Monday, January 2, 2023
The Books of December
Since several of these books ended up in my best of the year posts, and some others I don’t feel like commenting on right now, here we have the books of December.
Fantasy
Blitz (2022) Daniel O’Malley (The Checquy Files) 9/10
Paranormal Bromance (2014) Carrie Vaughn 8.5/10
Posthumous Education (2022) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant) 8.5/10
Romance
Make a Scene (2020) Mimi Grace 7/10
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care (2022) Ashley Herring Blake (Bright Falls)
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1964) 9/10
Superintendent Battle: The Secret of Chimneys (1925), The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) 7/10
All Lessons Learned (2018) Charlie Cochrane (Cambridge Fellows) 6/10
Wonton Terror (2019) Vivien Chien (A Noodle Shop Mystery) 5/10
Audio Books
Shadow Police series by Paul Cornell narrated by Damian Lynch
The Severed Streets, Audio Edition (2015) 9/10, Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? Audio Edition (2016) 9/10
Murderbot series by Martha Wells narrated by Kevin R. Free
All Systems Red, Audio Edition (2017) 9.5/10, Artificial Condition, Audio Edition (2018) 9.5/10, Rogue Protocol, Audio Edition (2018) 9.5/10, Exit Strategy, Audio Edition (2018) 9.5/10
Non-Fiction
Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism (2018) Autistic Self Advocacy Network 9/10
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation (2021) Eric Garcia 8.5/10
Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism (2018) edited by Barb Cook & Michelle Garnett 8/10
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD: Proven Strategies to Succeed at Work, at Home, and in Relationships. (2021) Russell A. Barkley and Christine M. Benton 7/10
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism (2015) Barry M. Prizant