Wrap-up of reading challenges 2015

This was an excellent year: I completed all the challenges I took part in:

Pick & Mix: I read the required 10 books
R.I.P. X: I took part in the first challenge with 4 books: I read 8 books

Once Upon a Time IX: I joined again the first challenge with 5 books: I read 14 books and comics
Women of Genre: I read the required 10 new-to-me female SFF authors

New Authors challenge: I decided to read 15 new-to-me authors and ended up reading 24 in addition to the 10 above
Clocks, Cogs, and Mechanisms challenge: I took on the Flight Goggles level with minimum of 4 books and I read 9 steampunk books this year

Women reading challenge: I read 43 books authored by women
TBR challenge required 12 books and I read twice that: 24

Graphic novel and Manga challenge: I took on the Modern Age with 12 comics and completed the challeng with Bronze Age with 35 reviews
Just for Fun required 1 book each month and I completed that with 12 books.

 

Pick & Mix challenge 2015

I’ve completed almost all of my reading challenges so I decided to add another: Worlds Without End is hosting Pick and Mix reading challenge:

Do you find that your eclectic reading list doesnt match the criteria for most challenges? Then the Pick and Mix is perfect for you since any book on WWEnd’s awards, book lists or series is suitable for addition.

The only requirement is that you post a review or even just a brief comment about your reads on the Pick and Mix forum page and make an occasional comment on what other participants have added. Sharing our thoughts makes the whole reading experience more enjoyable. But you can add as few or as many proper reviews to WWEnd’s database as you desire.

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: January 2015 – December 2015

Reading Levels
Select your reading level below. You can adjust your level up or down at any time during the challenge.

one scoop = 10 books + 0 reviews
a carton = 20 books + 0 reviews
luxury choc-box = 30 books + 0 reviews
the whole sweet shop = 40 books + 0 reviews

I picked the first level: one scoop. But I’m hoping that I’ll end up with a carton.

Books read:
1, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: Reindeer Moon
2, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: The Animal Wife
3, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Snipers
4, Seanan McGuire: A Rose-Red Chain
5, Vicki Pettersson: The Scent of Shadows
6, Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation
7, Daniel Suarez: Influx
8, Philip K. Dick: Martian Time-Slip
9, Cherie Priest: Fiddlehead
10, Linda Nagata: Memory

 

R.I.P. X

It’s the first of September and time to enjoy R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril challenge. This time, it’s hosted by Ani and Heather at the Estella Society.

Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above.

That is what embodies the stories, written and visual, that we celebrate with the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril event.

As time has wound on, we’ve discovered that simple rules are best:

1. Have fun reading (and watching).
2. Share that fun with others.

As Carl does each and every year, there are multiple levels of participation (Perils) that allow you to be a part of R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril without adding the burden of another commitment to your already busy lives. There is even a one book only option for those who feel that this sort of reading is not their cup of tea (or who have too many other commitments) but want to participate all the same.

R.I.P. X officially runs from September 1st through October 31st.

I’ll participate in

Peril the First: Read four books, any length, that you feel fit (the very broad definitions) of R.I.P. literature. It could be King or Conan Doyle, Penny or Poe, Chandler or Collins, Lovecraft or Leroux…or anyone in between.

TBR:
Some Sherlock Holmes. It’s been far too long since I’ve read the originals.
Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives. I’ve really enjoyed the previous short story collections in this series and detectives in fantasy setting should be perfect for this challenge.
Peter O’Donnell’s Modesty Blaise books.
I have a lot of fantasy books in my TBR and they often have mystery elements, too.

Read:
1, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Snipers (mystery)
2, Agatha Christie: The Moving Finger (mystery)
3, Kristine Kathryn Rush ed.: Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives (short story collection, crime, supernatural)
4, Seanan McGuire: A Rose-Red Chain (supernatural)
5, Kristine Kathryn Rusch ed.: Fiction River: Past Crimes (short story, crime)
6, Peter O’Donnell: Saber-Tooth (thriller)
7, Peter O’Donnell: I, Lucifer (thriller)
8, Tarquin Hall: The Case of the Man who Died Laughing (mystery)

 

Once Upon a Time IX

Carl from Stainless Steel Droppings is hosting the Annual Once Upon a Time challenge:

Saturday, March 21st marks the official start date of the ninth annual Once Upon a Time Challenge. This is a reading and viewing and gaming event that encompasses four broad categories: Fairy Tale, Folklore, Fantasy and Mythology, including the seemingly countless sub-genres and blending of genres that fall within this spectrum. The challenge continues through June 21st and allows for very minor (1 book only) participation as well as more immersion depending on your reading/viewing/gaming whims.

