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Books 2018: 168-205

168. Arwen Elys Dayton, Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful. Delacorte Press, 2018.
169. T. Kingfisher, Swordheart. Argyll Productions, 2018.
170. Melissa Scott, Finders. Candlemark and Gleam, 2018.
171. Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill. Soho Crime, 2018.
172. CJ Cherryh and Jane Fancher, Alliance Rising. DAW, 2019.
173. CJ Cherryh, The Deep Beyond. DAW, [date].
174. CJ Cherryh, Alliance Space. DAW, [date].
175. Effie Calvin, Daughter of the Sun. NineStar Press, 2018.
176. Stephanie Gunn, Icefall. Twelfth Planet, 2018.
177. Genevieve Cogman, The Mortal Word. Tor UK, 2018.
178. MCA Hogarth, Girl on Fire. Ebook, 2018.
179. Mirah Bolender, City of Broken Magic. Tor, 2018.
180. Juliet Kemp, The Deep and Shining Dark. Elsewhen Press, 2018.
181. Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping. DAW/Gollancz, 2018.
182. Abra Staffin-Wiebe, The Unkindness of Ravens. Ebook, 2018.
183. Tasha Suri, Empire of Sand. Orbit, 2018.
184. Hye-Young Pyun, City of Ash and Red. Arcade Publishing, 2018.
185. Catherynne M. Valente, Mass Effect: Annihilation. Titan Books, 2018.
186. Ada Harper, A Conspiracy of Whispers. Ebook, 2017.
187. Ada Harper, A Treason of Truths. Ebook, 2018.
188. Kate Heartfield, Alice Payne Arrives. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
189. Richard Baker, Restless Lightnings. Tor, 2018.
190. Jim C. Hines, Terminal Uprising. DAW, 2019.
191. Robert Jackson-Bennett, Vigilance. Tor.com Publishing, 2019.
192. P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tramcar 015. Tor.com Publishing, 2019.
193. Katharine Duckett, Miranda in Milan. Tor.com Publishing, 2019.
194. Carsen Taite, The Pursuit of Happiness. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
195. Alex White, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy. Orbit, 2018.
196. Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy, Once and Future. Little Brown & Co, 2019.
197. Marshall Ryan Maresca, The Way of the Shield. DAW, 2018.
198. Cyril Hare, An English Murder. Project Gutenberg, 1951.
199. Cyril Hare, Tragedy at Law. Project Gutenberg, 1942.
200. Cyril Hare, Tenant for Death. Project Gutenberg, 1937.
201. Cyril Hare, Suicide Excepted. Project Gutenberg, 1939.
202. Cyril Hare, With A Bare Bodkin. Project Gutenberg, 1946.
203. Cyril Hare, When the Wind Blows. Project Gutenberg, 1949.
204. Cyril Hare, He Should Have Died Hereafter. Project Gutenberg, 1958.
205. Cyril Hare, That Yew Tree's Shade. Project Gutenberg, 1954.

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Books 2018: 111-167

I may have missed one or two. Such things have been known to happen.

111. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Redemption's Blade. Solaris, 2018.
112. Justina Robson, Salvation's Fire. Solaris, 2018.
113. Sean Grigsby, Daughters of Forgotten Light. Angry Robot, 2018.
114. Jaine Fenn, Hidden Sun. Angry Robot, 2018.
115. Corey J. White, Static Ruin. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
116. Cynthia Ward, The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum. Aqueduct Press, 2018.
117. D.B. Jackson, Time's Children. Angry Robot, 2018.
118. Amy Rose Capetta, The Brilliant Death. Viking, 2018.
119. Natasha Ngan, Girls of Paper and Fire. Jimmy Patterson Presents, 2018.
120. Aliette de Bodard, In the Vanishers' Palace. JABerwocky Literary Agency Inc, 2018.
121. Nicky Drayden, Temper. Harper Voyager, 2018.
122. Sarah Henning, Sea Witch. Harper Collins, 2018.
123. Drew Williams, The Stars Now Unclaimed. Tor, 2018.
124. Karl Schroeder, The Million. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
125. Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
126. Claire Coleman, Terra Nullius. Small Beer, 2018.
127. Tansy Rayner Roberts & Rivqa Rafael, Mother of Invention. Twelfth Planet, 2018.
128. Malka Older, State Tectonics. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
129. Tade Thompson, Rosewater. Orbit, 2018.
130. Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood. Orbit, 2018.
131. Kat Howard, A Cathedral of Myth and Bone. Saga Press, 2018.
132. Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars. Tor, 2018.
133. Mary Robinette Kowal, The Fated Sky. Tor, 2018.
134. Carrie Vaughn, The Wild Dead. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (JJA), 2018.
135. Tanya Huff, The Privilege of Peace. DAW, 2018.
136. MCA Hogarth, Sword of the Alliance. Self-pub, 2018.
137. Lena Wilson, Accelerants. Book Smugglers, 2018.
138. Juliet Kemp, A Glimmer of Silver. Book Smugglers, 2018.
139. Missouri Vaun, Proxima Five. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
140. Barbara Ann Wright, The Tattered Lands. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
141. Jane Fletcher, Isle of Broken Years. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
142. David Weber, At the Sign of Triumph. Tor, 2017.
143. David Weber, Uncompromising Honor. Baen Books, 2018.
144. Catherine Asaro, The Bronze Skies. Baen Books, 2017.
145. Lois McMaster Bujold, Mira's Last Dance. Subterranean Press, 2018.
146. Elizabeth Tammi, Outrun the Wind. Flux, 2018.
147. Stephanie Ahn, Deadline. Self-pub, 2018.
148. Cori McCarthy, The Color of Rain. Epub, [date].
149. Julia Ember, The Seafarer's Kiss. Epub, 2017.
150. Julia Ember, The Navigator's Touch. Epub, 2018.
151. Leigh Richards, Califia's Daughters. Epub, 2002 [I think].
152. Laurie R. King, Mary's War. Alison & Busby, [date].
153. Laurie R. King, The Murder of Mary Russell. Alison & Busby, 2017.
154. Laurie R. King, Lockdown. Alison & Busby, 2017.
155. Laurie R. King, Night Work. Epub.
156. Laurie R. King, The Art of Detection. Epub.
157. Martha Wells, Exit Strategy. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
158. R.E. Stearns, Mutiny at Vesta. Saga Press, 2018.
159. S.L. Huang, Zero Sum Game. Tor, 2018.
160. K.B. Wagers, There Before the Chaos. Orbit, 2018.
161. K. Arsenault Rivera, The Phoenix Empress. Tor, 2018.
162. Molly Tanzer, Creatures of Want and Ruin. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (JJA), 2018.
163. Ellen Goodlett, Rule. Little, Brown, 2018.

