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[indiana_j]

I had beer yesterday and went to bed at 9 so I could get a full 8 hours of sleep. It seems to have helped but I'm still just kind of 'ugh' about work today. So you get a recap of the books I've read this year instead of anything substantial.



(The stars thing is what I rated it on Goodreads.)

January

On the Edge (The Edge, #1) by Ilona Andrews; 4 out of 5 stars
A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell, #3) by Laurie R. King; 4 out of 5 stars
The Moor (Mary Russell, #4) by Laurie R. King; 4 out of 5 stars

February

The Curse of Chalion (Chalion, #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold; 5 out of 5 stars
Game of Cages (Twenty Palaces, #2) by Harry Connolly; 2 out of 5 stars
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) by Peter V. Brett; 5 out of 5 stars
Lost Souls (Frankenstein, #4) by Dean Koontz; 1 out of 5 stars

March

And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1) by Tasha Alexander; 5 out of 5 stars
Paladin of Souls (Chalion, #2) by Lois McMaster Bujold; 5 out of 5 stars
Men of Bastogne by Fred MacKenzie; 4 out of 5 stars
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memories of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters; 4 out of 5 stars

April

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum; if I could have given this more than 5 stars, I would have!
The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars, #1) by Frank Beddor; 3 out of 5 stars
Feeling Sorry for Celia (Ashbury/Brookfield, #1) by Jaclyn Moriarty; 3 out of 5 stars
Monster by A. Lee Martinez; 4 out of 5 stars
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley; 3 out of 5 stars
Spirit Dances (Walker Papers, #6) by C.E. Murphy; 5 out of 5 stars
Late Eclipses (October Daye, #4) by Seanan McGuire; 5 out of 5 stars
The Desert Spear (Demon Cycle #2) by Peter V. Brett; 4 out of 5 stars
Murder on Mulberry Bend (A Gaslight Mystery #5) by Victoria Thompson
Murder on Marble Row (A Gaslight Mystery, #6) by Victoria Thompson

May

Fever Dream by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; 4 out of 5 stars
Murder on Lenox Hill (A Gaslight Mystery, #7) by Victoria Thompson
Murder in Little Italy (A Gaslight Mystery, #8) by Victoria Thompson
Murder in Chinatown (A Gaslight Mystery, #9) by Victoria Thompson
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) by Cherie Priest, 5 out of 5 stars

June

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson; 5 out of 5 stars
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) by Caleb Carr; 5 out of 5 stars

July

Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy, #2) by Mira Grant; 4 out of 5 stars
The Shining by Stephen King; 3 out of 5 stars
The Dead Town (Frankenstein, #5); 2 out of 5 stars

August

Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke; 5 out of 5 stars
The Door to Lost Pages by Claude Lalumiere; 1 out of 5 stars
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman; 5 out of 5 stars
Spellcast by Barbara Ashford; 5 out of 5 stars