Last May, I posted a list of what I planned to read over the summer. There were 16 books total on the list – ambitious, considering that I only listed books owned by the Calarco Library, and there were other books I planned to read as well.
So how’d I do?
Here’s a quick breakdown of the 12 books I read:
5 stars:
The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison. I want a sequel!
Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie. The sequel comes out in October!
(Full reviews of these two coming soon!)
4 stars:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. This book will make you wish you could remember how you saw the world at 7.
Death of a Dyer, by Eleanor Kuhns. I got to the last page and immediately bought the third book. A solid historical mystery.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler. See! I read/like contemporary fiction. Smart, fun, and funny.
Afterparty, by Daryl Gregory. Cool world-building, great characters.
3 stars:
Bellfield Hall, by Anna Dean. A perfectly serviceable mystery.
Company of Liars, by Karen Maitland. This would have been a 4 star book if it wasn’t for the last chapter. A creepy Canterbury Tales.
Vicious, by V. E. Schwab. Superpowers but no heroes.
2 Stars:
Charm and Strange, by Stephanie Kuehn. A good book in a lot of ways, but it didn’t work for me. Dark.
Winger, by Andrew Smith. Winger, you betrayed me. You were supposed to be a light, funny read after Charm and Strange. And let’s just say that didn’t work out.
Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer. I should have expected this book would get really weird.
So there you have it. Another summer of books accounted for. Want to talk about what you read? Defend a book I didn’t like? Leave us a comment!
-Signing off, Mr. Gette (Bonus great book not on the list: The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch. )