Jan/Feb/March '16 Book List
January:
Short Fiction: Seanan McGuire's Snake in the Glass, Ursula Vernon's Razorback and Jim C. Hines' Chupacabra's Song
New Reads:
Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs
Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast
(editors) John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey's the End Has Come: Third in a triptych of apocalypse-themed short fiction anthologies. The last focused on post-apoc survival and rebuilding.
Ilona Andrews' Magic Stars: A "Kate Daniels" series novella focused on Derek and Julie.
Tanya Huff's Third Time Lucky: Collection of short comic works about an immortal wizard.
Lexie Dunne's Superheroes Anonymous & Supervillains Anonymous: Gail is nicknamed "Hostage Girl" because villains think she's super-hero Blaze's girlfriend. And then we he leaves town she ends up getting super-powers herself.
Michelle West's The Broken Crown
Andre Norton's Tales From the High Hallack vol.1: Collection of "Witch World" short stories.
Delilah Dawson/Kevin Hearne/Chuck Wendig's Three Slices: A short story from each writer's setting. All with a cheese divination theme.
Kevin Hearne's Staked: Latest "Iron Druid" book with, shockingly, many vampire opponents.
Rereads: None
Graphic Novels/TPBs:
Garth Ennis/Jonh Mcrea's The Demon: Hell's Hitman
Total: 13
Febuary:
Short Fiction: Django Wexler's the Shadow of Elysium, Delia Sherman's the Great Detective, Joe Abercrombie's Two's Company, Seanan McGuire's Velveteen Presents: Action Dude Vs. Doing the Right Thing and Brian McCellan's Ghosts of the Tristan Basin
New Reads:
C.E. Murphy's Baba Yaga's Daughter the Tales of the Old Races: World building short fiction for Murphy's "Old Races/Negotiatior" series.
N.K. Jemison's the Fifth Season: Excellent read, even if the flash-back part of the story somewhat overwhelms the "now" bits.
Daniel Polansky's the Builders: Like if Sam Peckinpah directed a "Redwall" movie.
Peter Clines' Ex-Isle: Supers vs. zombies AT SEA.
Nicola Griffith's Hild: Iron age Britain historical fiction yumminess.
Greg Van Eekhout's Dragon Coast: One more crazy heist, one more group of nasty cannibal wizards.
Michael McCloskey's Trilisk Supersedure
T. Kingfisher's the Raven & the Reindeer: Ursula Vernon's Snow Queen adaptation.
Daniel O'Malley's the Rook: What if you woke up with no memories of your life but were told you were one of the leaders of England's super-powered, super-secret spy orginization. Oh and some of your co-workers wanted to kill you for what you used to know.
(editor) Eric Flint's Ring of Fire IV: Most recent pro-anthology for the "Ring of Fire" series.
Georgette Heyer's the Quiet Gentleman: I've liked other Regency Romance style books, but this one didn't really work for me.
Sherwood Smith's Whispered Magics: Collection of Smith's short fiction.
Joe Haldeman's All My Sins Remembered: Such a depressing ending. Soooo bleak.
Rereads: None
Graphic Novels/TPBs:
G. Willow Wilson/Adrian Alphona/Dan Slott/Christos Gage/Guiseppe Camuncoli's Ms. Marvel: Last Days vol. 4: Short arc leading into whatever last year's summer crossover event was, with some Spider-Man team-up filler.
Joe Hill/Gabriel Rodriguez' Locke & Key: Alpha & Omega: Used part of the tax refund to finally finish up the series.
Stjepan Šejić's Sunstone vol.4: Argh! Open lines of communication people!
Joe Casey/Nick Dragotta/Brad Simpson's Vengeance: Better than average Marvel mini-series that got lost in the Big Events.
Total: 19
March:
Short Fiction: Seanan McGuire's Swamp Bromeliad & Velveteen Vs. the Consequences of Her Actions, Alyssa Wong's a Fist of Permutations in Lightning & Wildflowers, Melissa Marr's the Maiden Thief, Carrie Vaughn's That Game We Played in War Time, Caighlan Smith's the Weather, Dave Freer's the Changeling & the Phooka and David D. Levine's Discards.
New Reads:
Stephen Leather's Once Bitten: Meh vampire fic.
Seanan McGuire's Chaos Choreography: Latest "InCryptid" novel, going back to Verity Price and a reality dance show reuinion.
R.J. Ross' Shadow Boy: Most recent "Cape High" book that wraps up the Evil Presidential Canidate arc.
(editors) Walt Boyes/Bjorn Hasseler's Grantville Gazette vol.62-64
Ken Liu's Grace of Kings. The rise from peasant gangster to Emperor.
Orest Stelmuch's the Boy From Reactor 4: Ukrainian and Russian gangsters, Chernobyl and hockey.
George R.R. Martin's A Knight the 7 Kingdoms: Collection of the Duncan & Egg/Hedge Knight stories.
Tamora Pierce's Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, the Will of the Empress & Melting Stones. Bingeing on nearly all the remaining "Circle of Magic"
(editors) Will Shetterly/Emma Bull's Liakek 1: First in a shared-world anthology series.
Joe K. Lansdale's Savage Season. Stupid Sundance preview week making me think I could record all of Hap & Leonard so I had to read the book instead. Good book though.
Jeff Vandameer's Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance: I heard there was a television adaptation for this trilogy in the works. If they get it right it will be super-creepy and amazing.
K.J. Parker's Downfall of the Gods. One goddess' long scam against her pantheon, though I'm unclear as to her motivation.
