Between the seemingly never-ending rain, and a bout of anxiety/depression, I read a LOT of books in May. 18 books in fact, my second highest month so far this year.

The best book of the month was Witches of Lychford a novella by Paul Cornell (10/10). Main characters were female, one of the women was elderly, the others were middle aged, and there was great dialogue. I also really enjoyed London Gambit by Tracy Grant (8/10), which is the latest book in the Malcolm & Suzanne Rannoch series.

Here are the books.

Supernatural Fantasy Novella

Witches of Lychford (2015) Paul Cornell (10/10)

Historical Mystery

Malcolm & Suzanne Rannoch
London Gambit (2016) Tracy Grant (8/10)
Lady Darby
A Pressing Engagement (2016) Anna Lee Huber (6/10)
A Talent for Trickery (2015) Alissa Johnson (7/10)

Supernatural Fantasy

Jane Yellowrock
Shadow Rites (2016) Faith Hunter (8/10)
Mercy Thompson
Moon Called (2006) Patricia Briggs (8.5/10)
Blood Bound (2007) Patricia Briggs (8/10)
Iron Kissed (2008) Patricia Briggs (8/10)
Bone Crossed (2009) Patricia Briggs
Silver Borne (2010) Patricia Briggs
River Marked (2011) Patricia Briggs
Frost Burned (2013) Patricia Briggs
Night Broken (2014) Patricia Briggs
Fire Touched (2016) Patricia Briggs
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson (2014) Patricia Briggs

Alpha & Omega
Hunting Ground (2009) Patricia Briggs
Fair Game (2012) Patricia Briggs
Dead Heat (2015) Patricia Briggs

All of the books I read this book were ebooks.

Because of the bout of anxiety, there were a lot of re-reads this month. 13 re-reads in fact, and about half of those are books I first bought as trade paperbacks and then purchased again as ebooks.

Genre-wise, it was mostly fantasy, since I re-read the entire Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega series.

Fantasy : 15
Mystery : 3
Romance : 2

17 of the books were written by female authors, making it 88% female authors this year. (Making this, so far, the opposite of the year I read every single published Spenser mystery when I had the flu.)