Between rain and staying home with His Furriness his final weeks, and some much needed down time at the end of the month, I got a lot of reading done this month.<\/p>\n
And some of it was even NEW books!<\/p>\n
One of my favorite books this month was a re-read. In fact, I specifically picked it up because I knew it would immediately pull me in.<\/p>\n
Countess Conspiracy<\/a> by Courtney Milan<\/a> is one of my favorite books, even though it has boinking. The main character in this historical romance is a scientist. I mean, right there, what is not to love? From the same series was also The Suffragette Scandal<\/a>. Actually, all the books in the series are very good, they just aren’t as perfect as The Countess Conspiracy<\/em>. Also excellent is The Brimstone Deception<\/a> by Lisa Shearin<\/a>, which is another addition to her SPI files. If you’d like a change from heroines with supernatural ass-kicking powers, here is a heroine who is glad to stay out of the way when going into dangerous situations, because she knows others are better able than her to handle things. Mind you, I like heroines who kick butt, but this is a very nice change of pace.<\/p>\n And as a whole, I also recommend Anna Lee Huber’s Lady Darby series. She is the widow of an anatomist, and what her husband forced her to do gave her a unique set of skills she learns to use to help solve murders. I like the historical setting and the main characters, and although there is a romance brewing between the main characters, they have very real issues to work out (as opposed to manufactured issues, like SOME mysteries (ahem)) and those issues do a very good job of reminding us just how different the past was (and how glad I am to live in the future).<\/p>\n Historical Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n The Brothers Sinister The Turner Family Historical Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n Lady Darby Lady Emily Supernatural Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n The SPI Files This month I read 16 books, with six of those being re-reads. (Although they were mostly earlier books in a series where I wanted to go back before reading new-to-me books.)<\/p>\n Genre-wise, it was 10 mysteries, 6 romances, and one supernatural fantasy.<\/p>\n Gender-wise, no male authors made an appearance this month, so for the year, it’s 77% female authors. I expect this rate to change, but perhaps not until I finish my Courtney Milan kick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Between rain and staying home with His Furriness his final weeks, and some much needed down time at the end of the month, I got a lot of reading done this month. And some of it was even NEW books! One of my favorite books this month was a re-read. In fact, I specifically picked […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12723","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-3jd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723","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=12723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n The Duchess War<\/a> (2012) Courtney Milan<\/a> (8.5\/10)
\n A Kiss for Midwinter<\/a> (2012) Courtney Milan<\/a> (8.5\/10)
\n The Heiress Effect<\/a> (2013) Courtney Milan<\/a> (8.5\/10)
\n The Countess Conspiracy<\/a> (2013) Courtney Milan<\/a> (10\/10)
\n The Suffragette Scandal<\/a> (2014) Courtney Milan<\/a> (9\/10)<\/p>\n
\n Once Upon a Marquess<\/a> (2015) Courtney Milan<\/a> (8\/10)<\/p>\n
\n The Anatomist\u2019s Wife<\/a> (2012) Anna Lee Huber (6.5\/10)
\n Mortal Arts<\/a> (2013) Anna Lee Huber \u00a0(8\/10)
\n A Grave Matter<\/a> (2014) Anna Lee Huber \u00a0(8\/10)
\n A Study in Death<\/a> (2015) Anna Lee Huber \u00a0(8\/10)<\/p>\n
\n And Only to Deceive<\/a> (2005) Tasha Alexander<\/a> (7.5\/10)
\n A Poisoned Season<\/a> (2007) Tasha Alexander<\/a> (7\/10)
\n A Fatal Waltz<\/a> (2008) Tasha Alexander<\/a> (7\/10)
\n Tears of Pearl<\/a> (2009) Tasha Alexander<\/a> (6\/10)
\n Dangerous to Know<\/a> (2010) Tasha Alexander<\/a> (6\/10)<\/p>\n
\n The Brimstone Deception<\/a> (2016) Lisa Shearin<\/a> (9\/10)<\/p>\n