Again, I have no ratings for older books that I read at the time, and no list of books from the might have sold or given away after I read them, and I read and traded in a lot of fantasy at the Bookshelf (I still have a slip for more than $100 credit for the Bookshelf).

~ Sea Without a Shore by Sean Russell (Moontide & Magic Rise) 8/10
Avg Rating: 8.0 | read 2X | Historical Fantasy

Botany. Sea Voyages. Political Intrigue.

I need to reread this–and the Initiate Brother series.

~ Orca by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #7) 8/10 ^[1]
Avg Rating: 8.0 | read 2X

This is a series I picked up the early books used as I managed to find them. For the earlier books, it didn’t matter as much if you read them in order, as they jumped around in time quite a bit.

~ Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #19) 7/10 ^[1]
Avg Rating: 8.0 | read 2X

Yet another series I picked up the earlier books in bits and pieces as I found them in used bookstores, though there were weren’t that many Discworld books to be found (obviously). This is part of the Watch subseries.

~ The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (The Queen’s Thief #1) 9/10
Avg Rating: 9.5 | read 2X | Adventure, Young Adult

This is such a good book. I’ve given it to many of the small people in my life.

~ The Dragonstone by Dennis McKiernan (Mithgar) 7/10
Epic Fantasy

Honestly, this is one of my least favorite books in the Mithgar series. The Eye of the Hunter and Voyage of the Fox Rider I liked far more, as they were well past when he was finding his own voice and not writing his own Lord of the Rings, and more about the hero’s journey and less about the horrors of war.

~ The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Kate Elliot  7/10 ^[1]
Historical Fantasy

I remember little about this book except the Renaissance and a painting.

~ The Wood Wife by Terri Windling  8/10
Urban Fantasy

I picked this up because I love Datlow and Windling anthologies. I remember it having the feel of a Charles de Lint, except in the desert. I feel like I’ve also conflated it with another book set in the desert… unfortunately, a search for that book led to nothing. Either it was a book I no longer have or it is this book that had the desert washes, which I hadn’t known anything about previously.

~ Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb (The Farseer Trilogy #2)
Epic Fantasy

I have a surprisingly larger number of books with assassins as their main characters. I loved this series when I read it, then didn’t like the Trader Ships series at all, then I stopped reading epic fantasy all together.

~ Book of Words by J.V. Jones: A Man Betrayed (#2), Master and Fool (#3)
Epic Fantasy

I have the first book in the series as mass market paperback, the second as large format paperback, and the third as hardback. So I obviously enjoyed it, but remember nothing about it.

~ The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales by Jack D. Zipes
Fairy Tales, Anthology

~ The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars by Steven Brust
Urban Fantasy, Folklore

~ Return to Avalon edited by by Jennifer Roberson
Fantasy, Anthology

^[1] I likely read this at least once before 2004.

30 years ago is way before I started blogging what I read, so I have no ratings for older books that I read at the time. Also, no list of books from the late 90s I might have sold or given away after I read them, so I’ve got a handful of books I still have in paper and a vague notion of whether I read them or not.

Obviously, books I picked up backlist–or picked up a second copy as an ebook or audio book and read later are easier to quantify.

~ Shadows of the Heart by Tracy Grant (The Lescaut Quartet #3) 9/10
Avg Rating: 8.8 | read 3X | Historical, Romance

The first book I read in the series was the second, then this one, then the fourth, then finally the first. What stands out about this story is the woman is pregnant and has amnesia.

~ Chance by Robert B. Parker (Spenser #23) 8.5
Avg Rating: 8.5 | read 2X | Private Eye ^[1]

This is the book prior to where I began reading the Spenser series. I remember regularly scanning the shelves of used book stories for more of this series.

This is also the first book where Spenser essentially stops aging–there are no references to him having fought in Korea or fighting Joe Wolcott in this book or any book after.

