trying to find out why a client was killed minutes after hiring him. And if its anything that could threaten Burke or his family. Leading him back into his past and one of the runaways he rescued off the street years ago...
Sept 3rd: Vachss - Terminal: In this 17th book Burke is approached by a terminally ill ex-con. One with a possible scam that could net them all a huge score. But it involves an old murder of a 13-year old girl...
Sept 4th: Vachss - Another Life: The final Burke novel, with Burke and his family getting an offer from a secretive federal agent. If they can recover the kidnapped baby son of a visitign Saudi noble then they can all have the record's cleaned and altered so they can come into the light and onto the straight life...
Sept 5th: Paula Goodlett (ed) - Grantville Gazette 31: Most recent of the Ring of Fire anthologies e-book editions. Still no new updates on Russia sadly...
Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory: Captain Laurence & Tremaire travel to Africa to seek out a possible cure for the epidemic laying low England's dragon corps...
- Victory of Eagles: After choosing honor over duty, Laurence and Tremaire are considered traitors and are imprisoned seperately when Napoleon's armies invade England...
Sept 6th: Charlaine Harris & Toni Kelner (ed) - Death's Excellent Vacation: An urban/modern fantasy anthology based on around a theme of vacations...
Sept 7th: C.E. Murphy - Hands of Flame: The currently final volume of Murphy's "Negotiator" series. With former defense attorney Margrit caught in the middle of what could become an all-out war between the Five Races...
Sept 8th: Dan Abnett - Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero: A parody of both steampunk and Victorian fantasy that manages to be mostly amusing and also an excellent adventure story...
Sept 10th: Naomi Novik - Tongues of Serpents: Tremaire and Laurence have been essentially exiled to the British colony of Australia. And are soon racing across the Outback in pursuit of a stolen dragon egg...
Sept 12th: Rob Thurman - Trick of the Light: A new series from Thruman, loosely tied to the original. This one concentrating on Demons and Angels and the powerful artifact both sides are seeking. With an odd lady bartender and information broker stuck in the middle...
Sept 13th: Simon R Green - Just Another Judgement Day: John Taylor returns and he's been hired by the new bosses of the Nightside to try and stop God's Righteous Wrath aka The Walking Man from bringing down the Nightside and all its wickedness once and for all...
Sept 14th: Tamora Pierce - Protector of the Small: I really do love rereading Keladry's saga to become a knight and then live up to the ideals of that idea...
Sept 16th-21st: Harry Turtledove - The Misplaced Legion, An Emperor for the Legion, The Legion of Videssos & Swords of the Legion: Another reread. This time Turtledove's sereis about a lost Roman legion in a fantasy world. I still get a start every time I see the two leads from Rome pop-up as minor characters...
Sept 22nd: A. Lee Martinez - Automatic Detective: I'm a fan of both mad science settings and noir detective stories. And here I get both. AND a talking gorilla...
Lawrence Watt-Evans - The Misenchanted Sword
Sept 24th: Watt-Evans - Blood of a Dragon: I had planned on rereading all of the Esthar books I owned. But I quickly realized, that while I couldn't always recall names of people, I could easily recall the major plot points and scenes from all of them...
Sept 26: Faye Kellerman - Hangman: The police procedural parts of this were good. But the other half, following the teen-age son of a contract killer left in the care of police Lt. Decker left me cold. I just did not like that kid...
Sept 28th-29th: Terry Pratchett - Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky & Wintersmith: Just catching up with Tiffany and the Feegles before the final book in the sub-series...
Sept 30th: Pratchett - I Shall Wear Midnight: Which was wonderful and sad and touching and great. And yes it does feel a bit overstuffed with characters. With several new characters and cameos by Granny Weatherwax an Nanny Ogg and the Ankh-Morpokh Watch (though it was good to see that Angua has made Captain) and a truly awesome moment involving Wee Mad Arthur and the Feegles and an even AWESOMER cameo from an early character. But I can understand Pterry's desire to try and touch base with so many of his creations while he still can...
Fuck. I'm going to miss the man so damn much and he's not even gone yet...
