2017 Books
You can see a nice summary of the books I read in 2017 HERE. Includes covers, page counts and other metrics. There is a shorter one with just covers HERE.
If you click on the month headers, you can go to the posts for that month with my mini reviews.
March
1. The Real Liddy James by Anne-Marie Casey
2. Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips
3. Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert Heinlein
4. Batgirl, Volume 1: The Darkest Reflection by Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (Illustrator), Vicente Cifuentes (Illustrator)
April
5. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird edited by Paula Guran
6. Indelible - Adelia Saunders
7. Keeper: The Book of Aon (The Keeper No. 1) by K.M. Higginbotham
8. Dark Intelligence (Transformation No. 1) by Neal Asher
9. Mislaid by Nell Zink
May
10. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
11. Home (Binti No. 2) by Nnedi Okorafor
12. Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
13. Caraval (Caraval No. 1) by Stephanie Garber
14. Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation edited by Ken Liu
15. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
16. Extremely Load and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
17. Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
18. A Great a Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle No. 1) by Libba Bray
19. The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
June
20. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody No. 1) by Elizabeth Peters
21. The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic (No. 1 of an untitled series) by Emily Croy Barker
22. Switching Hour (Magic and Mayhem No. 1) by Robyn Peterman
23. Batgirl, Vol. 2: Knightfall Descends story by Gail Simone
24. Dying for a Living (Jesse Sullivan No. 1) by Kory M. Schrum
25. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
26. Dispelled (A Null for Hire No. 1) by Terri L. Austin
27. Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Mike Massimino
28. Overseas by Beatriz Williams
29. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
July
30. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
31. Beyond Dead (Bridget Sway No. 1) by Jordaina Sydney Robinson
32. Indigo by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Jonathan Maberry, Kelley Armstrong, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James A. Moore, Mark Morris
33. The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy
34. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
35. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
36. It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
37. Something About You (FBI/US Attorney No. 1) by Julie James
38. Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach
39. Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
40. Lexi James and the Council of Girlfriends by Melissa Jacobs
40.5. Hindsight by Mindy Tarquini (did not finish)
41. The Reminders by Val Emmich
42. The Saboteur by Andrew Gross
August
43. The Time-Traveling Fashionista On Board the Titanic by Bianca Turetsky
44. Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese
45. Murder in Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy by Helene Stapinski
46. Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez
47. Skeleton God (Inspector Shan No. 9) by Eliot Pattison
48. Deathday (Ghosted No. 0.5) by David Bussell
49. Underground Magic (London Coven No. 0) by M.V. Stott
50. At the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole
September
51. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
52. Sixty-Six (An Uncanny Kingdom Story) by M.V. Stott
53. Phantom Pains (The Arcadia Project, No. 2) by Mishell Baker
54. How It Happened by Shazaf Fatima Haider
55. Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
56. What to Expect from a Fertility Expert: Tips on Increasing Pregnancy Success Rates from Three Prominent Fertility Specialists by Julia Indichova
57. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
58. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
October
59. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
60. Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostert
61. Lotus by Lijia Zhang
62. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
63. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
November
64. The Ghost Writer by John Harwood
65. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
66. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
67. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, No. 1) by Neal Shusterman
68. Serafina and the Black Cloak (Serafina, No. 1)
69. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
December
70. Final Girls by Riley Sager
71. The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides, No. 1) by Mur Lafferty
72. The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation No. 12) by Lauren Willig
73. The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller
74. I See You by Clare Mackintosh
And as always, I'm going to do my favorite and least favorite books.
I rated the following books with 5 stars:
1. The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller
2. The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation No. 12) by Lauren Willig
3. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
4. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe No. 1) by Neal Shusterman
5. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
6. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
7. The Reminders by Val Emmich
8. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
9. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
10. The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker
11. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
12. The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides No. 1) by Mur Lafferty
13. At the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole
14. Phantom Pains (The Arcadia Project No. 2) by Mishell Baker
It's really hard to pick just one favorite, so I'll have to say it's a tie between The Shambling Guide to New York City and The Philosopher's Flight. I thought both did an excellent job with their worldbuilding.
I didn't finish 2 books, but it seems unfair to rate those since I didn't read the whole thing, so here are the 2 star wonders:
1. Sixty-Six (An Uncanny Kingdom Story) by M.V. Stott
2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
4. Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert Heinlein
5. The Saboteur by Andrew Gross
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Out of this list, I think I'm going to have to pick The Saboteur. It was just tedious and very long.