The Once Upon a Time IX Challenge has a few rules:

Rule #1: Have fun.
Rule #2: HAVE FUN.
Rule #3: Don’t keep the fun to yourself, share it with us, please!
Rule #4: Do not be put off by the word “challenge”.

I’m going to take part in

Read at least 5 books that fit somewhere within the Once Upon a Time categories. They might all be fantasy, or folklore, or fairy tales, or mythology…or your five books might be a combination from the four genres.

The new gaming category sounds great, too. I’m an avid roleplayer but of the pen and paper kind, not so much computer games these days, and I also play a lot of board games. But I haven’t written about them much and I don’t know if I will. However, if anyone else is writing about them, I’m quite curious to read. 🙂

TBR:
I’m planning to read Elizabeth Bear’s One-Eyed Jack and also at least one version of Robin Hood tales, namely Henry Gilbert’s and most likely something from Gutenberg. And Fables comics.

Read:
1, Helene Wecker: The Golem and the Jinni
2, Kalayna Price: Grave Witch
3, MeiLin Miranda: The Machine God
4, Ekaterin Sedia: The Secret History of Moscow
5, Howard Pyle: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
6, Kalayna Price: Grave Dance
7, Jennifer Roberson: Lady of the Forest
8, Edgar Rice Burroughs: Pirates of Venus
9, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden
10, Elfquest: Fire and
Flight
11, Elizabeth Bear: One-Eyed Jack
12, Elfquest: 2: The Forbidden Grove
13, Elfquest: vol. 3: Captives of Blue Mountain
14, Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad

 

Women of Genre 2015

I’m joining one more challenge: Worlds Without End is hosting Women of Genre reading challenge.

Back for the third year in a row it’s the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge! The rules are mostly the same: read 12 books by 12 new-to-you women authors in 12 months. One of your author choices should be totally random.

I had six of these books in my TBR already and the rest will be audiobooks or from the library, if the Finnish library system has any of them. A bit frustratingly, I have more new-to-me female authors on my TBR but they’re not in this database.

Currently, I’m planning to read these new to me women authors:
Ekaterin Sedia, Janny Wurts, Carol Berg, Jennifer Fallon, Kalayna Price, and Pat Cadigan.

Read
1, Carol Berg: Song of the Beast
2, Helene Wecker: The Golem and the Jinni
3, Pat Cadigan: The Mindplayers
4, Kalayna Price: Grave Witch
5, Ekaterin Sedia: The Secret History of Moscow
6, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden
7, V. E. Schwab: Vicious
8, M. K. Hobson: The Native Star
9, Judith Tarr: Lord of the Two Lands
10, Kara Dalkey: Euryale
11, Jennifer Fallon: The Immortal Prince
12, Anne Lyle: The Alchemist of Souls

 

New Author Challenge 2015

I’ve participated in the New Author challenge a couple of times but not last year, when I wanted to read more of my favorite authors. However, last year I read quite a lot of short story collections which had new authors, so this year I’m joining New Author Challenge 2015.

Here are the guidelines:

The challenge will run from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from short stories/novellas or anthologies.
I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors. It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want to be. If you reach your goal halfway through the year, don’t stop. Any new author you try can be added to Mr. Linky. We all want to know about your new experience.
After reading your new author, write your review and then come back here and add your link to Mr. Linky. Make sure you include your name and the author, but adding the title is completely up to you.
Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike are welcome. You don’t have to have a site to participate. You can link up via Facebook, GoodReads or even Amazon if you’d like.

Once you reach your goal, you don’t have to stop. Any new author you try, go ahead and head back here and add it to the list. Introduce us all to whoever you find. Afterall, there’s no reason to stop trying new authors, right?

My goal will be to read 15 new to me authors.