Total Books: 29
Sept 2nd: Vachss - Mask Market: The 16th Burke book has the anti-hero lead trying to find out why a client was killed minutes after hiring him. And if its anything that could threaten Burke or his family. Leading him back into his past and one of the runaways he rescued off the street years ago...
Sept 3rd: Vachss - Terminal: In this 17th book Burke is approached by a terminally ill ex-con. One with a possible scam that could net them all a huge score. But it involves an old murder of a 13-year old girl...
Sept 4th: Vachss - Another Life: The final Burke novel, with Burke and his family getting an offer from a secretive federal agent. If they can recover the kidnapped baby son of a visitign Saudi noble then they can all have the record's cleaned and altered so they can come into the light and onto the straight life...
Sept 5th: Paula Goodlett (ed) - Grantville Gazette 31: Most recent of the Ring of Fire anthologies e-book editions. Still no new updates on Russia sadly...
Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory: Captain Laurence & Tremaire travel to Africa to seek out a possible cure for the epidemic laying low England's dragon corps...
- Victory of Eagles: After choosing honor over duty, Laurence and Tremaire are considered traitors and are imprisoned seperately when Napoleon's armies invade England...
Sept 6th: Charlaine Harris & Toni Kelner (ed) - Death's Excellent Vacation: An urban/modern fantasy anthology based on around a theme of vacations...
Sept 7th: C.E. Murphy - Hands of Flame: The currently final volume of Murphy's "Negotiator" series. With former defense attorney Margrit caught in the middle of what could become an all-out war between the Five Races...
Sept 8th: Dan Abnett - Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero: A parody of both steampunk and Victorian fantasy that manages to be mostly amusing and also an excellent adventure story...
Sept 10th: Naomi Novik - Tongues of Serpents: Tremaire and Laurence have been essentially exiled to the British colony of Australia. And are soon racing across the Outback in pursuit of a stolen dragon egg...
Sept 12th: Rob Thurman - Trick of the Light: A new series from Thruman, loosely tied to the original. This one concentrating on Demons and Angels and the powerful artifact both sides are seeking. With an odd lady bartender and information broker stuck in the middle...
Sept 13th: Simon R Green - Just Another Judgement Day: John Taylor returns and he's been hired by the new bosses of the Nightside to try and stop God's Righteous Wrath aka The Walking Man from bringing down the Nightside and all its wickedness once and for all...
Sept 14th: Tamora Pierce - Protector of the Small: I really do love rereading Keladry's saga to become a knight and then live up to the ideals of that idea...
Sept 16th-21st: Harry Turtledove - The Misplaced Legion, An Emperor for the Legion, The Legion of Videssos & Swords of the Legion: Another reread. This time Turtledove's sereis about a lost Roman legion in a fantasy world. I still get a start every time I see the two leads from Rome pop-up as minor characters...
Sept 22nd: A. Lee Martinez - Automatic Detective: I'm a fan of both mad science settings and noir detective stories. And here I get both. AND a talking gorilla...
Lawrence Watt-Evans - The Misenchanted Sword
Sept 24th: Watt-Evans - Blood of a Dragon: I had planned on rereading all of the Esthar books I owned. But I quickly realized, that while I couldn't always recall names of people, I could easily recall the major plot points and scenes from all of them...
Sept 26: Faye Kellerman - Hangman: The police procedural parts of this were good. But the other half, following the teen-age son of a contract killer left in the care of police Lt. Decker left me cold. I just did not like that kid...
Sept 28th-29th: Terry Pratchett - Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky & Wintersmith: Just catching up with Tiffany and the Feegles before the final book in the sub-series...
Sept 30th: Pratchett - I Shall Wear Midnight: Which was wonderful and sad and touching and great. And yes it does feel a bit overstuffed with characters. With several new characters and cameos by Granny Weatherwax an Nanny Ogg and the Ankh-Morpokh Watch (though it was good to see that Angua has made Captain) and a truly awesome moment involving Wee Mad Arthur and the Feegles and an even AWESOMER cameo from an early character. But I can understand Pterry's desire to try and touch base with so many of his creations while he still can...
Fuck. I'm going to miss the man so damn much and he's not even gone yet...
Total Books: 29