{"id":19176,"date":"2025-08-10T10:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=19176"},"modified":"2025-08-12T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:23:01","slug":"books-of-2015-everything-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/19176","title":{"rendered":"Books of 10 Years Ago: Everything Else (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comics<\/h3>\n

\"Black<\/p>\n

I really need to get new reading glasses so I can get back to reading comics on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Read in 2015 or 2016<\/h4>\n

Black Widow<\/a>: Vol 1:\u00a0<\/em>The Finely Woven Thread<\/em><\/a> (2015), Vol. 2: The Tightly Tangled Web<\/em><\/a> (2015), Vol. 3: Last Days<\/em><\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n

Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto (2015 favorite) (Marvel Superhero) [Avg Rating: 8.3<\/span>]<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the Black Widow comics, especially because they were readable without knowing all the backstory and what happened elsewhere in the Marvel Universe.<\/p>\n

Fables Vol. 21: Happily Ever After<\/em><\/a> (2015), Fables Vol. 22: Farewell<\/em><\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n

Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, and Andrew Pepoy (Urban Fantasy\/Folktale)<\/p>\n

These were the last two volumes of the Fables series, which I loved<\/em>. I really need to go back and reread the whole thing.<\/p>\n

Read 2017-2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"Lady<\/p>\n

Lady Mechanika: Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse<\/em><\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n

Joe Benitez, Peter Steigerwald (1\/8 – ongoing) [Rating: 7.5<\/span>] (Steampunk)<\/p>\n

I love this series and back the new volumes on kickstarter.<\/p>\n

Valor: Swords<\/em><\/a> (2015) edited by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton<\/h5>\n

[Rating: 8.5<\/span>] (Fantasy\/Adventure)<\/p>\n

This is a middle-grade \/ YA comic of female-focused folk & fairy tale-type stories.<\/p>\n

Series<\/h3>\n

Looking at some of the series I dropped off reading, and some of the synopses of recent books, maybe I’m ok not going back to revisit those worlds.<\/p>\n

Read in 2015 or 2016<\/h4>\n

\"Valor:Swords\"<\/p>\n

Dark Ascension<\/em><\/a> (2015) M. L. Brennan<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Generation V #4\/4) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

A different take on the vampire mythos with lots of other folklore sprinkled in. I need to reread this series.<\/p>\n

Deadly Spells<\/em><\/a> (2015) Jaye Wells<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Prospero\u2019s War #3\/4) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Supernatural Mystery)<\/p>\n

Magic cops, which is a favorite subgenre of mine.<\/p>\n

Falling in Love<\/em><\/a> (2015) Donna Leon<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Commisario Brunetti #24\/33) [Rating: 7.5<\/span>] (Mystery)<\/p>\n

Set in Venice, it’s almost a police cozy, and the city is the reason I keep reading.<\/p>\n

A Red-Rose Chain<\/em><\/a> (2015) Seanan McGuire<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Toby Daye #9\/19 -ongoing) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

I fell off reading this series, and keep meaning to start up again, but that’s a lot of catch-up, the they synopses of the last couple of books look really depressing.<\/p>\n

Pocket Apocalypse<\/em><\/a> (2015) Seanan McGuire<\/a><\/h5>\n

(InCryptid #4\/15 -ongoing) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

This series changes main characters as it goes along, and at some point I didn’t care as much for the characters and dropped off.<\/p>\n

Bound by Flames<\/em><\/a> (2015) Jeaniene Frost<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Night Prince #3\/4) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Supernatural Romance)<\/p>\n

Vlad the Impaler. The story pulled me in and didn’t stop, but when I’d finish there’d be a lot of things that bothered me.<\/p>\n

The Dark Side of The Road<\/em><\/a> (2015) Simon R. Green<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Ishmael Jones #1\/11) [Rating: 8<\/span>] (Supernatural Mystery)<\/p>\n

Another series where I fell off and restarting is a bit daunting. As always. his humor is what I enjoy most.<\/p>\n