nonfiction

164. Mark Molesky, This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason. Vintage, 2016.
165. Jeffrey H. Jackson, Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910. St. Martin's Griffin, 2011.
166. Laura M. MacDonald, Curse of the Narrows. Bloomsbury, 2006.
167. Judith M. Bennett and Amy M. Froide, editors, Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.

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Books 2018: 85-110

85. K.J. Charles, Unfit to Print. Ebook, 2018.
86. Elizabeth Bear and Katherine Addison, The Cobbler's Boy. Ebook, 2018.
87. Ruthanna Emrys, Deep Roots. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
88. Theodora Goss, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman. Saga Press, 2018.
89. Prentis Rollins, The Furnace. Tor Books, 2018.
90. Vivian Shaw, Dreadful Company. Orbit, 2018.
91. Sebastien de Castell, Spellslinger. Orbit, 2018.
92. Claudie Arsenault, City of Strife. Ebook, 2017.
93. Rob Boffard, Adrift. Orbit, 2018.
94. Claire Legrand, Furyborn. Sourcebooks, 2018.
95. Brian McClellan, War Cry. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
96. P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
97. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Redemption's Blade. Solaris, 2018.
98. Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver. Macmillan, 2018.
99. Carrie Vaughn, Bannerless. John Joseph Adams, 2017.
100. T.J. Berry, Space Unicorn Blues. Angry Robot, 2018.
101. Tim Pratt, The Dreaming Stars. Angry Robot, 2018.
102. Walter Jon Williams, The Accidental War. Harper Voyager, 2018.
103. Melissa Scott, The Game Beyond. Ebook, originally 1984.
104. Melissa Scott, The Kindly Ones. Ebook, originally 1987.
105. Melissa Scott, Mighty Good Road. Ebook, originally 1990.
106. Melissa Scott, Shadow Man. Ebook, originally 1996.
107. Melissa Scott, Dreamships. Ebook, originally 1992.
108. Melissa Scott, Dreaming Metal. Ebook, originally 1997.
109. Melissa Scott, The Shapes of Their Hearts. Ebook, originally 1998.
110. A.C. Wise, The Ultra-Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again. Lethe Press, ebook, originally 2015.
110. Jo Graham, Cythera. Ebook, originally 2013.

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It's been a while since I had the opportunity to bring this log up to date. Probably I've forgotten some books, too.

