Sunday, December 31, 2023

Books read: 2023

 Books

  • The Holiday Trap.  Roan Parrish.  2023-01-07
    • 12/10.
  • A Swift Kick to the Thorax.  Mara Lynn Johnstone.  2023-01-09.
    • 13/10.
  • Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory.  Martha Wells.  2023-01-11.
    • 13/10.
    • v4.5.
    • Short Story.
  • Hecate's Hollow.  Tallie Rose.  2023-01-17.
    • 13/10.
    • vampires; retelling.
  • Other Ever Afters.  Melanie Gillman.  2023-01-18.
    • 15/10.
    • retelling?  graphic novel?
  • The Restless Dark.  Erica Waters.  2023-01-21.
    • 13/10.
    • 3MCs + 2POV = 1 villain.
  • The Cartographers.  Peng Shepard.  2023-01-26.
    • 13/10.
    • Slow start, obvious villain.
  • 6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did).  Tess Sharpe.  2023-02-04.
    • 15/10.
    • Idiots to lovers.
  • A Good Day To Pie.  Mischa Popp.  2023-02-11.
    • 15/10.
    • I want more of these.
  • The Red Scholar's Wake.  Aliette de Bodard.  2023-02-15.
    • 16/10.
    • vXYZ.

  • As Played By Gods.  Tallie Rose.  2023-02-21.
    • 12/10.
    • v1/x.
  • Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor.  Xiren Jay Zhao.  2023-03-04.
    • 14/10.
    • v1/x.
  • A Day of Fallen Night.  Samantha Shannon.  2023-03-17.
    • 17/10.
    • v0/2.  The next one is #2, so unfortunately there will not be a #-1.  Yet.
  • The Priory of the Orange Tree.  Samantha Shannon.  2023-03-27.
    • 17/10.
    • v1/2.
    • Reread after DoFN.  There is so much in this that the second book answers.
  • The Faithless.  C.L. Clarke.  2023-04-01.
    • 14/10.
    • v2/3.
  • An Echo of Gods.  Tallie Rose.  2023-04-10.
    • 11/10.
    • v2/x.
  • My Aunt Is a Monster.  Reimena Yee.  2023-04-15.
    • 13/10.
    • Technically for kids and a picture book.
  • Over My Dead Body.  Sweeney Boo.  2023-04-19.
    • 13/10.
    • Technically a graphic novel.
  • The Bone Shard War.  Andreas Stewart. 2023-04-25.
    • 18/10.
    • v3/3.
    • The Roots of Chaos may be technically better books, but The Drowning Empire hits much harder, so it gets to be book of the year.
  • The Fiance Farce.  Alexandria Bellefleur.  2023-04-29.
    • 14/10.
  • Count Your Lucky Stars.  Alexandria Bellefleur.  2023-05-03.
    • 13/10.
    • Reread.  A character is referenced in the previous one.
  • She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat.  Sakaomi Yuzaki.  2023-05-04
    • 13/10.
    • v2/3+.
  • Stars Collide.  Rachel Lacey.  2023-05-09.
    • 14/10.
  • Bleeding Heart.  Brittany M. Willows.  2023-05-21.
    • 15/10.
    • v2/2.
  • Court of the Undying Seasons.  A.M. Strickland.  2023-05-27.
    • 18/10.
    • Vampires.  Also book of the year.
  • Danger and Other Unknown Risks.  Ryan North and Erica Henderson.  2023-05-29.
    • 13/10.
  • Love at First Set.  Jennifer Dugan.  2023-05-29.
    • 15/10.
    • A one day Memorial Day book, apparently.
  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich.  Deya Muniz.  2023-05-30.
    • 15/10.
  • Furious Heaven.  Kate Elliott.  2023-06-07.
    • 18/10.
    • v2/3.
    • I love books that have lots to obsess over.
  • Devil's Chew Toy.  Rob Osler.  2023-06-14.
    • 13/10.
    • v1/x.
    • Good to see this is going to be a series.  They're good characters.
  • Going Bicoastal.  Dahlia Adler.  2023-06-18.
    • 16/10.
    • Firmly establishing a Dahlia Adler Extended Universe.
  • Walk on the Weird Side.  Joseph S Pulver Sr. (Ed).  2023-07-03.
    • 10/10.
    • Weird tales really need more than "what if murderer?" to be good.
  • Haunted Providence.  Rory Raven.  2023-07-08.
    • 12/10.
    • I really should have read this one first, as we drove past pretty much all the places he lists.
  • Out on the Ice.  Kelly Farmer.  2023-07-13.
    • 13/10.
    • v1/3.
  • Under the Whispering Door.  T.J. Klune.  2023-07-25.
    • 15/10.
  • The Moonlight Kingdom.  Tara Sim.  2023-09-02.
    • 17/10.
    • v2/3.
  • Wicked Things.  John Allison, Max Sarin, and Whitney Cogar.  2023-09-04.
    • 13/10.
    • v1/6.
  • Cleat Cute.  Meryl Wilsner.  2023-09-23
    • 15/10.
    • Idiots to Lovers.
  • The Siren, the Song, and the Sea.  Maggie Tokuda-Hall.  2023-10-02.
    • 13/10.
    • v2/2.
  • Mammoths at the Gates.  Nghi Vo.  2023-10-05.
    • 14/10.
    • v4/x.
  • Mall Goth.  Kate Leth.  2023-10-10.
    • 13/10.
    • Graphic Novel.
  • Romancing the Gorgon.  Tallie Rose.  2023-10-17.
    • 13/10.
  • Daughter of Winter and Twilight.  Helen Corcoran.  2023-11-08.
    • 14/10.
    • v2/2.
  • Fumbling Into You.  Shannon O'Connor.  2023-11-13.
    • 14/10.
  • System Collapse.  Martha Wells.  2023-11-16.
    • 14/10.
  • The Salvation Gambit.  Emily Skrutskie.  2023-12-03.
    • 11/10.
    • The second half is very good, but it takes a long time to get there.
  • Iris Kelly Doesn't Date.  Ashley Herring Blake.  2023-12-11.
    • 14/10.
    • v3/3.
  • Goth Western.  Livali Wyle.  2023-12-13.
    • 13/10.
    • Graphic Novel.

Short Stories
  • “Such an Honor”.  Sarah Gailey. 2023-05-08.
  • "A Full Life".  Paolo Bacigalupi.  2023-07-13.
  • The Year Without Sunshine.  Naomi Kritzer.  2023-11-12.