It’s time for the books of June! We started repainting the (inside of the) house, so that ate up a fair amount of time. And then the month ended with hanging out with small people, so less reading than previous months (but still not shabby).<\/p>\n
Some of the better books I read were Dreams Underfoot<\/em> by Charles de Lint, which is the first Newford anthology. And I particularly liked The Ruin of a Rake<\/em> by Cat Sebastian which is the sequel to The Lawrence Browne Affair<\/em> and one of the heroes was a rather unlikable prig when he made his appearance in that book, so it gets kudos for changing my mind about him. (Cat Sebastian writes M\/M historicals, so they’re NOT for everyone, but I quite like the twist that gives to the relationship, in that the men have to trust each other to some degree, and a long term relationship is never expected, since the relationship was illegal.)<\/p>\n Fantasy, Urban<\/strong><\/p>\n Dreams Underfoot<\/em><\/a> (1993) Charles de Lint<\/a> Rating: 8.5\/10<\/em><\/p>\n Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery<\/strong><\/p>\n By the Sword<\/em><\/a> (1991) Mercedes Lackey<\/a> \u00a0Rating: 8\/10<\/em><\/p>\n Historical Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n Lady Helena Investigates<\/em><\/a> (2018) Jane Steen \u00a0Rating: 8\/10<\/em> Historical Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lawrence Browne Affair<\/em><\/a> (2017) Cat Sebastian<\/a> Rating: 8\/10<\/em> Audio Books<\/strong><\/p>\n Mercy Thompson And now: THE STATS!!!!!<\/p>\n Of the 11 books I finished (no matter what percent I complete, a DNF doesn’t count) it was split pretty evenly between e books and audio books. Lots of listening while painting the house. And lots of re-reads (unsurprising with 5 audio books).<\/p>\n eBook: 6 Split mostly between fantasy and romance this month (remember, books can fall into multiple categories, so there were romances with fantasy elements)<\/p>\n Fantasy: 7 Male authors fell way behind in June, dropping them to 31% for the year.<\/p>\n Male: 1 It’s time for the books of June! We started repainting the (inside of the) house, so that ate up a fair amount of time. And then the month ended with hanging out with small people, so less reading than previous months (but still not shabby). Some of the better books I read were Dreams Underfoot […]<\/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-14427","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-3KH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14427","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=14427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em><\/strong>The Service of the Dead<\/em><\/a> (2016) Candace Robb<\/a> Rating: 7\/10<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>DNF: A Lady in the Smoke<\/em><\/a> (2016) Karen Odden DNF<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong>The Ruin of a Rake<\/em><\/a> (2017) Cat Sebastian<\/a> Rating: 8.5\/10<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBlood Bound, Audio Edition<\/em><\/a> (2007\/2009) Patricia Briggs<\/a> narrated by Lorelei King Rating: 7\/10
\nIron Kissed, Audio Version<\/em><\/a> (2008) Patricia Briggs<\/a>
\nBone Crossed, Audible Edition<\/em><\/a> (2009) Patricia Briggs<\/a> narrated by Lorelei King Rating: 8\/10<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Alpha & Omega
\n<\/strong>Cry Wolf, Audible Edition<\/em><\/a> (2008) Patricia Briggs<\/a> narrated by Holter Graham \u00a0Rating: 8\/10<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Hunting Ground, Audible Edition<\/em><\/a> (2009) Patricia Briggs<\/a> narrated by Holter Graham Rating: 8\/10<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAudio: 5
\nMultiple Formats: 2
\nRe-read: 7<\/p>\n
\nMystery: 2
\nRomance: 6<\/p>\n
\nFemale: 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"