- The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin
- I would give this series 7 stars if I could.
- Girl Over Paris #1 by Kate Leth/Ming Doyle/Gwenda Bond
- I liked it. Great art. Need to get back to the rest of it.
- Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
- It’s Neil-Freaking-Gaiman.
- The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe
- Loved these as a kid & I’ve been re-reading them. They still capture me.
- Mirabile by Janet Kagan
- Actually a series of short stories. Funny & compelling.
- Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
- An interesting premise, but the narrator is unlikable. Will read the rest eventually.
- Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
- Has it’s issues, but this is a childhood favorite. I re-read it for a gender-flipped retelling I’m writing to amuse myself with.
- Nighty-Nightmare by James Howe
- Acorna’s People by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Anne Scarborough
- I take issue with the “Every Woman MUST Reproduce” narrative in ALL of McCaffrey’s writing. But damned if I won’t admit that she writes a good story.
- Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
- A beautiful, lyrical, cautionary tale of suicide and ghosts. Also, can be abbreviated to DoDoDoD (I’m pronouncing it doo doo dodd), which provides me endless entertainment.
- Return to Howliday Inn by James Howe
- Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flwelling
- A fantasy world where all* sexualities are shown as valid. Heroes are bisexual — though the author doesn’t use the B word. *The only maybe-ace individual in the book isn’t outright named as such, and there’s a tiresome bit about how she’s in looooove but they can’t be together because no sex. Or something. In between everyone figuring out their sexy feelings, there are some damned good female secondary characters, a matriarchal monarchy, and a decent start to a hero’s journey tale.
- The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe (DNF)
- I’ve met Alex at Jordancon and he seemed like a decent enough guy, but after the 4th brutal death of a female character in 1.25 books, I decided this series isn’t for me. YMMV.
- Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone
- I give this entire series 4 1/2 stars. I love mad gods and monsters and the humans trying to rebuild the world around them.
- Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flwelling
- Book 2 in series above. Also good. Wishing there was a female narrator. Sigh.
- Rebel Flight by Mindy Klasky
- Won this from LibraryThing! Seems like a really short book (novella?), and it’s a YA tale, but I really liked it. Part of a series.
- Bunnicula Strikes Again by James Howe
- No one will ever drain my love for Bunnicula, okay? (Get it?)
- Conspiracy of Ravens by Lila Bowen
- Transgender biracial cowboy in a fantastical Old West. I almost cheered at the moment when Rhett’s pronouns changed. (It was night. It would have been rude.)
- Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter
- I like this series even better than Jane Yellowrock (sorry, Jane).
- Magic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire
- I went into this book not wanting to like Annie because Verity is my favorite girl. By the end, I was cheering (and weeping) for her. If you haven’t picked up this series, I have to question your intelligence.
- Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
- Still has that icky self-harm theme running through it, and I’m still not sure she’s doing anything constructive with it. But *dammit*, I love this world.
- The Cold Eye by Laura Anne Gilman
- Man, is Isobel in over her head. I have a tendency to mix up Bowen’s & Gilman’s worlds because the 1st volumes came out around the same time. Not since the 2016 elections have I worried so much about America’s ill-intentions. (Naw. I’ve been worrying this whole time. But that’s another article.)
- First Test by Tamora Pierce
- Can you believe I haven’t read all of Tamora Pierce’s work yet? I’m ashamed.
- Power Lines by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Anne Scarborough
- This series shouldn’t make any sense. Sentient planet? Seal shape-shifters? A whole world with *gasp!* NO ELECTRICITY?!? I’m in the middle of the sequel anyway.
- The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
- I feel like this series is moving So. Slowly. Would like it to be a TV show so I can binge watch, pls.
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (DNF)
- I knew this was popular but had no idea what I was getting into when I picked it up because I hadn’t heard much of the story. The 4th time I fell asleep before the time-traveling even started was when I gave up. No rating.
- Acorna’s World by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Anne Scarborough
- Why do I like this series so much? Pacifist bipedal unicorn people and giant evil bugs make literally no sense. (And why are insects always your villains, Anne? Isn’t human evil enough of a big bad for you?? It certainly is for me.)
- Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute by Jonathan L Howard
- Johannes Cabal is a bad guy. He’s a bad guy with a pretty standard supervillain origin story, actually. If I think too much about this, I would probably feel like I shouldn’t read it. So I’m not going to, because I like the steam-punk-y world.
- The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Someone tried to get me to put down this series (written by a woman) to read Honor Harrington (written by a man). This individual tried to persuade me by saying Weber’s work was “more feminist”. So I’m continuing this series 75% for spite.
- Power Play by Anne McCaffrey – CURRENT READING!
You may notice that not many of these books are brand new. This is because I probably have 2,000 books on my TBR shelf (virtually, thank goddess, because I’m not sure where I’d put them otherwise.) If there are any immortals out there willing to share their secrets, I could really use the reading time. Thanks.