~ The King’s Bishop by Candace Robb (Owen Archer #4) 8/10
Avg Rating: 7.8 | read 2X | Historical

~ Acqua Alta by Donna Leon (Commissario Guido Brunetti #5) 8/10
Avg Rating: 7.3 | read 3X | Police

This is quite early on in the series, which is why I read it multiple times. At some point I gave up on rereading the entire series and just read new stories as they came out.

~ Captiva by Randy Wayne White (Doc Ford #4) 8/10

This series and the Elvis Cole series I read after I broke my ankle and needed distractions from the post-surgery misery. I remember very little about it except science and ex spy. I think.

~ Sunset Express by Robert Crais (Elvis Cole #6)
Avg Rating: 8.5 | read 2X | Private Eye

This started off wanting to be like Spenser, but soon Elvis Cole became his own thing. And like the Spenser series, Elvis and Joe Pike stopped aging several books in.

~ A Test of Wills by Charles Todd (Inspector Ian Rutledge #1) 7/10
Avg Rating: 7.0 | read 2X | Historical, Police

This is one of the first mystery series I read set in the aftermath of the Great War, and it kicked of a kind of horrid fascination with the war and the years around it.

~ Let it Bleed by Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus #7) 8/10 (1995)

~ Watery Grave by Bruce Alexander (Sir John Fielding #3) 7/10 ^[2]
Historical | Police

Bow Street runners with one of the main characters being one of the magistrates who founded the runners.

~ Killer Pancake Diane Mott Davidson (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #5) 7/10 ^[1]

~ The Kindness of Strangers Julie Smith (Skip Langdon #6)
Police

~ Lying in Wait J.A. Jance (J.P. Beaumont #12)

~ Dead to Rights J.A. Jance (Joanna Brady #4)

I know I searched for used copies of all the J.A. Jance books I could find, so I likely read this series out of order as I picked up what books I could get my hands on. I’m guessing I read both of these but am honestly not sure one way or the other.

^[1] I probably read this at least once before 2004.

^[2] I want to reread this, but the first books are not available except in paper, at least as far as I can find.

These are the books from 2006 that I read more than twice.

Frontlist Favorites

As mentioned, I read these soon after they were published, and then reread them multiple times.

~ Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, translated by Andrew Bromfield & narrated by Paul Michael (Night Watch #1) 9/10
Avg Rating: 9.2 | read 8X | Urban Fantasy

~ Moon Called by Patricia Briggs narrated by Lorelei King (Mercy Thompson #1) 8/10
Avg Rating: 8.0 | read 7X | Urban Fantasy

~ The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch narrated by Michael Page ^* (Gentleman Bastards #1) 9/10
Avg Rating: 8.5 | read 3X | Fantasy

~ The Demon and the City by Liz Williams (Detective Inspector Chen #2) 8/10
Avg Rating: 8.33 | read 3X | Urban Fantasy, Supernatural Mystery, Police

Backlist Favorites

~ The Devil You Know by Mike Carey narrated by Michael Kramer (Felix Castor #1) 7/10
Avg Rating: 8.0 | read 4X | Urban Fantasy

~ Vicious Circle by Mike Carey narrated by Michael Kramer (Felix Castor #2) 8/10
Avg Rating: 8.0 | read 4X^** | Urban Fantasy

~ The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (Kate & Cecelia #3) 8/10
Avg Rating: 7.7 | read 3X | Historical Fantasy

~ Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Norville #2) 7/10
Avg Rating: 7.3 | read 3X | Urban Fantasy

~ Through a Glass, Darkly by Donna Leon (Commissario Guido Brunetti #15) 7/10
Avg Rating: 7.0 | read 3X | Mystery, Police

~ Rounding the Mark by Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli (Inspector Salvo Montalbano #7) 9/10
Avg Rating: 8.0 | read 2X | Mystery, Police

I love the Night Watch series, to read or to listen to; the second book in the series (Day Watch) was the first time I’d noticed that I’d enjoyed an audio book more than reading with my eyes.

