Comics

I really need to get new reading glasses so I can get back to reading comics on a regular basis.

Read in 2015 or 2016

Black Widow: Vol 1: The Finely Woven Thread (2015), Vol. 2: The Tightly Tangled Web (2015), Vol. 3: Last Days (2015)

Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto (2015 favorite) (Marvel Superhero) [Avg Rating: 8.3]

I enjoyed the Black Widow comics, especially because they were readable without knowing all the backstory and what happened elsewhere in the Marvel Universe.

Fables Vol. 21: Happily Ever After (2015), Fables Vol. 22: Farewell (2015)

Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, and Andrew Pepoy (Urban Fantasy/Folktale)

These were the last two volumes of the Fables series, which I loved. I really need to go back and reread the whole thing.

Read 2017-2020

Lady Mechanika: Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse (2015)

Joe Benitez, Peter Steigerwald (1/8 – ongoing) [Rating: 7.5] (Steampunk)

I love this series and back the new volumes on kickstarter.

Valor: Swords (2015) edited by Isabelle Melançon and Megan Lavey-Heaton

[Rating: 8.5] (Fantasy/Adventure)

This is a middle-grade / YA comic of female-focused folk & fairy tale-type stories.

Series

Looking at some of the series I dropped off reading, and some of the synopses of recent books, maybe I’m ok not going back to revisit those worlds.

Read in 2015 or 2016

Dark Ascension (2015) M. L. Brennan

(Generation V #4/4) [Rating: 7] (Urban Fantasy)

A different take on the vampire mythos with lots of other folklore sprinkled in. I need to reread this series.

Deadly Spells (2015) Jaye Wells

(Prospero’s War #3/4) [Rating: 7] (Supernatural Mystery)

Magic cops, which is a favorite subgenre of mine.

Falling in Love (2015) Donna Leon

(Commisario Brunetti #24/33) [Rating: 7.5] (Mystery)

Set in Venice, it’s almost a police cozy, and the city is the reason I keep reading.

A Red-Rose Chain (2015) Seanan McGuire

(Toby Daye #9/19 -ongoing) [Rating: 7] (Urban Fantasy)

I fell off reading this series, and keep meaning to start up again, but that’s a lot of catch-up, the they synopses of the last couple of books look really depressing.

Pocket Apocalypse (2015) Seanan McGuire

(InCryptid #4/15 -ongoing) [Rating: 7] (Urban Fantasy)

This series changes main characters as it goes along, and at some point I didn’t care as much for the characters and dropped off.

Bound by Flames (2015) Jeaniene Frost

(Night Prince #3/4) [Rating: 7] (Supernatural Romance)

Vlad the Impaler. The story pulled me in and didn’t stop, but when I’d finish there’d be a lot of things that bothered me.

The Dark Side of The Road (2015) Simon R. Green

(Ishmael Jones #1/11) [Rating: 8] (Supernatural Mystery)

Another series where I fell off and restarting is a bit daunting. As always. his humor is what I enjoy most.

Read 2017-2021

Kitty Saves the World (2015) Carrie Vaughn

(Kitty Norville #14/16) [Rating: 8] (Urban Fantasy)

This is actually the last book in Kitty’s story arc. The later two books are about secondary characters. This is a series where I love the world building, and she has lots of excellent short stories set in this world, a couple of which are favorites.

Magic Shifts (2015) Ilona Andrews

(Kate Daniels # 8/10) [Rating: 8] (Urban Fantasy)

Another series I fell off reading, because the stories shifted from stand-alone urban fantasy to more epic fantasy where nothing is every really tied up at the end of the book.

A Pattern of Lies  (2015) Charles Todd

(Bess Crawford #7/13) [Avg rating: 6.25] (Historical Mystery)

I like this series, but my habit of reading the books in a series one after the other doesn’t work here, so I’ll read a book and then forget to come back to it and then I have to start all over.

Vision In Silver (2015) Anne Bishop

(The Others #3/5) [Rating: 7] (Fantasy)

More of an alternate reality than urban fantasy. I like the world building but somehow I fell off reading the series.

A Geek Girl’s Guide to Murder (2015) Julie Anne Lindsey

(#1/3) [Rating: 7.5] (Mystery)

Geek girl cozy mystery series.

The Mermaid Murders (2015) Josh Lanyon

(The Art of Murder #1/5) (Queer Mystery) [Rating: 8]

Procedural with on-again off-again romance.

Model Citizen (2015) Lissa Kasey

(Haven Investigations #1/4) (Queer Mystery) [Rating: 8]

These books have pretty much all the trigger warnings, yet they pulled me in and wouldn’t let go. What sticks out most to me is the realistic portrayal of concussion.

The Rest (2017-2022)

These are stand-alones or books that can be read outside of their series.

A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie (2015) Kathryn Harkup

[Rating: 8.5] (Non-Fiction)

Agatha Christie, science, and murder. Perfect.

Good Enough to Eat (2015) Alison Grey & Jae

(Queer Fantasy Romance) [Rating: 7]

This was a fun story that I will probably reread at some point.

The Rogue Not Taken (2015) Sarah MacLean

[Rating: 6.5] (Historical Romance)

I tend to enjoy the first books in her series, but end up getting annoyed at a character or plot in some later book.

You’re the Earl That I Want  (2015) Kelly Bowen

[Rating: 7.5] (Historical Romance)

I remember absolutely nothing about this book.

Getting It Right (2015) A.M. Arthur

[Rating: 8.5] (Queer Romance)

Another book with all the trigger warnings. The story stuck with me, and I want to reread it and read other books in this series, but… all the trigger warnings is too much for my mental state these days.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2015) Becky Chambers

(Wayfarers #1) (Science Fiction)

This is a favorite of so many people, and I get why, but I read it when what I really wanted was more Murderbot, and that’s not what this is.