Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The Books of November
And now…. the books of November!
Again, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith’s reading of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series was again spot-on perfect, with Whispers Under Ground. I adore listening to this series so very much.
Also very good was Henning Mankell’s The Troubled Man, the 10th Kurt Wallander book. Be aware this is as much about Kurt Wallander as it is a mystery, but those parts are what were so very good.
I also really like Tracy Grant’s Charles & Melanie Frasier series, which is also the Malcom & Suzanne Rannoch series (I believe it had to do with publishers), and the books are not written/published in chronological order. But they are chock full of intrigue.
Mystery
The Troubled Man (2009/2011) Henning Mankell translated by Laurie Thompson (9/10)
Outrage (2008/2011) Arnaldur Indridason translated by Anna Yates (8.5/10)
Mystery, Historical
Beneath a Silent Moon (2003) Tracy Grant (8.5/10)
The Mask of Night (2011) Tracy Grant (8.5/10)
Fantasy, Supernatural
Fair Game (2012) Patricia Briggs (9/10)
Eternal: Shadow Falls: After Dark (2014) C.C. Hunter (8.5/10)
Night Shift (2014) Nalini Singh; Ilona Andrews; Lisa Shearin; Milla Vane (8/10)
Broken Soul (2014) Faith Hunter (7/10)
Graphic Novels
Fables Vol. 20: Camelot (2014) Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Russ Braun, Barry Kitson (8/10)
Fairest Vol. 4: Cinderella: Of Men and Mice (2014) Mark Andreyko, Shawn McManus (7/10)
Romance, Historical
A Study in Seduction (2012) Nina Rowan (7/10)
Audio Books
Whispers Under Ground, Audible Version (2012/2012) Ben Aaronovitch narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (10/10)
Blood Cross, Audible Version (2010/2010) Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam (8.5/10)
I read 13 books this year, so that’s 155 so far for the year. Probably break last year’s total, but that is still quite a number of books.
Paperback 1
Trade Paperback 2
eBook 8
Audio 2
Multiple Formats 2
Re-read 3
As always, ebooks are far and away beating paper books.
Fantasy and mystery were pretty evenly split this month, but I did get in two comics.
Fantasy 6
Mystery 5
Romance 3
Comic 2
And female authors are continuing to lead male authors. Hooray!
Male 3
Female 7
Anthology 3