I don’t love the narrator for the Mercy Thompson series, mostly because she mispronounces the Marrok, which annoys the crap out of me. But it’s a good series to listen to otherwise.

^* I wouldn’t listen to this one again; some of the scenes were very difficult to listen to in a way they weren’t for me to read.

^** I only have three reviews, but it’s highly unlikely I skipped a book during a reread.

The American Library Association has released their list of the most challenged books of 2025.

1. Sold by Patricia McCormick
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
3. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
4. Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
5. (tie) Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
5. (tie) Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
7. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
8. (tie) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
8. (tie) Identical by Ellen Hopkins
8. (tie) Looking for Alaska by John Green
8. (tie) Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The release states that “less than 3 percent of challenges originated from individual parents”, in case you were wondering.

I’ve read two books from the list.

As noted previously, I had a lot going on in 2006 (and 2007, really) so a lot of things fell to the wayside; I only read one book in November of 2007, which should give you some idea of how busy I was.

~ Frontlist ~

Mystery

~ When Gods Die ~ C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #2) 8/10
Avg Rating 8.0 | read 3X | Historical

This barely made the cut as frontlist, as I didn’t read it until November 2007.

Because I really had a lot going on in 2006.

Comics

~ 1001 Night of Snowfall ~ Bill Willingham et al (Fables) 9/10
Avg Rating 9.0 | read 2X | Fantasy
~ Arabian Nights (and Days) ~ Bill Willingham et al (Fables Vol 7) 6/10 | Fantasy
~ Wolves ~ Bill Willingham et al (Fables Vol 8) 7/10 | Fantasy

Even when I didn’t love individual volumes in the Fables series, I adored the series as a whole, and eagerly awaited each new graphic novel.

~ Innocence Lost ~ Craig Kyle et al (X-23) 9/10
Avg Rating 9.0 | read 2X | Superhero

~ Wannabe ~ Joe Quesada et al (NYX) 9/10
Avg Rating 9.0 | read 2X | Superhero

X-23 might be my favorite Marvel character, and it annoys me we haven’t gotten more stories about her.

~ Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams ~ Phil & Kaja Foglio (Girl Genius Vol 4) 8/10 | Steampunk!

This is a delightful series. The problem is it published slowly, and the stories can be kind of complicated, so once I fell behind, I never got caught up.

~ Escape to New York ~ Brian K Vaughan et al (Runaways Vol 5) 7/10 | Superhero

~ Parental Guidance ~ Brian K Vaughan et al (Runaways Vol 6) 8/10 | Superhero

~ Marvel 1602 ~ Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove | 8/10 | Superhero, Historical

~ Backlist ~

Comics

~ Digger ~ Vol. 2 by Ursula Vernon | 8/10 | Fantasy

Ursula Vernon is also T. Kingfisher.

This is a comic series about a wombat. 

Do you really need to know anything else?

Non-Fiction

~ Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment ~ David Bodanis 8/10 | History, Biography, Science & Math

Mystery

~ The Guilt of Innocents ~ Candace Robb (Owen Archer #9) 8/10 (2007)

~ The Naming of the Dead ~ Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus #16) 8/10

Now it’s 20 years we’re stepping back. Not that it feels like some of these books are twenty years old. Though that could be because they’re fantasies and tend to have less of the “I’m talking to you on my expensive new car phone!” that mysteries can have.

~ Frontlist ~

These are books published in 2006 that read in 2006 or 2007 and rated 8/10 or higher.

There are books that belong on this list which I’m going to save for the post on rereads, as back in 2006 I wasn’t doing a yearly roundup.

~ The Privilege of the Sword ~ Ellen Kushner (Riverside) 9/10
Avg Rating: 9.3 | read 3X | Fantasy of Manners

I love Swordspoint. This is a sequel of sorts, about Alec’s niece, who is coerced into moving to Tremontaine and learning the sword so her uncle will forgive the family debt and also settle a sum of money upon them.

