Fiction consumed in 2017

[firecat]

It was the year of gobbling long series. I usually don't read series straight through, but starting in March I read the Jurisdiction Universe (7 books), most of the Faith Hunter series (11 books total; I had already read 3 of them), the Lymond Chronicles (6 books) and the House of Niccoló (7 books).

50 e-books read—44.5 books by women, 6 by POC.
14 audiobooks listened to—7 by women, 1 by POC.

Comment if you want my opinion about any of these. The ones I especially recommend are in bold.

Books:
Nigel Bennett & P.N. Elrod, His Father's Son (Ethical Vampires #2)
Fiona Buckley, Queen Without a Crown (Ursula Blanchard #9)
Raymond Chandler, The Lady in the Lake (Marlowe #4)
Agatha Christie, They Do It With Mirrors; A Pocket Full of Rye; 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #6–8)
Charlaine Harris, Night Shift (Midnight, Texas #3)
Dorothy Dunnett, The Lymond Chronicles (6 books); The House of Niccoló (7 books)
P.N. Elrod, The Hanged Man (On Her Majesty's Psychic Service #1)
Jeaniene Frost, Into the Fire (Night Prince #4)
Faith Hunter, Jane Yellowrock #4–11
N.K. Jemisen, The Obelisk Gate; The Stone Sky (Broken Earth #2–3); The Awakened Kingdom (Inheritance #3.5)
Laurie R. King, Locked Rooms (Mary Russell #8)
Ann Leckie, Provenance (Imperial Radch #4)
M. Louisa Locke, Maids of Misfortune; Uneasy Spirits (Victorian SF Mystery #1–2)
Susan R. Matthews, Jurisdiction Universe series (7 books)
Neil Gaiman, American Gods Tenth Anniversary Edition
Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death
Daniel José Older, Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher #1)
Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country
Nisi Shawl, Everfair
Rex Stout, Too Many Women (Nero Wolfe #12)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Hôtel Transylvania; The Palace (Saint Germain #1–2)

Audiobooks:
Rebecca Cantrell, The World Beneath (Joe Tesla #1)
M.R. Carey, The Girl With All the Gifts; The Boy on the Bridge
Agatha Christie, Lord Edgware Dies (Poirot #9)
Jasper Fforde, The Woman Who Died a Lot (Thursday Next #7)
Ian Fleming, Octopussy & Other Stories (Bond #14)
C.S. Harris, What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr #1)
T. E. Kinsey, A Quiet Life In The Country (Lady Hardcastle #1); In the Market for Murder (#2)
Walter Mosley, Six Easy Pieces
Loretta Ross, Death and the Redheaded Woman (Auction Block Mysteries #1)
Olen Steinhauer, The Tourist (Milo Weaver #1 of 3)
Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
T. H. White, The Once & Future King (volumes #1–3 of 5)

Comments

[wild_irises]

*nodnod* I didn't feel that way about Everfair but it might be because I know (a little bit) more about the context.

As for Girl with All the Gifts, I really wanted to like Fellside but didn't (and I think I know what would have made it a good book, which is kind of sad). I think he's working on a related book to Girl, which I will certainly read, but I decided that it was not my kind of masochism to see the movie.

[firecat]

I'm interested in the Everfair context if you are inclined/allowed to share it.

I read a prequel to Girl called The Boy on the Bridge, which is very good but not mind-blowing like Girl.

I talked to a friend at length about the movie and she said that except for one scene, it's not too gory. So I'm probably going to see it at some point.

Thanks for sharing your opinion about Fellside.