Books 2018: 37-84

37. K.J. Charles, The Henchman of Zenda. Ebook, 2018.
38. Dorothy J. Heydt, Point of Honor. Ebook, first 1998.
39. Ilana C. Myer, Fire Dance. Tor Books, 2018.
40. Melissa Scott, Point of Sighs. Lethe Press, 2018.
41. Becky Chambers, Record of a Spaceborn Few. Harper Voyager, 2018.
42. E.K. Johnston, That Inevitable Victorian Thing. Penguin, 2017.
43. J.Y. Yang, The Descent of Monsters. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
44. Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning. Saga, 2018.
45. M.C.A. Hogarth, Dreamstorm. Ebook, 2018.
46. Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric's Fox. Subterranean Press, 2018.
47. Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. HarperCollins, 2017.
48. Tyler Whitesides, The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn. Orbit, 2018.
49. Kate Heartfield, Armed in Her Fashion. ChiZine, 2018.
50. Lara Elena Donnelly, Armistice. Tor Books, 2018.
51. Robyn Bennis, By Fire Above. Tor Books, 2018.
52. Marie Brennan, Malka Older, Michael J. Underwood, & Cassandra Khaw, Born to the Blade Season 1. Serial Box, 2018.
53. Lilith Saintcrow, Afterwar. Orbit, 2018.
54. Emily Devenport, Medusa Uploaded. Tor Books, 2018.
55. R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War. Harper Voyager, 2018.
56. Ian McDonald, Time Was. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
57. Cass Morris, From Unseen Fire. DAW, 2018.
58. Melissa Caruso, The Defiant Heir. Orbit, 2018.
59. Emma Newman, Before Mars. Gollancz, 2018.
60. Tessa Gratton, The Queens of Innis Lear. Tor Books, 2018.
61. Rowena Miller, Torn. Orbit, 2018.
62. Kit Rocha, Beyond Shame. Ebook, [date].
63. Jae, Just for Show. Ylva Publishing, 2018.
64. G. Benson, Who'd Have Thought. Ylva Publishing, 2018.
65. Alyssa Cole, A Princess in Theory. Ebook, 2018.
66. E.E. Ottoman, Business Makes Strange Bedfellows. Ebook, [date].
67. Courtney Milan, After the Wedding. Ebook, 2018.
68. Lesley Davis, White Wings Weeping. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
69. Justine Saracen, Berlin Hungers. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
70. Carsen Taite, Outside the Law. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
71. Julie Cannon, Fore Play. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
72. Elinor Zimmerman, Certain Requirements. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
73. Nell Stark, The Princess Deception. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
74. Farah Mendlesohn, Spring Flowering. Ebook, 2018.
75. Cari Hunter, Alias. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
76. Nicole Disney, Hers to Protect. Bold Strokes Books, 2018.
77. Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Expert System's Brother. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
78. Alex White, A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe. Orbit, 2018.
79. Yoon Ha Lee, Revenant Gun. Solaris, 2018.
80. S.M. Stirling, Black Chamber. Ace, 2018.
81. Raymond A. Villareal, A People's History of the Vampire Uprising. Mulholland, 2018.
82. Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman, eds., A Thousand Beginnings and Endings. Greenwillow, 2018.
83. Jacqueline Carey, Starless. Tor Books, 2018.

nonfiction

84. Norman Yoffee, Myths of the Archaic State: Evolution of the Earliest States, Cities, and Civilisations. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2009.

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Books 2018: 20-36

20. David Drake, Though Hell Should Bar the Way. Baen/Titan, 2018.
21. David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope, A Call to Vengeance. Baen, 2018.
22. Alyssa Cole, A Hope Divided. Ebook.
23. Alex Bledsoe, The Fairies of Sadieville. Tor, 2018.
24. Elizabeth Bear, Stone Mad. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
25. Effie Calvin, The Queen of Ieflaria. NineStar Press, 2018.
26. Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown. Ylva Publishing, 2017.
27. Gareth L. Powell, Embers of War. Titan, 2018.
28. Nicole Kornher-Stace, Latchkey. Mythic Delirium Books, 2018.
29. Margaret Killjoy, The Barrow Will Send What It May. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.
30. John Scalzi, Heads Up. Tor, 2018.
31. Marko Kloos, Terms of Enlistment. 47North, 2014.
32. Marko Kloos, Lines of Departure. 47North, 2014.
33. Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack. 47North, 2015.
34. Marko Kloos, Chains of Command. 47North, 2016.
35. Marko Kloos, Fields of Fire. 47North, 2017.
36. Marko Kloos, Points of Impact. 47North, 2018.

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For years, I've kept track of the books I've read by leaving two-line reviews here. (Sometimes longer than two lines.) But I'm now reviewing nearly all the books I read elsewhere, and it's mid-February and I haven't posted here about any of my reading, so from now on it's going to be a list.

Mostly.

I seem to be falling behind this year. Haven't hit the 20-book mark yet, and a lot of these are novellas.

Books 2018: 1-19

1. Jane Austen, Persuasion. Project Gutenberg ebook.
2. John Kessel, Pride and Prometheus. Saga Press, 2018.
3. Tom Miller, The Philosopher's Flight. Simon & Schuster, 2018.
4. Dhonielle Clayton, The Belles. Gollancz, 2018.
5. Sue Burke, Semiosis. Tor, 2018.
6. Martha Wells, Artificial Condition. Tor.com, 2018.
7. Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol. Tor.com, 2018.
8. Rati Mehrotra, Markswoman. Harper Voyager, 2018.
9. Kelly Robson, Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach. Tor.com, 2018.
10. Aliette de Bodard, The Tea Master and the Detective. Subterranean Press, 2018.
11. David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon. Harper Voyager, 2018.
12. Alex Wells, Hunger Binds the Pack. Angry Robot, 2018.
13. Karen Healey and Robyn Fleming, The Empress of Timbra. Independent, 2018.
14. T. Kingfisher, The Wonder Engine. Red Wombat Studio, 2018.
15. Llinos Cathryn Thomas, Sparks Fly. Independent, 2018.
16. Claire O'Dell, A Study in Honor. Harper Voyager, 2018.
17. Angus McIntyre, The Warrior Within. Tor.com, 2018.

nonfiction

18. Wendy Moore, The Mesmerist: The Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound. W&N, London, 2017.
19. Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy. Translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008.

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I'm coming off a cold and I'm sure I don't remember everything I've read.

Books 2017: 210-222

210. Sarah Glenn Marsh, Reign of the Fallen. Razorbill, 2018.

Read for review for Tor.com. Good.

211. Michelle Sagara, Cast in Deception. Mira, 2018.

Read for column. Also good.

212. M.C.A. Hogarth, From Ruins. Ebook, 2017.

Read for column. Good.

213. Ali Vali, Heart of the Devil. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

F/F romance. Not good, but enjoyable.

