The start of the month was for short stories–including finishing up anthologies I’d been reading for ages and ages.<\/p>\n
I read a lot of good books this month, including going back and re-reading a book I’d almost forgotten about.<\/p>\n
As for my favorite books of the month, let’s start with A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories<\/a> which was an anthology I picked up solely for the Patricia Briggs story. Which I’ve not read about five times, because I kept re-reading it when I’d flip past it or while on a Patricia Briggs reading bender. Not all the stories were for me, but in all it was a strong anthology.<\/p>\n I know I keep going on about Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older, but that’s because I really do love his writing. Ghost Girl in the Corner<\/a> is set following the events of Shadowshaper<\/a><\/em>, but follows Tee and her girlfriend Izzy. As expected, the teenage girls are all strong characters I enjoyed spending time with. Kudos again for that.<\/p>\n Ghosts in the Snow<\/a> is a good book, but it is extremely dark, and I’m not sure that I was in the mood for that much darkness, but if you like supernatural mysteries, then I do recommend it. As long as you’re aware that it’s dark.<\/p>\n The Peculiar Crimes Unit series is one I really do like, and when I realized I had the first book as an ebook, I set out to reread. Second book was also inexpensive, but the third? Well, that’s why I moved into another series. I’m waiting impatiently for that to go on sale. I’d like to note that Grandmom really enjoyed this series.<\/p>\n The other two mystery series are also very good–I’m re-reading the Inspector Erlendur series–but I can only read a couple Karin Fossum stories at a time, because they tend to be extremely depressing–two of the mysteries were about murdered children. The third was about a murdered teen. So small doses of that.<\/p>\n Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n Inspector Erlendur Supernatural Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n Ghosts in the Snow<\/a> (2004) Tamara Siler Jones<\/a><\/p>\n Fantasy Anthology<\/strong><\/p>\n Street Magicks<\/a> (2016) edited by Paula Guran<\/a> Fantasy Short Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n A Wolf in Holy Places<\/a> (2009) Nina Kiriki Hoffman<\/a> And now, the statistics! Huzzah!<\/p>\n 14 books this month, which is about average.<\/p>\n All ebooks this month (not a surprise), with 5 re-reads, three of which I have in paper. I would have continued on with Christopher Fowler’s series, but I’m not paying that much for a ecopy of a book I own in paper (and paid full price for at the time, I might add!).<\/p>\n eBook – 14 Genre, things were split pretty evenly between fantasy and mystery.<\/p>\n Fantasy – 7 As to author genre, it’s split pretty evenly between male and female authors this month.<\/p>\n Male – 5 And that’s it for this month! 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\nJar City<\/a> (2000\/2004) Arnaldur Indridason<\/a> translated by Bernard Scudder (8\/10)
\nSilence of the Grave<\/a> (2003\/2006) Arnaldur Indridason translated by Bernard Scudder (9\/10)
\nPeculiar Crimes Unit
\nFull Dark House<\/a> (2003) Christopher Fowler<\/a> (8\/10)
\nThe Water Room<\/a> (2004) Christopher Fowler (8\/10)
\nInspector Sejer
\nBlack Seconds<\/a> (2002\/2007) Karin Fossum<\/a> translated by Charlotte Barslund (8\/10)
\nThe Water\u2019s Edge<\/a> (2007\/2009) Karin Fossum translated Charlotte Barslund
\nBad Intentions<\/a> (2008\/2010) Karin Fossum translated by Charlotte Barslund<\/p>\n
\nBeyond the Pale: A Fantasy Anthology<\/a> (2014) edited by Henry Herz
\nA Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories<\/a> (2014) edited by Kevin J. Anderson<\/a> & Kieth J. Olexa (8\/10)<\/p>\n
\nBurnt Sugar<\/a> (2014) Lish McBride<\/a>
\nGhost Girl in the Corner<\/a> (2016) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older<\/a> (8\/10)<\/p>\n
\nMultiple Formats -3
\nRe-read -5<\/p>\n
\nMystery – 8
\nAnthology – 3<\/p>\n
\nFemale – 6
\nAnthology – 3<\/p>\n