Books read:
1, Scott E. Tabert: A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk
2, Joss Llewlyn: The Razor’s Edge
3, John Yeoman: Dream of Darkness
4, Jacqueline Garlick: Lumiere
5, Nancy Jane Moore: Conscientious inconsistencies
6, Carol Berg: Song of the Beast
7, M. John Harrison: The Pastel City
8, Charlotte E. English: Black Mercury
9, Helene Wecker: The Golem and the Jinni
10, Pat Cadigan: The Mindplayers
11, Kalayna Price: Grave Witch
12, MeiLin Miranda: The Machine God
13, Ekaterin Sedia: The Secret History of Moscow
14, Howard Pyle: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
15, Andrew Dymond: Dark Side of the Sun
16, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden
17, V. E. Schwab: Vicious
18, Hannu Rajaniemi: The Quantum Thief
19, S. M. Blooding: Fall of Sky City
20, M. K. Hobson: The Native Star
21, Judith Tarr: Lord of the Two Lands
22, Kara Dalkey: Euryale
23, Jennifer Fallon: The Immortal Prince
24, Anne Lyle: The Alchemist of Souls
25, David Weber: On Basilisk Station
26, Laurie R. King: the Beekeeper’s Apprentice
27, Daniel Suarez: Influx
28, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: Reindeer Moon
29, Tarquin Hall: The Case of the Man who Died Laughing
30, Vicki Pettersson: The Scent of Shadows
31, Linda Nagata: Memory
32, Emmi Itäranta: Memory of Water
33, Susan Kaye Quinn: The Third Daughter
34, David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas

 

Clocks, Cogs and Mechanisms Reading Challenge 2015

I’m joining steampunk reading challenge Clocks, Cogs and Mechanisms Reading Challenge 2015.

This challenge runs from January 1st – December 31st. Sign up ends September 30th, 2015.

What do I let count as steampunk?
You can count books like “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells and other books that are considered precursors to steampunk, I have no problem with you counting graphic novels like Full Metal Alchemist.

They do not have to be on a paper to count, your ebooks count as well.
You can also count these books towards other challenges.

Brass Gears: Read 1-3 steampunk books
Flight goggles: 4-6 books
Button-up boots: 7-12 books
Clockwork Corset: 13+ books

I’m going for Flight goggles level with 4 books.
Last year, I bough the Humble Bundle’s Steampunk bundle which is 7 books and I’ve got a couple of steampunk print books on my shelves. Most of these are new-to-me authors, too, so I really like to sample their work. I’m also shamefully behing in reading Girl Genius.

Books read:
1, Scott E. Tabert: A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk
2, Jacqueline Garlick: Lumiere
3, Charlotte E. English: Black Mercury
4, MeiLin Miranda: The Machine God
5, Clay and Susan Griffith: The Rift Walker
6, Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith: The Kingmaker
7, S. M. Blooding: Fall of Sky City
8, Cherie Priest: Fiddlehead
9, Susan Kaye Quinn: The Third Daughter

 

2015 Women reading challenge

Next, I’m joining the 2015 Women reading challenge.

This challenge will make us want to read more books of any kind written by women, so choose whatever you like and get involved!
Set your level and, if you like, leave me a comment on this post listing your three favourite women writers, in order to suggest new names to other participants as well.

Here are mine (they are just the first ones coming to my mind):

* Elena Ferrante
* Alice Munro
* Virginia Woolf

Rules:

* anyone can join;
* you don’t need a blog to partecipate: if you are a non-blogger please leave a comment with a link (if you review elsewhere) to your review or with the list of the books you read and the level you choose;
* audio, e-books, bound books and re-reads are ok;
* create a sign up post on your blog and post the link in the Linky below (scroll down please, it’s at the end of the italian translation);
* challenge goes from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015;
* here you can link for your reviews.
Levels:

Level 1: BABY GIRL – read 5 books written by a woman author
Level 2: GIRLS POWER – read 6 to 15 books written by a woman author
Level 3: SUPER GIRL – read 16 to 20 books written by a woman author
Level 4: WONDER WOMAN – read 20+ books written by a woman author

This time I’m going to choose Girls Power level with minimum 6 books read.

