{"id":15806,"date":"2020-06-02T19:27:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T23:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=15806"},"modified":"2020-06-08T19:06:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T23:06:33","slug":"the-books-of-may-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/15806","title":{"rendered":"The Books of May"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s June. And I’m once again recovering from a broken appendage, unable to hike or do any of the fun things one wants to do in the spring.<\/p>\n

\"Spellbound\"<\/a>In short: I read a lot again.<\/p>\n

Mysteries have always been comfort reads for me, and Agatha Christie<\/a>\u2019s Miss Marple series is the coziest most comforting read there is.<\/p>\n

Andrea Camilleri<\/a> died last year, so his Inspector Montalbano series is quickly drawing to a close. Although some of the most recent stories have been on the weaker side, I very much enjoyed The Safety Net<\/em><\/a> the most recent English publication.<\/p>\n

Slippery Creatures<\/em><\/a> is a new series by K.J. Charles<\/a> and I very much liked it. The Will Darling Adventures are set just after The Great War, which is a time period I really like reading about, since it balances between modern and what we traditionally think of as \u201chistorical\u201d.<\/p>\n

Of course this crappy time needs romance. I very much recommend Throwing Hearts<\/em><\/a> by N.R. Walker<\/a>, Love in 24 Frames<\/em><\/a> by C.S. Poe<\/a>, and the He\u2019s Come Undone: A Romance Anthology<\/em><\/a> by Emma Barry<\/a>, Olivia Dade<\/a>, Adriana Herrera<\/a>, Ruby Lang<\/a>, and Cat Sebastian<\/a>. Especially Throwing Hearts<\/em> because NR Walker writes the sweetest romances, with almost no angst at all AND this one had an sweet secondary romance.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>I finally read a bunch of the new supernatural fantasy releases that came out in the past several months. There was a backlog because I kept putting off reading the most recent Jane Yellowrock because I knew it was going to be dark and a hard read, which meant I then put off the others. But I finally got through them and of the lot The Immortal Conquistador<\/em><\/a> by Carrie Vaughn<\/a> was fantastic. It\u2019s the backstory of Rick the Vampire, and has one of my favorite short stories embedded in it. Smoke Bitten<\/em><\/a> by Patricia Briggs<\/a> is the latest Mercy Thompson book, and was also good and enjoyable.<\/p>\n

I read Joanna Chambers Capital Wolves Duet with Gentleman Wolf<\/em><\/a> and Master Wolf<\/em><\/a> and really liked them. There have been a lot of shifter and werewolf books in the past decade or so and fated-mates is a trope I really dislike. This book does werewolves AND mates extremely well. And the last historical was Allie Therin\u2019s Magic in Manhattan Spellbound<\/em><\/a> and Starcrossed<\/em><\/a> which was also set after The Great War and was an historical urban fantasy with a m\/m romance where the boinking was fade-to-black.<\/p>\n

Anyone got any amazing recommendations for me to escape the awfulness of the world right now?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Mystery, Police<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The Safety Net<\/em><\/a> (2017\/2020) Andrea Camilleri<\/a> (Inspector Montalbano) 8\/10<\/p>\n

Mystery, Cozy
\n<\/strong>
\nMiss Marple
\nThe Murder at the Vicarage<\/em><\/a> (1930) Agatha Christie<\/a> 7.5\/10
\nThe Body in the Library<\/em><\/a> (1942) Agatha Christie<\/a> 8\/10
\nMiss Marple: The Complete Short Stories<\/em><\/a> (1985) Agatha Christie<\/a> 9\/10
\nThe Moving Finger<\/em><\/a> (1943) Agatha Christie<\/a> 7.5\/10
\nA Murder Is Announced<\/em><\/a> (1950) Agatha Christie<\/a> 8\/10
\nThey Do It With Mirrors<\/em><\/a> (1952) Agatha Christie<\/a> 7.5\/10
\nA Pocket Full of Rye<\/em><\/a> (1953) Agatha Christie<\/a> Rating: 8\/10
\nApple Cider Slaying<\/em><\/a> (2019) Julie Anne Lindsey<\/a> (A Cider Shop Mystery) 7.5\/10
\nMurder in G Major<\/em><\/a> (2016) Alexia Gordon (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries) 7\/10
\nToo Big to Miss<\/em><\/a> (2006) Sue Ann Jaffarian (An Odelia Grey Mystery) 7\/10
\nThe Secret, Book, & Scone Society<\/em><\/a> (2017) Ellery Adams (Secret, Book, & Scone Society) 6\/10<\/p>\n

