{"id":17943,"date":"2023-01-02T19:20:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T00:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=17943"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:56:39","slug":"the-books-of-december-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/17943","title":{"rendered":"The Books of December"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blitz\"<\/a>Since several of these books ended up in my best of the year posts, and some others I don’t feel like commenting on right now, here we have the books of December.<\/p>\n

Fantasy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Blitz<\/em><\/a> (2022) Daniel O\u2019Malley<\/a> (The Checquy Files) 9\/10<\/p>\n

Paranormal Bromance<\/em><\/a> (2014) Carrie Vaughn<\/a> 8.5\/10<\/p>\n

Posthumous Education<\/em><\/a> (2022) Drew Hayes<\/a> (Fred, the Vampire Accountant) 8.5\/10<\/p>\n

Romance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Make a Scene<\/em><\/a> (2020) Mimi Grace 7\/10<\/p>\n

Delilah Green Doesn\u2019t Care<\/em><\/a> (2022) Ashley Herring Blake (Bright Falls)<\/p>\n

Mystery<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"Posthumous<\/a>Agatha Christie<\/a>
\nMiss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery<\/em><\/a> (1964) 9\/10
\nSuperintendent Battle: The Secret of Chimneys<\/a> <\/em>(1925), The Seven Dials Mystery<\/em><\/a> (1929) 7\/10<\/p>\n

All Lessons Learned<\/em><\/a> (2018) Charlie Cochrane<\/a> (Cambridge Fellows) 6\/10<\/p>\n

Wonton Terror<\/em><\/a> (2019) Vivien Chien<\/a> (A Noodle Shop Mystery) 5\/10<\/p>\n

Audio Books<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Shadow Police series by Paul Cornell<\/a> narrated by Damian Lynch
\nThe Severed Streets<\/em><\/a>, Audio Edition (2015) 9\/10, Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?<\/em><\/a> Audio Edition (2016) 9\/10<\/p>\n

Murderbot series by Martha Wells<\/a> narrated by Kevin R. Free
\nAll Systems Red<\/em><\/a>, Audio Edition (2017) 9.5\/10, Artificial Condition<\/em><\/a>, Audio Edition (2018) 9.5\/10, Rogue Protocol<\/em><\/a>, Audio Edition (2018) 9.5\/10, Exit Strategy<\/em><\/a>, Audio Edition (2018) 9.5\/10<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"Paranormal<\/a>Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism<\/a> <\/em>(2018) Autistic Self Advocacy Network 9\/10<\/p>\n

We\u2019re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation<\/em><\/a> (2021) Eric Garcia 8.5\/10<\/p>\n

Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism<\/em><\/a> (2018) edited by Barb Cook & Michelle Garnett 8\/10<\/p>\n

Taking Charge of Adult ADHD: Proven Strategies to Succeed at Work, at Home, and in Relationships.<\/em><\/a> (2021) Russell A. Barkley and Christine M. Benton 7\/10<\/p>\n

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism<\/a> <\/em>(2015) Barry M. Prizant<\/p>\n


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Since several of these books ended up in my best of the year posts, and some others I don’t feel like commenting on right now, here we have the books of December. Fantasy Blitz (2022) Daniel O\u2019Malley (The Checquy Files) 9\/10 Paranormal Bromance (2014) Carrie Vaughn 8.5\/10 Posthumous Education (2022) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire […]<\/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":[1118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-reading-roundup"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-4Fp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17943","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=17943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19529,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17943\/revisions\/19529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}