Here we are! The BOOKS of OCTOBER! (How it is already November I truly don’t know.) I read a lot of books this month, what with all the rain. I have now read more books so far this year, than I did in any year previous. And the year isn’t done yet. (I’m averaging 20 books a month, which is a lot of reading, even for me.)<\/p>\n
I read some very good books, but also some bad books, including one that was so terribly edited I ended up disliking it even though the story was decent. <\/p>\n
But let’s talk about the good!<\/p>\n
Skipping the re-reads, I very much liked A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent<\/em> by Marie Brennan. It’s actually a YA, and I think if I’d known that I would have not put off reading it for so long. Shadowhouse Fall<\/em> by Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older came out this year, and although I didn’t enjoy it quite as much as the first, it is still good and highly recommended. Romance-wise, there were two books I particularly liked: Nearly a Lady<\/em> by Alissa Johnson and Delicious<\/em> by Sherry Thomas. Those were both fun historicals. And you should check out The Apple Lover\u2019s Cookbook<\/em> by Amy Traverso, since it is the time of year for apples. It’s part cookbook, part reference, part history of apple orchards and breeding.<\/p>\n Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n River of Stars<\/em><\/a> (2013) Guy Gavriel Kay<\/a> (9\/10)<\/strong> Urban Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n Child of a Rainless Year<\/em><\/a> (2005) Jane Lindskold<\/a> (9\/10) Historical Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n To Kingdom Come<\/em><\/a> (2005) Will Thomas<\/a> (7.5\/10) Historical Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n Nearly a Lady<\/em><\/a> (2011) Alissa Johnson<\/a> (9\/10) \u00a0<\/strong>Cookbooks<\/strong><\/p>\n The Apple Lover\u2019s Cookbook<\/em><\/a> (2011) Amy Traverso<\/a> (9\/10)<\/p>\n Audio Books<\/strong><\/p>\n Spenser So here is the breakdown.<\/p>\n Genre-wise I read a pretty wide variety this month. <\/p>\n Fantasy: 7 Technically, no paper books, although I did break down and buy a hardback copy of The Apple Lover\u2019s Cookbook<\/em><\/a>, because like comics, I prefer paper for reading\/using cookbooks. Five audio books (I’m not counting listening to the Shadow Police series in the car with Michael, because I just finished listening to those on my own. But I was tired of trying to get Michael to read them.) There were a lot of re-reads, because after a really good book, sometimes I like to fall back on an old favorite when I don’t know what else to read. Also, creating those best of\/favorites lists made me want to go back and read a LOT of books.<\/p>\n eBook: 14 Multiple Formats: 4 Gender breakdown was pretty even, 9 male authors and 10 female authors, so things are still running pretty evenly for the year.<\/p>\n And that’s what I read in October!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here we are! The BOOKS of OCTOBER! (How it is already November I truly don’t know.) I read a lot of books this month, what with all the rain. I have now read more books so far this year, than I did in any year previous. And the year isn’t done yet. (I’m averaging 20 […]<\/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-13686","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-3yK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13686","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=13686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent<\/em><\/a> (2013) Marie Brennan<\/a> (8.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nShadowhouse Fall<\/em><\/a> (2017) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older<\/a> \u00a0(8\/10)
\nA Long Day in Lychford<\/em><\/a> (2017) Paul Cornell<\/a> (7.5\/10)
\nVolatile Bonds<\/em><\/a> (2017) Jaye Wells<\/a> (5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nShinju<\/em><\/a> (1984) Laura Joh Rowland<\/a> (5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nDelicious<\/em><\/a> (2008) Sherry Thomas<\/a> (8.5\/10)
\nYou\u2019re the Earl That I Want<\/em><\/a> (2015) Kelly Bowen (7.5\/10)
\nThe Admiral\u2019s Penniless Bride<\/em><\/a> (2011) Carla Kelly<\/a> (6\/10)
\nThe Cryptographer<\/em><\/a> (2015) Alice Wallis-Eton<\/a> (4.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nA Catskill Eagle<\/em><\/a> (1985\/1986) Robert B Parker<\/a> narrated by Michael Prichard
\nTaming a Sea-Horse, Audio Edition<\/em><\/a> (986\/1987) Robert B Parker narrated by Michael Prichard
\nPale Kings and Princes, Audio Version<\/em><\/a> (1987\/1988) Robert B Parker narrated by Michael Prichard
\nCrimson Joy, Audio Version<\/em><\/a> (1988\/1999) Robert B Parker narrated by Michael Prichard
\nPlaymates<\/a><\/em>, Audio Version (1989\/1990) Robert B Parker narrated by Michael Prichard<\/p>\n
\nMystery: 8
\nRomance: 4
\nYA: 1
\nNon-Fiction: 1
\nCookbook: 1<\/p>\n
\nAudio: 5<\/p>\n
\nRe-read: 9<\/p>\n