This entry was originally posted at https://aoife.dreamwidth.org/85461.html. Please comment here or there.
If you click on the month headers, you can go to the posts for that month with my mini reviews.
March
1. The Real Liddy James by Anne-Marie Casey
2. Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips
3. Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert Heinlein
4. Batgirl, Volume 1: The Darkest Reflection by Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (Illustrator), Vicente Cifuentes (Illustrator)
April
5. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird edited by Paula Guran
6. Indelible - Adelia Saunders
7. Keeper: The Book of Aon (The Keeper No. 1) by K.M. Higginbotham
8. Dark Intelligence (Transformation No. 1) by Neal Asher
9. Mislaid by Nell Zink
May
10. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
11. Home (Binti No. 2) by Nnedi Okorafor
12. Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
13. Caraval (Caraval No. 1) by Stephanie Garber
14. Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation edited by Ken Liu
15. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
16. Extremely Load and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
17. Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
18. A Great a Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle No. 1) by Libba Bray
19. The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
June
20. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody No. 1) by Elizabeth Peters
21. The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic (No. 1 of an untitled series) by Emily Croy Barker
22. Switching Hour (Magic and Mayhem No. 1) by Robyn Peterman
23. Batgirl, Vol. 2: Knightfall Descends story by Gail Simone
24. Dying for a Living (Jesse Sullivan No. 1) by Kory M. Schrum
25. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
26. Dispelled (A Null for Hire No. 1) by Terri L. Austin
27. Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Mike Massimino
28. Overseas by Beatriz Williams
29. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
July
30. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
31. Beyond Dead (Bridget Sway No. 1) by Jordaina Sydney Robinson
32. Indigo by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Jonathan Maberry, Kelley Armstrong, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James A. Moore, Mark Morris
33. The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy
34. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
35. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
36. It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
37. Something About You (FBI/US Attorney No. 1) by Julie James
38. Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach
39. Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
40. Lexi James and the Council of Girlfriends by Melissa Jacobs
40.5. Hindsight by Mindy Tarquini (did not finish)
41. The Reminders by Val Emmich
42. The Saboteur by Andrew Gross
August
43. The Time-Traveling Fashionista On Board the Titanic by Bianca Turetsky
44. Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese
45. Murder in Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy by Helene Stapinski
46. Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez
47. Skeleton God (Inspector Shan No. 9) by Eliot Pattison
48. Deathday (Ghosted No. 0.5) by David Bussell
49. Underground Magic (London Coven No. 0) by M.V. Stott
50. At the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole
September
51. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
52. Sixty-Six (An Uncanny Kingdom Story) by M.V. Stott
53. Phantom Pains (The Arcadia Project, No. 2) by Mishell Baker
54. How It Happened by Shazaf Fatima Haider
55. Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
56. What to Expect from a Fertility Expert: Tips on Increasing Pregnancy Success Rates from Three Prominent Fertility Specialists by Julia Indichova
57. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
58. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
October
59. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
60. Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostert
61. Lotus by Lijia Zhang
62. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
63. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
November
64. The Ghost Writer by John Harwood
65. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
66. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
67. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, No. 1) by Neal Shusterman
68. Serafina and the Black Cloak (Serafina, No. 1)
69. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
December
70. Final Girls by Riley Sager
71. The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides, No. 1) by Mur Lafferty
72. The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation No. 12) by Lauren Willig
73. The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller
74. I See You by Clare Mackintosh
And as always, I'm going to do my favorite and least favorite books.
I rated the following books with 5 stars:
1. The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller
2. The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation No. 12) by Lauren Willig
3. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
4. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe No. 1) by Neal Shusterman
5. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
6. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
7. The Reminders by Val Emmich
8. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
9. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
10. The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker
11. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
12. The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides No. 1) by Mur Lafferty
13. At the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole
14. Phantom Pains (The Arcadia Project No. 2) by Mishell Baker
It's really hard to pick just one favorite, so I'll have to say it's a tie between The Shambling Guide to New York City and The Philosopher's Flight. I thought both did an excellent job with their worldbuilding.
I didn't finish 2 books, but it seems unfair to rate those since I didn't read the whole thing, so here are the 2 star wonders:
1. Sixty-Six (An Uncanny Kingdom Story) by M.V. Stott
2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
4. Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert Heinlein
5. The Saboteur by Andrew Gross
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Out of this list, I think I'm going to have to pick The Saboteur. It was just tedious and very long.
This entry was originally posted at https://aoife.dreamwidth.org/85461.html. Please comment here or there.