She doesn’t want any of this, but does it anyway, and although she isn’t quite accepted, she also isn’t outcast, as Alec is the duke and has lots and lots of money.

~ Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth ~ Simon R. Green (Nightside #6) 9/10
Avg Rating 9.0 | read 3X | Supernatural Mystery, Horror

~ Hell To Pay ~ (Nightside #7) Avg Rating 7.0 | read 2X

John Taylor is a private detective from the dark and desperate world that exists under London. He uses his gift to find things–usually ways out of the bad situations he’s gotten himself into.

Confession: I still haven’t read the final book in the series.

~ Nightlife ~ Rob Thurman (Cal Leandros #1) 8/10
Avg Rating: 8.3 | read 2X | Urban Fantasy

This is another series I haven’t read the final book in, but that’s because she never finished the series, and the last book published is said to have ended on a cliffhanger. So I just pretend that book doesn’t exist and go on loving the other books in series.

Like Nightside, this series is quite dark. Cal is a monster,  but he’s kept from falling victim to his nature by his brother.

Honestly, the series is really a love story between Cal and Niko.

~ His Majesty’s Dragon ~ Naomi Novik (Temeraire #1) 8/10
Avg Rating: 8.3 | read 2X | Historical Fantasy

~ Throne of Jade ~ (Temeraire #2) Avg Rating: 7.5 | read 2X
~ Black Powder War ~ (Temeraire #3) 7/10

Speaking of books that are really romances–these books may be Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey–Maturin series except with dragons, but really, they are the love story of Laurence and Temeraire. Just not in a “monster romance” kind of way.

He had been in many actions, no less deadly or dangerous, but this one had differed in the crucial respect: when the enemy took aim at his charge, they were threatening not his ship, but his dragon, already the dearest creature to him in the world.

Three times I have read the start of the series, and then wandered off and forgotten to go back and read the rest of the books.

~ Dzur ~ Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #10) 8/10

Vlad is a mob boss and an assassin and a human in a world of beings who are stronger & more magical & much longer lived. For most of the series Vlad has been on the run, although things sometimes jump around in time, giving you Vlad’s past as much as his run from the mob.

There were five years between Isolla and Dzur, and then two years between Dzur and Jhegaala and I kinda fell out of the habit of keeping current with the series. I’m pretty sure I own all the books that have been published, but I would definitely want a reread before I jumped back in.

~ The Line Between ~ Peter S. Beagle 8/10 | Anthology

Series I Dropped

Failed to Keep Reading

~ Greywalker ~ Kat Richardson (Greywalker #1) 8/10 | Supernatural PI

~ A Fistful of Charms ~ Kim Harrison (Rachel Morgan #4) 8/10 | Supernatural

Quit in a Rage

~ Proven Guilty ~ Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden #8) 8/10 | Supernatural PI

~ Definitely Dead ~ Charlaine Harris (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #6) 8/10 | Paranormal Romance

~ Backlist ~

~ The King of Attolia ~ Megan Whalen Turner (The Queen’s Thief) 9/10

~ Instead of Three Wishes ~ Megan Whalen Turner 8/10 | Anthology

“I can see you’re in a hurry…”

…then proceeds to talk at me for five minutes.

Old white men are the WORST.

OK, we’ve also had rain.

But it’s time for ephemeral spring wildflowers!

Trout lilies! (Erythronium americanum)

Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica)

Wood Anemone (Anemonoides quinquefolia)

Star chickweed (Stellaria pubera)

Romances are perfect for comfort reads, since you know you’re going to get the HEA. They can have their issues, but most of my favorites tend to have external conflicts, rather than the third act break-up because the characters were too damned stupid to talk to each other.

