{"id":12618,"date":"2015-12-07T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=12618"},"modified":"2020-06-08T14:48:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:48:15","slug":"the-books-of-november-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/12618","title":{"rendered":"The Books of November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now (just a little late) the books of November! (AKA, finishing off the Commissario Brunetti series!)<\/p>\n<p>You can tell the weather has cooled (and has contained a fair amount of rain) as I have read more this month than I had since January: 18 books for the month.<\/p>\n<p>Most of them were re-reads (12) and most of them I had in multiple formats (10) but there were some new reads in there&#8211;most of which had actually been published THIS YEAR!<\/p>\n<p>My favorite book in November was <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5509\">Black Widow Volume 1: <em>The  Finely Woven Thread<\/em><\/a>. That was marvelous, and I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic Novel<\/strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5509\">Black Widow Volume 1: <em>The  Finely Woven Thread<\/em><\/a> (2015) Nathan Edmondson and Phil  Noto (9\/10)<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5506\">A-Force Presents Vol. 1<\/a> (2015) by G. Willow Wilson, Nathan Edmondson, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Jason Aaron,  Phil Noto, David Lopez, Adrian Alphona, Russell Dauterman (8.5\/10)<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5503\">Mercy Thompson: <em>Hopcross Jilly<\/em><\/a> (2015) Patricia Briggs and Tom Garcia (7\/10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fantasy,  Supernatural<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5542\"><em>A Red-Rose Chain<\/em><\/a> (2015)  <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/mcguire_seanan.php\">Seanan McGuire<\/a> (7\/10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mystery<\/strong><br \/>\n    <strong>Commisario Brunetti<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5539\"><em>Falling in Love<\/em><\/a> (2015) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (7.5\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5536\"><em>By its Cover<\/em><\/a> (2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8.5\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5533\"><em>The Golden Egg<\/em><\/a> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5530\"><em>Beastly Things<\/em><\/a> (2012) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5523\"><em>Drawing Conclusions<\/em><\/a> (2011) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5521\"><em>A Question of Belief<\/em><\/a> (2010) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5500\"><em>About Face<\/em><\/a> (2009) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5497\"><em>The Girl of His Dreams<\/em><\/a> (2008) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (7\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5494\"><em>Suffer the Little Children<\/em><\/a> (2007) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5491\"><em>Through a Glass, Darkly<\/em><\/a> (2006) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (7.5\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5488\"><em>Blood from a Stone<\/em><\/a> (2005) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8.5\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5485\"><em>Doctored Evidence<\/em><\/a> (2004) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (7.5\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5481\"><em>Uniform Justice<\/em><\/a> (2003) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (7\/10)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5477\"><em>Willful Behavior<\/em><\/a> (2002) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/leond.php\">Donna Leon<\/a> (8\/10)<\/p>\n<p>As for the breakdown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Paperback:  2<br \/>\nTrade Paperback:  3<br \/>\neBook:  12<br \/>\nHardback:  1<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy:  2<br \/>\nMystery: 14<br \/>\nComic:  3<\/p>\n<p>And for the gender break-down, 15 female authors and 3 anthologies (comics count as anthologies in my calculations). That makes only 26% of the books I&#8217;ve read so far this year written by male authors. Not too bad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And now (just a little late) the books of November! (AKA, finishing off the Commissario Brunetti series!) You can tell the weather has cooled (and has contained a fair amount of rain) as I have read more this month than I had since January: 18 books for the month. 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