Books 2013: The last ones of the year

Although, to be perfectly honest, I don't entirely remember everything from December. I re-read David Drake's entire RCN series, and probably some other things, but that does not quite count for the purpose of keeping count.

Books 197-201


197. Faith Hunter, Death's Rival. Roc, 2012.

Fun violent urban fantasy.


198-199. Sharon Shinn, The Shape of Desire and Still Life With Shapeshifter. Ace, 2013.

Not exactly interesting romance with minimal point to the fantastic content.


200. Libby McGugan, Eidolon. Solaris, 2013.

Reviewed for Vector. Oy, how boring and irritating was this book.


201. Michelle Sagara, Touch. DAW, 2014. ARC courtesy of DAW.

An excellent sequel to the excellent Silence. I should be reviewing it for Tor.com shortly.

Books 2014: Hello, new year of terrifying amounts of books!

Books 2014: 1-6


1. Amalie Howard, The Almost Girl. Strange Chemistry, 2014. ARC.

Reviewed at Tor.com. I fear I may have been rather unkind to the poor thing.


2. David Weber, Like A Mighty Army. Tor, 2014. ARC.

Review forthcoming at Tor.com. Very much following the tone of previous Safehold books: more wargaming than character development.


3. Marie Brennan, The Tropic of Serpents. Tor, 2014. ARC.

Review forthcoming at Tor.com. Sequel to A Natural History of Dragons. I like it. Lots.


4. David Drake, The Sea Without A Shore. Baen, 2014. Electronic ARC.

Next in Drake's entertaining RCN space opera series. And, in the way of that series, very enjoyable.


5. David Weber and Timothy Zahn, A Call to Duty. Baen, 2014. Electronic ARC.

Set in the early days of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, the setting might be David Weber, but the style, energy, verve, and attention to character is all Zahn. I like Zahn's work: I tend to like it best when he's playing with other people's toys, and whatever one may say about Weber's latest works, he has an impressive toybox when it comes to Manticore and its navy - and its navy's history. I liked it a lot, and I'm delighted to hear that it's only the first in a contracted trilogy.


6. Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy. Ebook, gift.

Excellent historical romance involving science. I like science.

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I keep thinking I'm forgetting something. Probably I am.