214. L.A. Hall, The Comfortable Courtesan Vol. 1. Ebook, 2017.

Really good. I need to write more about this latter.

215. Beth Revis, Star Wars: Rebel Rising. Ebook, 2016.

Read for column. Not really what I was looking for in a Star Wars story, but maybe I should have known that going in.

216. Genevieve Cogman, The Lost Plot. Tor UK, 2017.

Read for review. Good.

217. Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric's Mission. Subterranean Press, 2017.

Read for column. Really good. Excellent.

218-220. Seanan McGuire, Chaos Choreography, Magic for Nothing, and Tricks for Free. DAW Books, 2016-2018.

Read for column. Fun.

221. Kara A. McLeod, Known Threat. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

F/F thriller with romance elements. Terrible, but still strangely entertaining.

nonfiction

222. Richard Holmes, Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air. William Collins, London, 2013.

A history of ballooning. Moderately fascinating, but definitely worth reading for the bit about the balloon post and the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war, when thousands of letters went out by balloon and back - thanks to the technology of photography and miniaturisation - by pigeon.

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Books 2017: 190-209

190. Ada Palmer, The Will to Battle. Tor, 2017.

For review. Meh.

191. Charles Stross, Dark State. Tor/Orbit, 2018.

For review. Middle book of thriller trilogy. Definitely not meh.

192. Django Wexler, The Infernal Battalion. Ace, 2018.

For review. Final book in series. Great conclusion.

193. S.A. Chakraborty, City of Brass. Harper Voyager, 2017.

Debut. For column/later long review for Strange Horizons. Interesting, but a bit muddled.

194. Tessa Gratton, The Lost Sun. ?, 2015.

For column. Fun.

195. Michelle Sagara, Grave. DAW, 2017.

For column. Trilogy conclusion. Good.

196. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ironclads. Solaris, 2017.

For review. Interesting.

197. Gun Brooke, Arrivals. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

For Patreon review. Terrible f/f science fiction romance.

198. Tansy Rayner Roberts, Girl Reporter. Book Smugglers, 2017.

For column. Amazing novella.

199. N.K. Jemisin and Mac Walters, Mass Effect: Initiation. Titan, 2017.

For review. Good space espionage action.

200. T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys. Red Wombat Studio, 2017.

For column. Really good.

201. M.C.A. Hogarth, Dreamhearth. Ebook, 2017.

For column. Gentle and really good science fiction about therapists.

202. Myke Cole, The Armored Saint. Tor.com Publishing, 2018.

For review. Okay.

203. Molly Tanzer, Creatures of Will and Temper. A John Joseph Adams Book, 2017.

For review. Really good.

204. Jenn Gott, The Private Life of Jane Maxwell. Ebook, 2017.

Recommendation of Charlie Stross. Good, if somewhat baffling.

205-209. M.C.A. Hogarth, Alysha's Fall, Family, Second, Who Is Willing and Either Side of the Strand. Ebooks, various.

Science fiction. Entertaining space opera with dark bits and angst. Sometimes lacks a good through-line.

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Books 2017: 182-189

182. Liz Ziemska, Mandelbrot the Magnificent. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Meh.

183. E.J. Swift, Paris Adrift. Solaris, 2018.

Read for review for Locus. Also meh.

184. Steven Brust, Vallista. Tor, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Meh again.

185. Helen S. Wright, A Matter of Oaths. Bloomsbury reprint edition, 2017. Ebook.

Read for column. WOW OKAY. This is really, really, really good space opera. Queer and including older women and originally published nearly thirty years old, go and read it, go and READ IT NOW.

186. Spencer Ellsworth, Starfire: Shadow Sun Seven. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Middle book with middle book issues. Fun, though.

187. Ronica Black, Under Her Wing. Bold Strokes Books, 2017. Ebook.

FF romance between a librarian and the owner of a no-kill dog shelter. Readable, but meh.

188. Karis Walsh, Set the Stage. Bold Strokes Books, 2017. Ebook.

FF romance set around a theatre company. Fairly decent.

nonfiction

189. Yasmin Khan, The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War. Vintage. London, 2016. (First published 2015.)

Read for Patreon. Very interesting history, compellingly written.

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Most of the time, I'm sufficiently busy that updating the log of books read falls off my radar. But! I want to!

I am going to forget items, I'm sure.

Books 2017: 157-181

157. Jim C. Hines, Terminal Alliance. DAW, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Fun.

158. Elizabeth Bear, The Stone in the Skull. Tor, 2017.

Read for column. Extraordinary fantasy.

159-160. Elizabeth Bonesteel, Remnants of Trust and Breach of Containment. HarperCollins, 2016 and 2017.

Read for column. Space opera. Okay, I guess.

161. Sarah Gailey, Taste of Marrow. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review for Locus and for column. Novella. Hippos.

162. John Crowley, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruins of Ymr. Saga, 2017.

Read for review. Baffling.

163. Ausma Zehanat Khan, The Bloodprint. HarperCollins, 2017.

Read for review. Epic fantasy. Meh.

164. Julie Tizard, The Road to Wings. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

F/F fighter pilot romance. Meh.

165. Melissa Brayden, Eyes Like Those. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

F/F workplace romance. Meh.

166. Jaycie Morrison, Heart's Orders. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

F/F historical American WWII women's army corps romance. Meh.

