{"id":16094,"date":"2020-08-02T17:01:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T21:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=16094"},"modified":"2020-08-02T19:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T23:59:05","slug":"the-books-of-july-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/16094","title":{"rendered":"The Books of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year.<\/p>\n

Jeesh.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>So what did I read this month? It was mostly re-reads, and the new books I read were, sadly, really not my thing.<\/p>\n

So one new-to-me book that I really enjoyed was The Weight of It All<\/em><\/a> by N.R. Walker<\/a>, which is a M\/M romance set in Australia about Harry, who gets dumped by his long term boyfriend for being too old and too fat. Harry sets out initially to try to change himself to get his ex back, but quickly decides the weight he needs to lose was that of his ex and trying to be what other people want him to be other than who he really is.<\/p>\n

It’s lovely.<\/p>\n

Other than that, the re-reads were excellent.<\/p>\n

Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Story of the Stone<\/em><\/a> (1988) Barry Hughart<\/a> (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox) 8.5\/10<\/a>
\nDiscworld, City Watch
\nGuards! Guards!<\/em><\/a> (1989) Terry Pratchett<\/a> 9.5\/10<\/a>
\nMen at Arms<\/em><\/a> (1993) Terry Pratchett<\/a> 9\/10<\/a>
\nFeet of Clay<\/em><\/a> (1996) Terry Pratchett<\/a> 9\/10<\/a>
\nJingo<\/em><\/a> (1997) Terry Pratchett<\/a> (Discworld) 7.5\/10<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Guards!<\/a>Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teach Me<\/em><\/a> (2019) Olivia Dade<\/a> (There\u2019s Something About Marysburg) 7.5\/10<\/a>
\nTake a Hint, Dani Brown<\/em><\/a> (2020) Talia Hibbert<\/a> (The Brown Sisters)<\/p>\n

Romance, LGBT<\/strong>
\nA Lancaster Story
\nKneading You<\/em><\/a> (2019) C.S. Poe<\/a>\u00a0 8\/10<\/a>
\nJoy<\/em><\/a> (2017) C.S. Poe<\/a>\u00a0 8\/10<\/a>,
\nColor of You<\/em><\/a> (2017) C.S. Poe<\/a>\u00a0 7.5\/10<\/a>
\nThe Weight of It All<\/em><\/a> (2016) N.R. Walker<\/a> 8\/10<\/a>
\nKnit Tight<\/em><\/a> (2016) Annabeth Albert<\/a> (Portland Heat) 7\/10<\/a><\/p>\n

Romance, Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haverston Family
\nNearly a Lady<\/em><\/a> (2011) Alissa Johnson<\/a> 8.5\/10<\/a>
\nAn Unexpected Gentleman<\/em><\/a> (2011) Alissa Johnson<\/a> 8\/10<\/a>
\nProvidence
\nTempting Fate<\/em><\/a> (2009) Alissa Johnson<\/a> 8\/10<\/a>
\nMcAlistair\u2019s Fortune<\/em><\/a> (2009) Alissa Johnson<\/a>\u00a0 8\/10<\/a>
\nDestined To Last<\/em><\/a> (2010) Alissa Johnson<\/a> \u00a08.5\/10<\/a>
\nDaring and the Duke<\/em><\/a> (2020) Sarah MacLean<\/a> (The Bareknuckle Bastards)<\/p>\n

\"nearly<\/a>And the stats!<\/p>\n

All ebooks and mostly re-reads, as previously noted.<\/p>\n

eBook: 18
\nTotal: 18
\nMultiple Formats: 5
\nRe-read: 13<\/p>\n

Oddly, I didn’t read a single mystery this month. I can’t remember the last time that happened.<\/p>\n

Fantasy: 5
\nRomance: 13
\nBoinking: 10
\nHistorical: 7<\/p>\n

Mostly female authors, but rereading Discworld is giving male authors a showing.<\/p>\n

Male: 4
\nFemale: 10
\nInitials: 1<\/p>\n

Only one female centered book this month, and not a lot of racial diversity; I classified the Discworld books as white, because in some of the books he pretty blatantly parallels white western society and our reactions to “the other”.<\/p>\n

Male: 7
\nFemale: 1
\nEnsemble: 9
\nWhite: 12
\nMinority: 4
\nMinority 2ndary: 1
\nStraight: 9
\nLGBTQ: 6
\nLGBTQ 2ndary: 2<\/p>\n

And that’s July. Did you read anything particularly good recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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