• Loud and Clear by Aidan Wayne | Average Rating: 9.2 | Rereads: 7
• And Everything Nice by Ada Maria Soto | Average Rating: 8.6 | Rereads: 7
• Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter by R. Cooper | Average Rating: 8.2 | Rereads: 6
• Kneading You by C.S. Poe | Average Rating: 7.9 | Rereads: 6
• Blank Spaces by Cass Lennox | Average Rating: 8.6 | Rereads: 5
• A Gift for Guile by Alissa Johnson | Average Rating: 8.4 | Rereads: 5
• Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins | Average Rating: 8.5 | Rereads: 3
• After the Scrum by Dahlia Donovan (Sin Bin) Average Rating: 8.0 | Rereads: 3

Blank Spaces and A Gift for Guile are mystery + romance, which made them prime comfort reads.

Many of the others are shorter reads.

• And Everything Nice – 44 pages
• Loud and Clear – 88 pages
• Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter – 108 pages
• Kneading You – 44 pages

Novellas are a perfect escape when my brain needs a reset. Usually less than 100 pages so I can gobble it down quickly, but enough of an emotional punch to get my head out of whatever rut its wallowing in.

Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter is particularly interesting as it was 7.5 on first read, but every time I read it, I picked up little things that made me like it just a little bit more.

There are a LOT fewer of these, because there aren’t a lot of stand-alone mysteries, and most series have ten or more books, which is a pretty big lift.

• Secrets in the Mist by Anna Lee Huber | Average Rating: 8.5 | Rereads: 3
• Jury of One by Charlie Cochrane (Lindenshaw Mysteries) Average Rating: 7.7 | Rereads: 3
• Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon (Gethsemane Brown) Average Rating: 7.3 | Rereads: 3

Secrets in the Mist is a stand-alone gothic-romance-mystery. I have a feeling I read it at least one other time but failed to track that I’d read it.

The Gethsemane Brown series is only five book, which makes it an easy reread, and the Lindenshaw Mysteries are all very quick reads and there are only seven books in the series.

These are the books I reread more than twice.

• Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley narrated by Moira Quirk (Checquy Files #2) Average Rating: 9.3 | Rereads: 7
• The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater narrated by Will Patton (Raven Boys #4) Average Rating: 9.3 | Rereads: 3
• Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage C.S. Poe, | Average Rating: 9.0 | Rereads: 4
• Who Killed Sherlock Holmes by Paul Cornell narrated by Damian Lynch (Shadow Police #3) Avg Rating: 8.6 | Rereads: 6
• Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older narrated by the author (Bone Street Rumba) Avg Rating: 8.5 | Rereads: 3
• The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin (SPI Files #3) Average Rating: 8.3 | Rereads: 3
• Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes (Fred the Vampire Accountant #3) Average Rating: 8.2 | Rereads: 5



• Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam (Jane Yellowrock #10) Avg Rating: 8.2 | Rereads: 3
• Soulwood by Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam: Blood of the Earth Avg Rating: 8.0 | Rereads: 3; Curse on the Land #2 Avg Rating: 8.3 | Rereads: 3
• Open for Business by Angel Martinez (Brandywine Investigations) Avg Rating: 8.1 | Rereads: 5
• Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #9) Average Rating: 8.0 | Rereads: 3
• Occult Crimes Unit by Angel Martinez: Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters Avg Rating: 7.8 | Rereads: 3; The Pill Bugs of Time Avg Rating: 7.3 | Rereads: 3

There are several of these that I have listened to more times than I’ve read the stories, namely:

• Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley narrated by Moira Quirk
• Who Killed Sherlock Holmes by Paul Cornell narrated by Damian Lynch
• Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam
• Soulwood series by Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam

The Checquy Files and Shadow Police especially are books I listen to when I need to be firmly distracted. In fact, I listened to both series while I was emptying out my parent’s house.

There are four books I’ve read three or more times that did NOT make my end-of-the year favorites.

• Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage C.S. Poe (short story)
• Open for Business by Angel Martinez (Brandywine Investigations)
• Occult Crimes Unit by Angel Martinez: Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters & The Pill Bugs of Time

Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage is a short story, and it fills me with glee every time I read it, because it is extremely silly.

The Angel Martinez books are also silly–especially the Occult Crimes Unit series, which, honestly, was reread multiple times mostly for books four and five–the ones about Alex Wolf, a wolf who was cursed and turned into a human.

Frontlist is books that were published in 2016 that I read in 2016 or 2017. Backlist are the ones I read late but that still made my end of the year favorites when I eventually read them.

Frontlist

Romance

• A Gift for Guile by Alissa Johnson (Thief-Takers #2) 8/10

A Gift for Guile is the second Alissa Johnson I read, and going through her backlist lead me to one of my all time favorite stories.

Comics

• Mockingbird Vol. 1: I Can Explain (2016) Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk, Ibrahim Moustafa, Joelle Jones 9/10
• Rivers of London: Night Witch (2016) by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Lee Sullivan, Luis Guerrero : 9/10

I loved the Mockingbird run, and like X-23, wish there were more stories with these characters as leads.

The Rivers of London comic, however… I feel like Andrew Cartmel took over most of the story lines, and I enjoyed them less and less until I pretty much hated to last one I bothered reading.

Backlist

Romance

• Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins 8/10
• Blank Spaces by Cass Lennox 8.5/10
• Society of Gentlemen series by K.J. Charles: A Fashionable Indulgence 8/10, A Seditious Affair 8/10

The Society of Gentlemen series is not my favorite KJ Charles, but the other two books are ones I’ve read multiple times as those stories stuck in my brain.

Was browsing for clothes I might actually wear ^** when I was stopped in my tracks.

I am pretty sure I had that exact Walkman in the late 80s or early 90s.

Cassette player with AM/FM radio.

The ear pieces didn’t cover your ears, but weren’t earbuds, and the headphones kinda folded to a quarter of their “expanded” size.

That is not what I was expecting to see in a 2026 ad.

** To clarify, I would not have given that article of clothing a second glance, but the BRIGHT YELLOW of the Walkman caught my eye and I had to check I wasn’t imagining things.

Again, Frontlist is anything published in 2016 that I read in 2016 or 2017. Backlist is anything t I read after 2017.

Same notes for mysteries as for fantasies. 2016 ended up being a rough year, and I cut back on new books at the end of that year.

Frontlist

• When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #11) 8.5/10
• As Death Draws Near by Anna Lee Huber (Lady Darby #5) 8/10
• Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli: A Voice in the Night #20 (2012/2016) 8/10, Montalbano’s First Case and Other Stories (2008/ 2016) 8/10
• London Gambit by Tracy Grant (Malcom & Suzanne Rannoch) 8/10

I’m current on the Lady Darby series, and did read the final Inspector Montalbano book. I listened to a lot of the Sebastian St. Cyr series in 2024, but needed to take a break after reading (listening) to 18 books in a row, and really need to get caught up there.

The Malcom & Suzanne Rannoch series fell off for a couple of reasons–one, it didn’t have a regular publishing schedule so I missed a lot of books when they came out, and secondly, the stories are all closely linked, so a couple years had passed, I felt like I needed to reread the previous books to get caught up and… that didn’t happen.

Backlist

• Model Bodyguard by Lissa Kasey (Haven Investigations #2) 8.5/10
• A Geek Girl’s Guide to Arsenic and A Geek Girl’s Guide to Justice by Julie Anne Lindsey 8/10

What is interesting about these two series is how surprised I am at how highly I rated these books. I’m not saying they were bad, because I remember that I tore through the Haven Investigations series. It’s simply that I haven’t felt a pull to reread either series, which is a bit unusual for books I enjoyed so much.

Unlike the fantasy books published in 2016, there isn’t much here that really stands out in my memory, aside from the Montalbano series, and that was in part because he was ninety, so I knew that series was going to be ending sooner rather than later.