167. Sophia Kell Hagin, Omnipotence Enough. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

F/F near-future SF romance.

168. Fonda Lee, Jade City. Orbit, 2017.

Read for review. Really good fantasy.

169. K.B. Wagers, Beyond the Empire. Orbit, 2017.

Read for review. Space opera trilogy conclusion.

170. R.E. Stearns, Barbary Station. Saga, 2017.

Read for review. Really good science fiction with pirates and murderous AI.

171. Melissa Caruso, The Tethered Mage. Orbit, 2017.

Read for review. Really good fantasy.

172. K.J. Charles, Think of England. Ebook, 2014.

M/M romance. Sad boys in love. Historical.

173. K.J. Charles, The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal. Ebook, 2015.

Linked stories about sad boys in love. Historical fantasy.

174. K.J. Charles, An Unsuitable Heir. Ebook, 2017.

Historical romance between a man and a genderqueer person. Good.

175. K. Arsenault Rivera, The Tiger's Daughter. Tor, 2017.

Read for review. Excellent epic fantasy debut. Includes epic romance between women.

176. Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, and Alyssa Cole, Hamilton's Battalion. Ebook, 2017.

Three romance novellas set around the American revolutionary war. The first two, a heterosexual romance and a M/M romance, are excellent; the third romance is F/F and is entirely meh.

177. Leena Likitalo, Sisters of the Crescent Empress. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Sequel to The Five Daughters of the Moon. Read for review. Meh.

178. Tade Thompson, The Murders of Molly Southborne. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review. Strange and peculiar and compelling novella.

179. Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: The Night Masquerade. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review. Concluding Binti novella. Pretty good.

nonfiction.

180. Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri, The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World. Penguin Classics. London & New York, 2016. Translated and abridged by Elias Muhanna.

This is Serious Abridgement, one slender Penguin volume for a 33-volume medieval Arabic encyclopaedia. This abridgement and translation gives a flavour of what the original might possibly contain, and makes me deeply regret the lack of proper complete translations of more medieval Arabic literature.

It is really enjoyable, though.

181. Michael Maas (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005.

Cambridge Companions aren't really designed to be read cover-to-cover, but I did. Eventually. It is a quite comprehensive companion, to be fair. An introduction to many things. Worth perusing.

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So. August was A Month. There are any number of things I need to do this month, like sort out my Patreon from August and for September, a couple of medical appointments, and buy my membership for Octocon.

I have more review work than I used to, which is good. On the other hand, keeping up with everything is... tricksy.

Books 2017: 130-156

130. Melinda Snodgrass, In Evil Times. Titan Books, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Annoying grim, focusing on Bad Shit happening to Not So Nice People.

131. Kate Elliott, Buried Heart. Little, Brown, 2017.

Read for Sleeps With Monsters column. Excellent conclusion to Elliott's really great trilogy.

132. P.C. Hodgell, The Gates of Tagmeth. Baen, 2017.

Read for Sleeps With Monsters column. Latest Kencyrath novel. Fun, but the series has lacked a sense of forward progress for the last couple of installments.

133. Barbara Hambly, Murder in July. Severn House, 2017.

The latest in Hambly's long-running Ben Janvier mystery series, set in New Orleans in the 1830s.

134. Barbara Ann Wright, House of Fate. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

Read for Sleeps With Monsters column. Fun, albeit weak and slight. Reminded me of a less gleefully batshit Jupiter Ascending.

135. Max Gladstone, Ruin of Angels. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Really fucking brilliant.

136. Malka Older, Null States. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Solidly entertaining sequel.

137. Adam Roberts, The Real-Town Murders. Gollancz, 2017.

Read for review for Patreon. Good near-future thriller.

138. J.Y. Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for Sleeps With Monsters column. And for review for Locus. REALLY REALLY GOOD novella.

139. J.Y. Yang, The Red Threads of Fortune. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for Sleeps With Monsters column. And for review for Locus. Really good novella. Would've liked it better as a novel, I think.

140. Fran Wilde, Horizon. Tor, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. And for review for Locus. Interestingly thinky, rewards approaches from multiple directions.

141. Tim Pratt, The Wrong Stars. Angry Robot, 2017. Forthcoming.

Read for review for Locus. Really really really really fun space opera. It's got the emotional sense of humour of KILLJOYS but with more Weird Alien Shit. Immensely satisfying.

And between Yang, Roberts, Pratt, and Gladstone, I read five books in row in which there were queer main characters in relationships and NO GAYS WERE BURIED.

142. Alyssa Cole, An Extraordinary Union. Ebook, 2017.

Interracial het romance set during the American Civil War. I wanted more spies, less sex, but I am not the target audience?

143. Thea de Salle, The Queen of Dauphine Street. Ebook, 2017.

Het romance. Explicit. Good story. Pet tiger. Fun.

144. Jenny Frame, Royal Rebel. Ebook, Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

FF romance, set in a near-future alternate Europe with Ruritanian kingdoms. Romance between spoiled royal princess coming off a bad relationship and ex-CEO former addict now running a charity. Kind of awfully written, but the characters come alive.

145. K.J. Charles, Wanted, A Gentleman. Ebook, 2017.

MM historical romance, late 1700s, of the genre I find myself mentally referring to as Sad Boys In Love. Charles writes this genre very well, with appropriate levels of angst, snark, and explicit sex.

