Lots of historicals this month, both romances (!) and mysteries. Just in the mood for something different I suppose.<\/p>\n
Fifteen books in August, bringing me to a total of 120 for the year so far.<\/p>\n
The best books of the month: Fantasy, Supernatural<\/strong><\/p>\n Kitty\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/a> (2011) Carrie Vaughn (9\/10) Mystery, Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n Flavia deLuce Romance, Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n Lord and Lady Spy<\/a> (2011) Shana Galen (3\/10) Audio Books<\/strong><\/p>\n Skinwalker (Audio Version)<\/a> (2009\/2010) Faith Hunter<\/a> narrated by Khristine Hvam (8\/10)<\/p>\n So, now my favorite part! The stats!<\/p>\n 8 re-reads this month, three of which I have in multiple formats. So the publishing industry isn’t losing much, even though I try to pay no more than $3 for a book I already own in paper.<\/p>\n Paperback: 1 Lots of romance this month, and lots of mysteries. Almost all of which were historicals. Sometimes, you just need to put your mind in a different time period.<\/p>\n Fantasy: 6 And all those romance novels mean that I read a LOT of female authors this month.<\/p>\n Male: 1 For the year, the percentage of mail authors I’ve read is down to 35%. Of course, the first two books of September were both by male authors, so I’m still getting some variety in my diet.<\/p>\n But really, I can’t recommend The Countess Conspiracy<\/em> enough. It’s all geeky and marvelous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lots of historicals this month, both romances (!) and mysteries. Just in the mood for something different I suppose. Fifteen books in August, bringing me to a total of 120 for the year so far. The best books of the month: The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan was FABULOUS. Seriously, I can’t say enough good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-35Y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Countess Conspiracy<\/a> by Courtney Milan was FABULOUS. Seriously, I can’t say enough good things about this story. You should go read it now.
\nKitty\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/em> by Carrie Vaughn I always seem to forget how good Carrie Vaughn is with short stories, until I read one, and then I want to read more.<\/p>\n
\nJane Yellowrock
\nCat Tales: Four Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock<\/a> (2011) Faith Hunter<\/a> (7\/10)
\nHave Stakes Will Travel: Stories From the World of Jane Yellowrock<\/a> (2012) Faith Hunter<\/a> (8.5\/10)
\nJane Yellowrock World Companion<\/a> (2013) Faith Hunter<\/a> (7\/10)
\nBlack Arts<\/a> (2014) Faith Hunter<\/a> (8.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nI Am Half-Sick of Shadows<\/a> (2011) Alan Bradley (7\/10)
\nLady Emily
\nA Poisoned Season<\/a> (2007) Tasha Alexander<\/a> (7\/10)
\nA Fatal Waltz<\/a> (2008) Tasha Alexander<\/a> (7\/10)
\nLady Julia Grey
\nSilent on the Moor<\/a> (2009) Deanna Raybourn<\/a> (6.5\/10)
\nMalcom & Suzanne Rannoch
\nThe Paris Affair<\/a> (2013) Teresa Grant (7\/10)<\/p>\n
\nThe Brothers Sinister
\nThe Duchess War<\/a> (2012) Courtney Milan (7\/10)
\nThe Heiress Effect<\/a> (2013) Courtney Milan (8\/10)
\nThe Countess Conspiracy<\/a> (2013) Courtney Milan (9\/10)<\/p>\n
\nTrade Paperback: 1
\neBook: 13
\nAudio: 1<\/p>\n
\nMystery: 9
\nRomance: 8
\nAnthology: 1<\/p>\n
\nFemale: 14<\/p>\n