{"id":16581,"date":"2021-04-02T07:52:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=16581"},"modified":"2021-04-02T07:52:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T11:52:50","slug":"the-books-of-march-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/16581","title":{"rendered":"The Books of March"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rogue<\/a>I read some books last month! Actually, the shock is that I read some newly published books last month!<\/p>\n

What Abigail Did That Summer<\/em><\/a> by (2021) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> was as delightful as I was hoping it would be. Lisa Shearin<\/a> latest entry to her SPI Files series, The Solstice Countdown<\/em><\/a> wasn’t as good as her previous books, but I still enjoyed it. And the more I think about Patricia Briggs<\/a>‘s latest Alpha & Omega book, Wild Sign<\/em><\/a> the unhappier I get about it. (It’s already dropped from a 7 to a 6.)<\/p>\n

Dahlia Donovan<\/a>‘s Cosplay Killer<\/em><\/a> was good, although it suffered a bit after reading it immediately following her Grasmere Cottage series, because both have autistic main characters so it was impossible not to compared them.<\/p>\n

Roan Parrish<\/a>‘s newest book in her Garnet Run series, Best Laid Plans<\/em><\/a> was lovely as expected, and continues with this series being much lower angst that one expects from her. And K.J. Charles<\/a>‘s newest book,
\nThe Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting<\/em><\/a> was as lovely as you’d expect, despite being an enemies-to-lovers.<\/p>\n

Also: MURDERBOT!
<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Supernatural Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n

What Abigail Did That Summer<\/em><\/a> (2021) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> (Rivers of London) 8.5\/10
\nFamily Matters<\/em><\/a> (2018) Angel Martinez<\/a> (Brandywine Investigations) 9\/10
\nThe Hanged Man<\/em><\/a> (2019) K. D. Edwards<\/a> (The Tarot Sequence) 8.5\/10
\nTarot Sequence novellas & stories<\/a> (2020) K. D. Edwards<\/a> (The Tarot Sequence) 8\/10
\nThe Solstice Countdown<\/em><\/a> (2021) Lisa Shearin<\/a> (SPI Files) 7\/10
\nWild Sign<\/em><\/a> (2021) Patricia Briggs<\/a> (Alpha & Omega) 6\/10<\/p>\n

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

The Mystery of Nevermore<\/em><\/a> (2016) C.S. Poe<\/a> (Snow & Winter) 8.5\/10
\nThe Mystery of the Curiosities<\/em><\/a> (2017) C.S. Poe<\/a> (Snow & Winter 8\/10
\nThe Mystery of the Moving Image<\/em><\/a> (2018) C.S. Poe<\/a> (Snow & Winter) 8.5\/10
\nThe Mystery of the Bones<\/em><\/a> (2019) C.S. Poe<\/a> (Snow & Winter) 8.5\/10
\nThe Bellingham Mystery Series Volume 2<\/em><\/a> (2015) Nicole Kimberling 8.5\/10
\nThe Bellingham Mystery Series Volume 1<\/em><\/a> (2015) Nicole Kimberling 8.5\/10
\nGrasmere Cottage Mystery<\/em><\/a> (2018) Dahlia Donovan<\/a> 8.5\/10
\nCosplay Killer<\/em><\/a> (2020) Dahlia Donovan<\/a> (London Podcast Mystery) 8\/10
\nThe Whispered Word<\/em><\/a> (2018) Ellery Adams<\/a> (Secret, Book, & Scone Society) 7\/10
\nDeath by Dumpling<\/em><\/a> (2018) Vivien Chien (A Noodle Shop Mystery) 5\/10
<\/p>\n

\"What<\/a>Mystery, Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Dangerous Madness<\/em><\/a> (2014) Michelle Diener<\/a> (Regency London) 8.5\/10
\nBanquet of Lies<\/em><\/a> (2013) Michelle Diener<\/a> (Regency London) 9.5\/10
\nThe Emperor\u2019s Conspiracy<\/em><\/a> (2012) Michelle Diener<\/a> (Regency London) 8.5\/10<\/p>\n

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

Waiting for the Flood<\/em><\/a> (2018) Alexis Hall<\/a> (Spires) 9.5\/10
\nBest Laid Plans<\/em><\/a> (2021) Roan Parrish<\/a> (Garnet Run) 8.5\/10
\nAfter the Scrum<\/em><\/a> (2014) Dahlia Donovan<\/a> 8\/10
\nSin Bin Series: Box Set<\/em><\/a> (2020) Dahlia Donovan<\/a> 8.5\/10
\nThe House in the Cerulean Sea<\/em><\/a> (2020) T.J. Klune 8.5\/10
\nOff Base<\/em><\/a> (2017) Annabeth Albert<\/a> (Out of Uniform) 6\/10
\nWheels Up<\/em><\/a> (2017) Annabeth Albert<\/a> (Out of Uniform) 4\/10<\/p>\n

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

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting<\/em><\/a> (2021) K.J. Charles<\/a> 8\/10
\nThe Reluctant Widow<\/em><\/a> (1946) Georgette Heyer<\/a> 8\/10
\nFriday\u2019s Child<\/em><\/a> (1944) Georgette Heyer<\/a> 8\/10
\nJust a Little Wickedness<\/em><\/a> (2020) Merry Farmer (The Brotherhood) 6\/10
\nThe Lotus Palace<\/em><\/a> (2013) Jeannie Lin<\/a> 6\/10
<\/p>\n

\"DiggerScience Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rogue Protocol<\/em><\/a> (2018) Martha Wells<\/a> (The Murderbot Diaries) 8.5\/10<\/p>\n

Graphic Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Digger, Vol. 2<\/em><\/a> (2006) Ursula Vernon 8\/10
\nA Flight of Angels<\/em><\/a> (2011) Holly Black<\/a>, Louise Hawes, Todd Mitchell, Bill Willingham<\/a>, Alisa Kwitney, Rebecca Guay
\nBloodlust & Bonnets<\/em><\/a> (2019) Emily McGovern
\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read some books last month! Actually, the shock is that I read some newly published books last month! What Abigail Did That Summer by (2021) Ben Aaronovitch was as delightful as I was hoping it would be. Lisa Shearin latest entry to her SPI Files series, The Solstice Countdown wasn’t as good as her […]<\/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-16581","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-4jr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16581","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=16581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}