146. K.J. Charles, Sceptred Isle. Ebook, 2017.

MM historical romance, 1920s, with magic. Will probably write it up in a column. It is fun.

147-149. Cat Sebastian, The Soldier's Scoundrel, The Lawrence Browne Affair, and The Ruin of a Rake. Ebooks, 2016-2017.

MM historical romance, regency era. Sad Boys In Love! Fun.

150. Carsen Taite, Sidebar. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

FF romance. Lawyer and Supreme Court Judge. Kind of terrible, really. But readable, just.

151-155. Jean Stewart, Return to Isis, Isis Rising, Warriors of Isis, Winged Isis, and Wizard of Isis. Bella Books, various dates. First volume originally published 1991.

FF romance/science fiction. Sort of. Set in a dystopian/utopian future world deeply influenced by the feminist SF novels of the period immediately preceding the publication of the first volume, Stewart posits a technologically advanced female-run (and largely lesbian) society, separated from a disease-ridden and repressive misogynistic society by a mostly impenetrable technological barrier on the North America continent. The writing is uneven, the worldbuilding is occasionally downright weird, and the plotting has giant holes. But as a series, these books still manage to be pretty fun.

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Christopher A. Faraone & Laura K. McClure, eds, Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World. The University of Wisconsin Press. Madison WI: 2006.

A varied and interesting collection of essays on the topic of the sale of sex, or sex work, in the ancient world, ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to the Roman empire. Hopefully I will write more about it soon, but it is worth perusal.

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Books 2017: 109-129

109. V.M. Escalada, Halls of Law. DAW, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Fun.

110. David D. Levine, Arabella and the Battle of Venus. Tor, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. What the hell sort of book is this?

111. Lee Kelly, A Criminal Magic. Saga, 2016.

Read for column. Good.

112-113. Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex and Heroine Worship. DAW, 2016 and 2017.

Read for column. Fun.

114. Spencer Ellsworth, Starfire: A Red Peace. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review. Space opera debut. Fun.

115. Steven Brust and Skyler White, The Incrementalists. Tor, 2013.

Kind of a dude book. Not so great.

116. Claudia Gray, Defy the Stars. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

YA. Space opera. Read for column. Ambitious, not necessarily all that successful.

117. E.K. Johnston, Exit, Pursued by a Bear. Speak, 2016.

YA. Really really good.

118. Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief. Bloomsbury, 2017.

YA. Not as harrowing as many of Wein's other books. Really interesting. Girls kissing girls, too.

119. Ann Leckie, Provenance. Orbit, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Really good. Different to Leckie's other novels.

120. Erica Abbott, Desert Places. Bella Books, 2015.

Lesbian romance between an attorney and a sheriff in small-town Colorado.

121. Stephanie Burgis, Snowspelled. Five Fathoms Press, 2017.

Read for column. Fun.

122. Cassandra Khaw, Bearly A Lady. Book Smugglers Publishing, 2017.

Read for column. Fun.

123. Cassandra Khaw, A Song for Quiet. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Good.

124. Claire McNab, Lessons in Murder. Bella Books, ebook reprint.

Murder mystery with f/f elements. Solid, I think.

125. Claire McNab, Fatal Reunion. Bella Books, ebook reprint.

Murder mystery with f/f elements.

126. Jae, Falling Hard. Ylva Publishing, 2017.

F/F romance. Fun. Pretty good.

127. Erica Abbott, Taken In. Bella Books, 2017.

F/F mystery/suspense. Part of series. Fun enough.

128. Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium. Roc, 2010. (1998.)

Well, Kay is certainly something, that's for sure.

129. Guy Gavriel Kay, Lord of Emperors. Roc, 2010. (2000.)

Second book in the Sarantine Mosaic duology. It's a pretty good duology.

And unless I'm forgetting something -- which is entirely possible -- that's the lot.

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Books 2017: 86-108

86-93. KJ Charles, An Unseen Attraction, An Unnatural Vice, The Magpie Lord, A Case of Possession, Flight of Magpies, Jackdaw, A Queer Trade, Rag and Bone. Ebooks, various dates.

Solid, fun historical romances (and historical fantasies) involving men who love men.

94. Karis Walsh, You Make Me Tremble. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

Romance involving women who love women, the aftermath of an earthquake, and an animal sanctuary.

95. Kathleen Knowles, Taking Sides. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

Romance involving Indiana's recent discriminatory law, a woman who is still in the closet to her mother, and the liberal political activist/campaign consultant (a woman called Trevor) with whom she falls in love.

96. Gun Brooke, Thorns of the Past. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

Better than Brooke's SFnal efforts. A romantic thriller involving an ex-cop and an accountant.

97. Erin McKenzie, Where Love Leads. Bold Strokes Books, 2017

A romance involving school counselors, single mothers, and the aftermath of homophobic bullying and assault.

98. Missouri Vaun, Crossing the Wide Forever. Bold Strokes Books, 2017.

Historical romance involving women who love women, cross-dressing, and the American prairie.

99. Blythe Rippon, Benched. Ylva, 2017.

Romance involving a lawyer and a Supreme Court Justice. Complicated by the fact that neither of these people are any good at talking honestly (or listening) to each other.

100. Lauren Wright Douglas, The Always Anonymous Beast. Bella Books, 2010, first published 1987.

Interesting noir sort-of mystery involving blackmail and lesbians.

101. Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion. Tor.com Publishing, 2017. Forthcoming.

Read for review for Locus.

102. Ian McDonald, Luna: Wolf Moon. Gollancz, 2017.

Sequel to Luna: New Moon. Read for review for Strange Horizons.

103. K.S. Merbeth, Raid. Orbit, 2017.

Read for review for Locus.

104. Kat Howard, An Unkindness of Magicians. Saga Press, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Really excellent.

105. Andrew Neil Gray and J.S. Herbison, The Ghost Line. Tor.com, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Weird.

106. Vivian Shaw, Strange Practice. Orbit, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Amazingly good. Read this.

107. April Daniels, Sovereign. Diversion Books, 2017.

Sequel to Dreadnought. Read for review for Tor.com. Really good.

108. Curtis Craddock, An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors. Tor, 2017. Forthcoming.

Read for review for Tor.com. Really good.

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Books 2017: 75-85

75. Laura Lam, Shattered Minds. Tor, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. Really sodding good.

76. Nancy Kress, Tomorrow's Kin. Tor, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Good, I guess.

77. Catherynne M. Valente, The Refrigerator Monologues. Saga Press, 2017. Illustrated by Annie Wu.

Read for review for Locus. I wish I'd liked it better.

78. Cat Sparks, Lotus Blue. Talos, 2017.

Read for review for Patreon. Enjoyable.

79. Malka Older, Infomocracy. Tor.com, 2016.

Read for column. Really solid debut.

80-82. M.C.A. Hogarth, Amulet Rampant, Only the Open, and In Extremis. Ebooks. 20-?-2017.

I need to figure out how to talk about these books. Continues the series begun in Even the Wingless and Some Things Transcend. Is really interested in issues of consent, mental health, power, trauma, consequences, and change, but told through the lens of space elves, space dragons, and space furries. With space opera psychic powers.

83-84. K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence and A Seditious Affair. Ebooks. Loveswept, 2015-2016.

I picked these up on the recommendation of Foz Meadows. They're historical (regency) romance featuring men who love men, and A Seditious Affair, at least, is an absolutely stunning examination of a respectful relationship between people who are opposites in almost every way.

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85. Edward J. Watts, Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher. Oxford University Press, 2017.

I want to talk about this at greater length at some point, but for now: it's a fascinating biography and worth reading.

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Books 2017: 65-74

65. A. Merc Rustad, So You Want to be a Robot. Lethe Press, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Short stories. Not usually my thing, but pretty okay.

66. Nicky Drayden, The Prey of Gods. HarperCollins, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Chaotic but good.

67. Tanya Huff, A Peace Divided. DAW/Titan Books, 2017.

Read for column for Tor.com. Lots of fun.

68. Laura Lam, False Hearts. Tor, 2016.

Read for column for Tor.com. Really good near-future thriller.

69. Wendy N. Wagner, Oath of Dogs. Angry Robot Books, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Interesting science fiction with mystical twist.

70. Jack Campbell, The Genesis Fleet: Vanguard. Titan, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Campbell is not getting any more imaginative.

71. Sarah Gailey, River of Teeth. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for column. Interesting novella.

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72. bell hooks, Outlaw Culture. Routledge Classics, 2006. (Originally published 1994.)

I'd never really grasped the ways in which bell hooks is a foundational thinker for intersectional feminism before picking up this collection of essays. It is an uneven essay collection, and its referents are now nearly a quarter-century out of date, but much of what she has to say doesn't seem radical to me - in part because over those two and a half decades, they became part of the approaches to feminism that predominate among the people from whom I learned about feminist theory and praxis. (They are still radical, mind you.)

Reading this collection has made me want to read more of bell hooks' work, which is an excellent thing for any collection.

73. Linda M. Heywood, Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen. Harvard University Press, 2017.

I want to write more about this biography of a 17th-century African queen who just did not quit and seems to have been immensely astute as a war-leader, as a diplomatic, and as a politician overall (except possibly in arranging the inheritance of her kingdom, but one cannot blame someone for not keeping things in order after they're dead). But in brief, it is a fascinating examination of a woman who the Portuguese colonisers saw as a "devil queen," and of her context.

74. Nancy Marie Brown, Ivory Vikings. St. Martin's Griffin, 2016. (Originally published 2015.)

Brown uses the Lewis chessmen, famous pieces found on the island of Lewis in Scotland in the early 19th century, as a lens through which to examine the late medieval Scandinavian world, its trade connections, and its culture. Brown is interested in the origins of the Lewis chessmen, and sets forth the arguments for where they might have been made, although it is clear her sympathies lie with the theory which ascribes them to Iceland in the late 12th or very early 13th century. (Brown makes a persuasive stab at ascribing them to the hand of an individual ivory-carver, a women named as Margaret the Adroit in the Saga of Bishop Pall - not a saga that has been translated into English.)

Brown is a careful historian, nuanced in her treatment of the evidence, and cautiously qualifying any sweeping claims. But she is also an imaginative historian, and an evocative one. Her knowledge of the Scandinavian world and the Icelandic sagas shines through, and her ability to write both clearly and entertainingly about matters of which yr. humble correspondent knows very little is a rare gift among historians. This is fun history. I approve of it.

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Books 2017: 56-64

56-57. E.E. Knight, Winter Duty (Roc, 2009), and March in Country (Roc, 2011).