Rereads: None
Graphic Novels/TPBs:
Shannon, Dean & Nathan Hale's Calamity Jack: Steampunk/fairy tale mash-up sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge
Ananth Hirsh/Yuko Ota's Lucky Penny
Total: 22
Short Fiction: Seanan McGuire's Snake in the Glass, Ursula Vernon's Razorback and Jim C. Hines' Chupacabra's Song
New Reads:
Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs
Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast
(editors) John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey's the End Has Come: Third in a triptych of apocalypse-themed short fiction anthologies. The last focused on post-apoc survival and rebuilding.
Ilona Andrews' Magic Stars: A "Kate Daniels" series novella focused on Derek and Julie.
Tanya Huff's Third Time Lucky: Collection of short comic works about an immortal wizard.
Lexie Dunne's Superheroes Anonymous & Supervillains Anonymous: Gail is nicknamed "Hostage Girl" because villains think she's super-hero Blaze's girlfriend. And then we he leaves town she ends up getting super-powers herself.
Michelle West's The Broken Crown
Andre Norton's Tales From the High Hallack vol.1: Collection of "Witch World" short stories.
Delilah Dawson/Kevin Hearne/Chuck Wendig's Three Slices: A short story from each writer's setting. All with a cheese divination theme.
Kevin Hearne's Staked: Latest "Iron Druid" book with, shockingly, many vampire opponents.
Rereads: None
Graphic Novels/TPBs:
Garth Ennis/Jonh Mcrea's The Demon: Hell's Hitman
Total: 13
Febuary:
Short Fiction: Django Wexler's the Shadow of Elysium, Delia Sherman's the Great Detective, Joe Abercrombie's Two's Company, Seanan McGuire's Velveteen Presents: Action Dude Vs. Doing the Right Thing and Brian McCellan's Ghosts of the Tristan Basin
New Reads:
C.E. Murphy's Baba Yaga's Daughter the Tales of the Old Races: World building short fiction for Murphy's "Old Races/Negotiatior" series.
N.K. Jemison's the Fifth Season: Excellent read, even if the flash-back part of the story somewhat overwhelms the "now" bits.
Daniel Polansky's the Builders: Like if Sam Peckinpah directed a "Redwall" movie.
Peter Clines' Ex-Isle: Supers vs. zombies AT SEA.
Nicola Griffith's Hild: Iron age Britain historical fiction yumminess.
Greg Van Eekhout's Dragon Coast: One more crazy heist, one more group of nasty cannibal wizards.
Michael McCloskey's Trilisk Supersedure
T. Kingfisher's the Raven & the Reindeer: Ursula Vernon's Snow Queen adaptation.
Daniel O'Malley's the Rook: What if you woke up with no memories of your life but were told you were one of the leaders of England's super-powered, super-secret spy orginization. Oh and some of your co-workers wanted to kill you for what you used to know.
(editor) Eric Flint's Ring of Fire IV: Most recent pro-anthology for the "Ring of Fire" series.
Georgette Heyer's the Quiet Gentleman: I've liked other Regency Romance style books, but this one didn't really work for me.
Sherwood Smith's Whispered Magics: Collection of Smith's short fiction.
Joe Haldeman's All My Sins Remembered: Such a depressing ending. Soooo bleak.
Rereads: None
Graphic Novels/TPBs:
G. Willow Wilson/Adrian Alphona/Dan Slott/Christos Gage/Guiseppe Camuncoli's Ms. Marvel: Last Days vol. 4: Short arc leading into whatever last year's summer crossover event was, with some Spider-Man team-up filler.
Joe Hill/Gabriel Rodriguez' Locke & Key: Alpha & Omega: Used part of the tax refund to finally finish up the series.
Stjepan Šejić's Sunstone vol.4: Argh! Open lines of communication people!
Joe Casey/Nick Dragotta/Brad Simpson's Vengeance: Better than average Marvel mini-series that got lost in the Big Events.
Total: 19
March:
Short Fiction: Seanan McGuire's Swamp Bromeliad & Velveteen Vs. the Consequences of Her Actions, Alyssa Wong's a Fist of Permutations in Lightning & Wildflowers, Melissa Marr's the Maiden Thief, Carrie Vaughn's That Game We Played in War Time, Caighlan Smith's the Weather, Dave Freer's the Changeling & the Phooka and David D. Levine's Discards.
New Reads:
Stephen Leather's Once Bitten: Meh vampire fic.
Seanan McGuire's Chaos Choreography: Latest "InCryptid" novel, going back to Verity Price and a reality dance show reuinion.
R.J. Ross' Shadow Boy: Most recent "Cape High" book that wraps up the Evil Presidential Canidate arc.
(editors) Walt Boyes/Bjorn Hasseler's Grantville Gazette vol.62-64
Ken Liu's Grace of Kings. The rise from peasant gangster to Emperor.
Orest Stelmuch's the Boy From Reactor 4: Ukrainian and Russian gangsters, Chernobyl and hockey.
George R.R. Martin's A Knight the 7 Kingdoms: Collection of the Duncan & Egg/Hedge Knight stories.
Tamora Pierce's Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, the Will of the Empress & Melting Stones. Bingeing on nearly all the remaining "Circle of Magic"
(editors) Will Shetterly/Emma Bull's Liakek 1: First in a shared-world anthology series.
Joe K. Lansdale's Savage Season. Stupid Sundance preview week making me think I could record all of Hap & Leonard so I had to read the book instead. Good book though.
Jeff Vandameer's Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance: I heard there was a television adaptation for this trilogy in the works. If they get it right it will be super-creepy and amazing.
K.J. Parker's Downfall of the Gods. One goddess' long scam against her pantheon, though I'm unclear as to her motivation.
Rereads: None
Graphic Novels/TPBs:
Shannon, Dean & Nathan Hale's Calamity Jack: Steampunk/fairy tale mash-up sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge
Ananth Hirsh/Yuko Ota's Lucky Penny
Total: 22