Surprise. It’s November.<\/p>\n
Lots of re-reads this month, but plenty of new books as well, and some very good books that were not re-reads.<\/p>\n
I loved Layla Reyne’s Agents Irish and Whiskey series, starting with Single Malt<\/em><\/a>, despite the fact that it had tropes that I really dislike, including a romance between law enforcement partners, a secret off-the-books investigation, and one person committed to the romance and the other… not. Why did it work for me? First and foremost because of Aidan. It had been less than a year since his husband was killed, so he was still processing his grief and afraid to care for someone who might get killed in the line of duty. But also because Jamie was a delight. He was a thorough geek AND an amazing athlete and a good person. And the mysteries were good and there were repercussions for not following the rules. Excellent!<\/p>\n I finished the last (?) Snow & Winter book, The Mystery of the Bones<\/em><\/a> by C.S. Poe<\/a> which was an interesting mystery and the romance was good as well.<\/p>\n I’m re-reading Patricia Briggs<\/a>‘s Alpha & Omega series, which has some of my favorite secondary characters in the Mercy-verse (Asil).<\/p>\n So what did I read? Quite a variety. (Note that the LGBT books are also boinking books.)<\/p>\n Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n At Your Service<\/em><\/a> (2018) Sandra Antonelli (Rating: 8\/10)<\/p>\n Mystery, Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n Lord John and the Private Matter<\/em><\/a> (2003) Diana Gabaldon<\/a> (Lord John) (Rating: 8\/10)<\/p>\n Mystery, LGBT<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mystery of the Bones<\/em><\/a> (2019) C.S. Poe<\/a> (Rating: 8.5\/10) (Snow & Winter) Romance, Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n The Work of Art<\/em><\/a> (2019) Mimi Matthews<\/a> (Rating: 7.5\/10) Romance, LGBT<\/strong><\/p>\n Riven<\/em><\/a> (2018) Roan Parrish (Rating: 7.5\/10) Fantasy, Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n Gunpowder Alchemy<\/em><\/a> (2014) Jeannie Lin (Rating: 6\/10) (The Gunpowder Chronicles)<\/p>\n Fantasy, LGBT<\/strong><\/p>\n Mainly by Moonlight<\/em><\/a> (2019) Josh Lanyon<\/a> (Rating: 6\/10) (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)<\/p>\n Fantasy, Supernatural <\/strong><\/p>\n Alpha & Omega And now THE STATS!<\/p>\n All ebooks this month. I’ve been listening to podcasts instead of audio books. And just under half the books were re-reads, because I finished a series I really liked and then was stumped for what to read next.<\/p>\n eBook: 18 Mostly mystery and romance, and half of those were boinking books. But almost half were fantasies, so not that far off from normal.<\/p>\n Fantasy: 6 No books written by guys this month. Male authors are at only 38% this year, so I don’t think they’re going to catch up.<\/p>\n Female: 14 And the character breakdown. More than half the books had make protagonists (because M\/M romances) and although almost all the books had one white main character, there were plenty of minorities as the other primary character and secondary characters. <\/p>\n Male: 9 And that’s what I read in October. Did you read anything excellent recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Surprise. It’s November. Lots of re-reads this month, but plenty of new books as well, and some very good books that were not re-reads. 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\nAgents Irish and Whiskey
\nSingle Malt<\/em><\/a> (2017) Layla Reyne (Rating: 8.5\/10)
\nCask Strength<\/em><\/a> (2017) Layla Reyne (Rating: 8.5\/10)
\nBarrel Proof<\/em><\/a> (2017) Layla Reyne (Rating: 9\/10)
\nHolmes & Moriarity
\nSomebody Killed His Editor<\/em> (2009) Josh Lanyon<\/a> (Rating: 7\/10)
\nAll She Wrote<\/em><\/a> (2010) Josh Lanyon<\/a> (Rating: 7.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nA Convenient Fiction<\/em><\/a> (2019) Mimi Matthews<\/a> (Rating: 6\/10) (Parish Orphans of Devon)<\/p>\n
\nA Duke in Disguise<\/em><\/a> (2019) Cat Sebastian<\/a> (Rating: 5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nAlpha and Omega<\/em><\/a> (2008) Patricia Briggs<\/a> (Rating: 8\/10)
\nCry Wolf<\/em><\/a> (2008) Patricia Briggs<\/a> (Rating: 8\/10)
\nHunting Ground<\/em><\/a> (2009) Patricia Briggs<\/a> (Rating: 8.5\/10)
\nFair Game<\/em><\/a> (2012) Patricia Briggs<\/a> (Rating: 8.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nMultiple Formats: 4
\nRe-read: 7<\/p>\n
\nMystery: 12
\nRomance: 16
\nBoinking: 7<\/p>\n
\nInitials: 1
\nMale Pseudonym: 3<\/p>\n
\nFemale: 8
\nEnsemble: 1
\nWhite: 17
\nMinority: 7
\nMinority 2ndary: 5
\nStraight: 8
\nLGBTQ: 10
\nLGBTQ 2ndary: 1<\/p>\n