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Sunday, January 5, 2014

The Books of December

Here are the books I read in December. Yes, I read mostly mysteries.

~ Mystery ~

Kurt Wallander
The Fifth Woman (1996/2000) Henning Mankell translated by Steven T. Murray (Rating: 9/10)

Inspector Erlendur
Silence of the Grave (2002/2005) Arnaldur Indridason translated by Bernard Scudder (Rating: 8/10)

Inspector Sejer
Don’t Look Back (1996/2002) Karin Fossum translated by Felicity David (Rating: 7/10)
He Who Fears the Wolf (1997/2003) Karin Fossum translated by Felicity David (Rating: 8.5/10)
When the Devil Holds the Candle (1998/2004) Karin Fossum translated by Felicity David (Rating: 3/10)

 

~ Supernatural Mystery ~

Detective Inspector Chen
Snake Agent (2005) Liz Williams (Rating: 8.5/10)
The Demon and the City (2006) Liz Williams (Rating 8.5/10)
Precious Dragon (2007) Liz Williams (Rating: 8.5/10)
The Shadow Pavilion (2009) Liz Williams (8/10)

 

~ Fantasy ~

Day Watch (Audio Version) (2006/2010) Sergei Lukyanenko and narrated by Paul Michael (Rating: 8.5/10)

 

~ Comics ~

Fables Vol. 19: Snow White (2013) Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham

 

~ Anthology ~

Kicking It  (2013) edited by Faith Hunter and Kalayna Price (Rating: 2/10)
I’d like to point out that several of the stories here were very good and worth searching out, but as a whole it was a very disappointing anthology.

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