I have followed Knight's Vampire Earth books for a while, though it's been a little while since I read any. I don't know how long I've had these two on my shelf, though I suspect I bought them together.

The attraction of Knight's Vampire Earth novels are the thought put into the military logistics, for me, and the fact that Knight's female military officers are competent and incompetent in ways pretty much exactly like the men. It has a grim war-slog atmosphere, and these installments are pretty like what has gone before.

Unfortunately, I'd either forgotten or not noticed at the time Knight's tendency to portray transmisogyny uncritically. "Tranny" will never not be jarringly unpleasant, and this attitude crops up in both books here.

58. Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter. Saga, 2017. ARC courtesy of editor.

Read for review for Patreon. Excellent novel, truly great.

59. Timothy Zahn, Pawn. Tor, 2017. eARC courtesy of publisher.

Read for review for Tor.com. Deeply meh.

60. Dianna Gunn, Keeper of the Dawn. Book Smugglers Publishing, 2017. eARC courtesy of publisher.

Read for column. Meh.

61. T. Kingfisher, Bryony and Roses. Red Wombat Tea Company, 2015.

Read for column. SO MUCH FUN.

62. T. Kingfisher, Summer in Orcus. Red Wombat Tea Company, 2016.

Read for column. Also SO MUCH FUN.

63. Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner, Star Crossed. Ebook, 2017. eARC courtesy of the authors.

F/F interracial romance set in the American space program of the 1960s. Disappointing pays very little attention to the operation of racism and its intersection with queer womanhood, but entertaining, if slight, romance nonetheless.

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64. Allison Glazebrook, Madeleine M. Henry (ed.), Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE-200 CE. (Wisconsin Studies in Classics.) Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011.

I intend to have more to say about this later, but meanwhile, here is a review in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review to illuminate the contents of this volume.

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Books 2017: 50-55

50. Martha Wells, All Systems Red. Tor.com, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com.

51. Michelle Sagara, Cast in Flight. Mira, 2016.

Read for column. Really fun, as usual.

52. Gwyneth Jones, Proof of Concept. Tor.com, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com.

53. Seanan McGuire, Down Among the Sticks and Bones. Tor.com, 2017.

Read for review for Locus.

54. Foz Meadows, A Tyranny of Queens. Angry Robot, 2017.

Read for review for Tor.com. REALLY GOOD.

55. Yoon Ha Lee, Raven Stratagem. Solaris, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. Also REALLY GOOD.

I'm really not keeping up with the influx of new books, to be honest. Ten that I would conceivably read arrived today, on top of at least five last week. So, meep.

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Books 2017: 43-49

43. Emma Newman, Brother's Ruin. Tor.com, 2017.

Read for column. Entertaining, if a bit weird.

44. Marie Brennan, Lightning in the Blood. Tor.com, 2017.

Read for review for Locus. I REALLY liked it.

45. Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric and the Shaman. Subterranean Press, 2017.

Read for column. Kind of perfectly exactly what I wanted.

46. Elizabeth Moon, Cold Welcome. Orbit/Del Rey, 2017.

Read for review. Meh.

47. Aliette de Bodard, The House of Binding Thorns. Gollancz/Ace, 2017.

Read for review. THIS IS SO GOOD IT IS SO MARVELOUS READ IT READ IT NOW.

48. Robyn Bennis, The Guns Above. Tor, 2017.

Read for review. A hell of a lot of fun.

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49. Matthew Wright, The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy: Volume 1: Neglected Authors. Bloomsbury, London, 2016.

I will have more to say about this later - I believe I will write something about it at length for Patreon, maybe. But it is really interesting and extremely accessible, and makes me want to learn more.

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Books 2017: 37-42

37. Corey J. White, Killing Gravity. Tor.com, 2017. Forthcoming.

Read for review for Locus. A lot of fun.

38. Marie Brennan, Within the Sanctuary of Wings. Tor, 2017. Forthcoming.

Read for review for Tor.com. Great conclusion to the series.

39. Cassandra Khaw, Food of the Gods. Solaris, 2017. Forthcoming.

Read for review for Locus. Interesting. Gruesome. Really pretty good.

40. Cynthia Ward, The Adventure of the Incognita Countess. Aqueduct Press, 2017.

Novella. Read for column. A hell of a lot of fun, in a gothic style that reminds me of Penny Dreadful.

41. Aliette de Bodard, The Citadel of Weeping Pearls. Ebook, 2015/2017.

Novella. Read for column. Set in the same continuity as On a Red Station, Drifting. Really good.

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42. Mark S. Thompson, Wellington's Engineers: Military Engineering in the Peninsular War 1808-1814. Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley Yorks., 2015.

An interesting topic: a mediocre execution. I will have more to say later.

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Books 2017: 35-36

35. Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: Home. Tor.com Publishing, 2017.

Read for column. Good novella.

nonfiction

36. Eratosthenes and Hyginus, Constellation Myths, with Aratus's Phaenomena. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2015. Translated by Robin Hard.

This is a peculiar entry in the Oxford World's Classics series. It is structured oddly, such that I cannot figure if it follows the schema of one of the original authors while interspersing bits of the other, or whether the translator has separated out bits according to his own schema. However, the constellation myths themselves are very interesting as playfully literary creations, and Aratus's Phaenomena includes some really fascinating weather advice.

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