{"id":12003,"date":"2014-12-31T18:50:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T23:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=12003"},"modified":"2020-06-08T14:48:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:48:54","slug":"the-books-of-december-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/12003","title":{"rendered":"The Books of December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And it&#8217;s the end of December, so time for the books I read this past month!<\/p>\n<p>Best books of the month were <em>Pawn of Prophecy<\/em> by David Eddings, which is an old favorite I have read many, many times. Fate\u2019s Edge by Ilona Andrews was another re-read of a book I loved.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s what I read:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Epic Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Belgariad<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5007\">Pawn of Prophecy<\/a><\/em> (1982) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/eddings.php\">David Eddings<\/a> (10\/10)<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5010\">Queen of Sorcery<\/a><\/em> (1982) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/eddings.php\">David Eddings<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5013\">Magician\u2019s Gambit<\/a><\/em> (1983) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/eddings.php\">David Eddings<\/a> (9\/10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supernatural Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Generation V<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4964\">Tainted Blood<\/a><\/em> (2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/brennan_ml.php\">M.L. Brennan<\/a> (7.5\/10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supernatural Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4990\">Burn for Me<\/a><\/em> (2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/andrewsi.php\">Ilona Andrews<\/a> (7\/10)<\/p>\n<p>The Edge<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4996\">On the Edge<\/a><\/em> (2009) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/andrewsi.php\">Ilona Andrews<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5000\">Bayou Moon<\/a><\/em> (2010) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/andrewsi.php\">Ilona Andrews<\/a> (7.5\/10)<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5003\">Fate\u2019s Edge<\/a><\/em> (2011) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/andrewsi.php\">Ilona Andrews<\/a> (9\/10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historical Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rules of Scoundrels<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4974\">A Rogue by Any Other Name<\/a><\/em> (2012) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/MacLean_Sarah.php\">Sarah MacLean<\/a> (7\/10)<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4978\">One Good Earl Deserves a Lover<\/a><\/em> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/MacLean_Sarah.php\">Sarah MacLean<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4982\">No Good Duke Goes Unpunished<\/a><\/em> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/MacLean_Sarah.php\">Sarah MacLean<\/a> (6\/10)<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4985\">Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover<\/a><\/em> (2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/MacLean_Sarah.php\">Sarah MacLean <\/a> (7\/10)<\/p>\n<p>Format-wise, I once again bought books I already owned in paperback, so I could re-read them.<\/p>\n<p>Paperback &#8211; 3<br \/>\neBook &#8211; 9<br \/>\nMultiple Formats &#8211; 3<br \/>\nRe-read &#8211; 6<\/p>\n<p>Very little variety in genre this month.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy &#8211; 8<br \/>\nRomance &#8211; 8<\/p>\n<p>And male authors made a slight comeback this month, but not enough to pull out of their slump.<\/p>\n<p>Male &#8211;  3<br \/>\nFemale &#8211;  3<br \/>\nInitials &#8211;  1<br \/>\nJoint &#8211;  4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And it&#8217;s the end of December, so time for the books I read this past month! Best books of the month were Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings, which is an old favorite I have read many, many times. Fate\u2019s Edge by Ilona Andrews was another re-read of a book I loved. And here&#8217;s what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12003","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-37B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12003","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=12003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}