Read 2017-2021<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Kitty Saves the World<\/em><\/a> (2015) Carrie Vaughn<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Kitty Norville #14\/16) [Rating: 8<\/span>] (Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

This is actually the last book in Kitty’s story arc. The later two books are about secondary characters. This is a series where I love the world building, and she has lots of excellent short stories set in this world, a couple of which are favorites.<\/p>\n

Magic Shifts<\/em><\/a> (2015) Ilona Andrews<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Kate Daniels # 8\/10) [Rating: 8<\/span>] (Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Another series I fell off reading, because the stories shifted from stand-alone urban fantasy to more epic fantasy where nothing is every really tied up at the end of the book.<\/p>\n

\"Pattern<\/p>\n

A Pattern of Lies<\/em><\/a> \u00a0(2015) Charles Todd<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Bess Crawford #7\/13) [Avg rating: 6.25<\/span>] (Historical Mystery)<\/p>\n

I like this series, but my habit of reading the books in a series one after the other doesn’t work here, so I’ll read a book and then forget to come back to it and then I have to start all over.<\/p>\n

Vision In Silver<\/em><\/a> (2015) Anne Bishop<\/a><\/h5>\n

(The Others #3\/5) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Fantasy)<\/p>\n

More of an alternate reality than urban fantasy. I like the world building but somehow I fell off reading the series.<\/p>\n

A Geek Girl\u2019s Guide to Murder<\/em><\/a> (2015) Julie Anne Lindsey<\/a><\/h5>\n

(#1\/3) [Rating: 7.5<\/span>] (Mystery)<\/p>\n

Geek girl cozy mystery series.<\/p>\n

The Mermaid Murders<\/em><\/a> (2015) Josh Lanyon<\/a><\/h5>\n

(The Art of Murder #1\/5) (Queer Mystery) [Rating: 8<\/span>]<\/p>\n

Procedural with on-again off-again romance.<\/p>\n

Model Citizen<\/em><\/a> (2015) Lissa Kasey<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Haven Investigations #1\/4) (Queer Mystery) [Rating: 8<\/span>]<\/p>\n

These books have pretty much all the trigger warnings, yet they pulled me in and wouldn’t let go. What sticks out most to me is the realistic portrayal of concussion.<\/p>\n

The Rest (2017-2022)<\/h3>\n

These are stand-alones or books that can be read outside of their series.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie<\/em><\/a> (2015) Kathryn Harkup<\/h5>\n

[Rating: 8.5<\/span>] (Non-Fiction)<\/p>\n

Agatha Christie, science, and murder. Perfect.<\/p>\n

Good Enough to Eat<\/em><\/a> (2015) Alison Grey<\/a> & Jae<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Queer Fantasy Romance) [Rating: 7<\/span>]<\/p>\n

This was a fun story that I will probably reread at some point.<\/p>\n

The Rogue Not Taken<\/em><\/a> (2015) Sarah MacLean<\/a><\/h5>\n

[Rating: 6.5<\/span>] (Historical Romance)<\/p>\n

I tend to enjoy the first books in her series, but end up getting annoyed at a character or plot in some later book.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re the Earl That I Want<\/em><\/a> \u00a0(2015) Kelly Bowen<\/h5>\n

[Rating: 7.5<\/span>] (Historical Romance)<\/p>\n

I remember absolutely nothing about this book.<\/p>\n

Getting It Right<\/em><\/a> (2015) A.M. Arthur<\/h5>\n

[Rating: 8.5<\/span>] (Queer Romance)<\/p>\n

Another book with all the trigger warnings. The story stuck with me, and I want to reread it and read other books in this series, but… all the trigger warnings is too much for my mental state these days.<\/p>\n

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet<\/em><\/a> (2015) Becky Chambers<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Wayfarers #1) (Science Fiction)<\/p>\n

This is a favorite of so many people, and I get why, but I read it when what I really wanted was more Murderbot, and that’s not what this is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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