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I'm not counting the books I read mostly all the way through for research. Writing them up would take more effort than I have left right now.
Books 2014: 53-65
53. Jaime Lee Moyer, A Barricade in Hell. Tor, 2014. ARC courtesy of publisher.
Read for review for Tor.com. An improvement on the previous novel. Interesting-if-flawed ghost story/murder mystery set in San Francisco during WWI.
54. Glenda Larke, The Lascar's Dagger. Orbit, 2014. Copy courtesy of publisher.
Read for inclusion in SWM column. Interesting fantasy clearly influenced by the mercantile 16th and 17th centuries. Pacing sags in the middle, much like Larke's other books. Will discuss elsewhere.
55. P.C. Hodgell, The Sea of Time. Baen, 2014. Ebook. ARC courtesy of publisher.
Read for review. The latest P.C. Hodgell novel, which I've been gasping for. It is, alas, something of a middle book. But still full of Jame apologetically breaking things.
56-59. Joanna Bourne, The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, The Forbidden Rose and The Black Hawk. Ebooks, 2008-2013.
Romance novels set during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Heard of via Marie Brennan. I have a serious weakness for spies. There is not enough entertainment with spies in.
60-65. Meredith Duran, Wicked Becomes You, Your Wicked Heart, That Scandalous Summer, Bound By Your Touch, Fool Me Twice, Written On Your Skin. Ebooks, 2009-2014.
Historical romance novels. I probably shouldn't have bought them all, but I was at the point in the scrabbling anxiety cycle where I needed to read something - compulsively - and romance novels were safe. Duran is good at her chosen genre.
Failed to get very far into: A.M. Dellamonica, Child of a Hidden Sea. Tor, 2014. ARC courtesy of the publisher. There's nothing wrong with this book, but it's a sort of portal fantasy and the tone and approach hasn't grabbed me.
Books 2014: 53-65
53. Jaime Lee Moyer, A Barricade in Hell. Tor, 2014. ARC courtesy of publisher.
Read for review for Tor.com. An improvement on the previous novel. Interesting-if-flawed ghost story/murder mystery set in San Francisco during WWI.
54. Glenda Larke, The Lascar's Dagger. Orbit, 2014. Copy courtesy of publisher.
Read for inclusion in SWM column. Interesting fantasy clearly influenced by the mercantile 16th and 17th centuries. Pacing sags in the middle, much like Larke's other books. Will discuss elsewhere.
55. P.C. Hodgell, The Sea of Time. Baen, 2014. Ebook. ARC courtesy of publisher.
Read for review. The latest P.C. Hodgell novel, which I've been gasping for. It is, alas, something of a middle book. But still full of Jame apologetically breaking things.
56-59. Joanna Bourne, The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, The Forbidden Rose and The Black Hawk. Ebooks, 2008-2013.
Romance novels set during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Heard of via Marie Brennan. I have a serious weakness for spies. There is not enough entertainment with spies in.
60-65. Meredith Duran, Wicked Becomes You, Your Wicked Heart, That Scandalous Summer, Bound By Your Touch, Fool Me Twice, Written On Your Skin. Ebooks, 2009-2014.
Historical romance novels. I probably shouldn't have bought them all, but I was at the point in the scrabbling anxiety cycle where I needed to read something - compulsively - and romance novels were safe. Duran is good at her chosen genre.
Failed to get very far into: A.M. Dellamonica, Child of a Hidden Sea. Tor, 2014. ARC courtesy of the publisher. There's nothing wrong with this book, but it's a sort of portal fantasy and the tone and approach hasn't grabbed me.
