{"id":11596,"date":"2014-05-02T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=11596"},"modified":"2020-06-08T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:55:01","slug":"the-month-in-reading-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/11596","title":{"rendered":"The Month in Reading: April"},"content":{"rendered":"

As projected, we had a lot of cold weather and rain in April, so I ended up reading a lot. Which is perfectly fine with me, though I would have enjoyed more hikes.<\/p>\n

Science<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012<\/a> (2012) Edited by Dan Ariely and Tim Folger (9\/10)<\/p>\n

Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miss Buncle\u2019s Book<\/a> (1936) D. E. Stevenson (8.5\/10)
\nA Red Herring Without Mustard<\/a> (2011) Alan Bradley<\/a> (7\/10)
\nThe Golden Egg<\/a> (2013) Donna Leon<\/a> (6\/10)
\nThe Lighthearted Quest<\/a> (1956) Ann Bridge (5\/10)<\/p>\n

Fantasy \/ YA<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Raven Boys<\/a> (2012) Maggie Stiefvater
\n<\/a>The Dream Thieves<\/a> (2013) Maggie Stiefvater<\/a> (9\/10)
\nThe Dark Heroine: Dinner with a Vampire<\/a> (2012) Abigail Gibbs<\/a> (7\/10)
\nGirl of Nightmares<\/a> (2012) Kendare Blake<\/a> (5\/10)<\/p>\n

Audio<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Raven Boys: Audible Version<\/a> (2012) written by Maggie Stiefvater<\/a> and narrated by Will Patton (7\/10)
\nLast Watch<\/a> (\/2010) by Sergei Lukyanenko<\/a> translated by Andrew Bromfield and narrated by Paul Michael (7\/10)<\/p>\n

Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n

London Falling<\/a> (2013) Paul Cornell<\/a> (9\/10)
\nThe InCryptid Short Stories: Jonathan Healy and Frances Brown<\/a> (2013\/2014) Seanan McGuire<\/a> (8\/10)
\nThe Shambling Guide to New York City<\/a> (2013) Mur Lafferty<\/a> (7.5\/10)
\nBlack Magic Woman<\/a> (2008) Justin Gustainis<\/a> (7\/10)
\nHalf-Off Ragnarok<\/a> (2014) Seanan McGuire<\/a> (6\/10)<\/p>\n

The books I especially enjoyed this month were:
\nThe Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012<\/a> (2012) Edited by Dan Ariely and Tim Folger
\nLondon Falling<\/a> (2013) Paul Cornell<\/a>
\nThe Dream Thieves<\/a> (2013) Maggie Stiefvater<\/a> <\/p>\n

Apparently, I held no paper books in the entire month of April–everything was audio or eBook. Which is fine, but feels rather odd in retrospect.<\/p>\n

Both the audio books were of books I’d read previously (which is my preference, as strange as that may seem). But otherwise I managed to cut back on my re-reads. Not that there’s anything wrong with re-reading a book. I just have so many other books I haven’t read, I start to feel bad for the ignored books.<\/p>\n

Lots of fantasy this month, though several of the fantasies were also mysteries. And I finally finished the non-fiction book I’d been reading for months. It was fabulous–far and away the best book I read all month. If you at all like science writing, I highly recommend The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012<\/a>–I actually, I’ve enjoyed all the ones I’ve read in this lineup.<\/p>\n

I’ve swung back to reading more female authors, which has dropped the percent of mail authors down below 50% for the year. <\/p>\n

Now that it’s May, theoretically I’ll read fewer books and spend more time outside.<\/p>\n

We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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