Graphic Novel
\n<\/strong>
\nHeathen: Volume 2<\/em><\/a> (2019) Natasha Alterici, Rachel Deering 7.5\/10<\/p>\n

\"Murder<\/a>Mystery, LGBT
\n<\/strong>
\nSlippery Creatures<\/em><\/a> (2020) K.J. Charles<\/a> (The Will Darling Adventures) 8\/10
\nPrinciples of Spookology<\/em><\/a> (2020) S.E. Harmon<\/a> (The Spectral Files) 7.5\/10<\/p>\n

Romance, LGBT
\n<\/strong>
\nThrowing Hearts<\/em><\/a> (2020) N.R. Walker<\/a> 8.5\/10
\nLove in 24 Frames<\/em><\/a> (2019) C.S. Poe<\/a> 8\/10
\nHis Grandfather\u2019s Watch<\/em><\/a> (2015) N.R. Walker<\/a> 7.5\/10
\nFive Dates<\/em><\/a> (2015) Amy Jo Cousins 7\/10<\/p>\n

Meet Cute Club<\/em><\/a> (2020) Jack Harbon (Sweet Rose) 6.5\/10<\/p>\n

Romance
\n<\/strong>
\nHe\u2019s Come Undone: A Romance Anthology<\/em><\/a> (2020) Emma Barry<\/a>, Olivia Dade<\/a>, Adriana Herrera<\/a>, Ruby Lang<\/a>, and Cat Sebastian<\/a> 8\/10<\/p>\n

Fantasy, Supernatural
\n<\/strong>
\nThe Immortal Conquistador<\/em><\/a> (2020) Carrie Vaughn<\/a> (Kitty Norville) 9\/10
\nSmoke Bitten<\/em><\/a> (2020) Patricia Briggs<\/a> (Mercy Thompson) 8.5\/10
\nShattered Bonds<\/em><\/a> (2019) Faith Hunter<\/a> (Jane Yellowrock) 7.5\/10
\nCapital Wolves Duet
\nGentleman Wolf<\/em><\/a> (2019) Joanna Chambers 8\/10
\nMaster Wolf<\/em><\/a> (2020) Joanna Chambers 8.5\/10
\nMagic in Manhattan
\nSpellbound<\/em><\/a> (2019) Allie Therin 8\/10
\nStarcrossed<\/em><\/a> (2020) Allie Therin 8\/10<\/p>\n

And the stats!<\/p>\n

Trade Paperback: 1
\neBook: 26
\nMultiple Formats: 7
\nRe-read: 7<\/p>\n

One comic this month, and all the re-reads I own in multiple formats.<\/p>\n

Fantasy: 9
\nMystery: 13
\nRomance: 11
\nBoinking: 8
\nHistorical: 11
\nComic: 1<\/p>\n

Lots of mysteries. Lots of historicals. Lots of romance. Lots of fantasy. Lots of everything, really.<\/p>\n

Male: 2
\nFemale: 21
\nInitials: 4<\/p>\n

Another bad year for male authors it looks like.<\/p>\n

Male: 13
\nFemale: 11
\nEnsemble: 3
\nWhite: 13
\nMinority: 7
\nMinority 2ndary: 7
\nStraight: 15
\nLGBTQ: 11
\nLGBTQ 2ndary: 1<\/p>\n

I’m still reading a fair amount of M\/M romance, so lots of male characters. Still lots of white characters, but a some minority representation here, and not too shabby as far as non-straight representation.<\/p>\n

And that was May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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