Books read:
1 Karen Wyle: Playback Effect
2, Karen Lowachee: Warchild
3, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: A Murder of Clones
4, Jacqueline Garlick: Lumiere
5, Elizabeth Bear: Undertow
6, Nancy Jane Moore: Conscientious inconsistencies
7, Carol Berg: Song of the Beast
8, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Search and Recovery
9, Diane Duane: Dark Mirror
10, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: The Peyti Crisis
11,Charlotte E. English: Black Mercury
12, Helene Wecker: The Golem and the Jinni
13, Agatha Christie: Towards Zero
14, Pat Cadigan: The Mindplayers
15, Kalayna Price: Grave Witch
16, MeiLin Miranda: The Machine God
17, Ekaterin Sedia: The Secret History of Moscow
18, Kalayna Price: Grave Dance
19, Jennifer Roberson: Lady of the Forest
20, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden
21, V. E. Schwab: Vicious
22, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
23, Agatha Christie: Murder in Mesopotamia
24, S. M. Blooding: Fall of Sky City
25, M. K. Hobson: The Native Star
26, Judith Tarr: Lord of the Two Lands
27, Kara Dalkey: Euryale
28, Jennifer Fallon: The Immortal Prince
29, Anne Lyle: The Alchemist of Souls
30, Laurie R. King: the Beekeeper’s Apprentice
31, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: Reindeer Moon
32, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: The Animal Wife
33, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Snipers
34, Agatha Christie: The Moving Finger
35, Seanan McGuire: A Rose-Red Chain
36, Vicki Pettersson: The Scent of Shadows
37, Carol Berg: The Spirit Lens
38, Cherie Priest: Fiddlehead
39, Carol Berg: The Soul Mirror
40, Linda Nagata: Memory
41, Emmi Itäranta: Memory of Water
42, Nancy Kress: The Probability Moon
43, Susan Kaye Quinn: The Third Daughter

 

2015 TBR Challenge

I feel that I neglected my TBR books sadly last year so I’m joining a TBR challenge to get myself reading the books I already own. Best part: all of my current books are eligible! 🙂

This is hosted by Wendy at the Misadventures of Super Librarian:

What is the TBR Challenge? Simply put, it’s where readers pick up a long neglected book from their TBR pile, read it, and comment on that read on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. The idea is to read those long neglected books that you just had to get your hands on at the time, but have been languishing in your pile, all lost and forgotten.

Commentary on your chosen TBR read can happen anywhere online (your blog, Facebook, GoodReads, Twitter, a message board etc.) just provide me with a link when you sign-up so interested readers can follow all the challengers!

She also has themes for every month.

Read:
1, Scott E. Tabert: A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk
2, Karen Lowachee: Warchild
3, Jacqueline Garlick: Lumiere
4, Elizabeth Bear: Undertow
5, Nancy Jane Moore: Conscientious inconsistencies
6, M. John Harrison: The Pastel City
7, Charlotte E. English: Black Mercury
8, Pat Cadigan: The Mindplayers
9, Kalayna Price: Grave Witch
10, MeiLin Miranda: The Machine God
11, Ekaterin Sedia: The Secret History of Moscow
12, Kalayna Price: Grave Dance
13, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden
14, Hannu Rajaniemi: The Quantum Thief
15, S. M. Blooding: Fall of Sky City
16, M. K. Hobson: The Native Star
17, Kara Dalkey: Euryale
18, Anne Lyle: The Alchemist of Souls
19, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: Reindeer Moon
20, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: The Animal Wife
21, Peter O’Donnell: Saber-Tooth
22, Peter O’Donnell: I, Lucifer
23, Vicki Pettersson: The Scent of Shadows
24, Susan Kaye Quinn: The Third Daughter

 

Books read in 2015

This is the post where I’ll track the books and comics I’ll review and my progress on reading challenges.

Sci-Fi Experience 6

Just for Fun (12) 11
Women (7) 43 done
Comics (12) 30 done
TBR (12) 32 done
New (15) 31 done
Clocks, Cogs and Mechanisms (6) 9
women of genre (12) 12 done
once upon a time (4) 14
pick & mix (10) 9

January
1, C. J. Cherryh: Serpent’s Reach (sci-fi)
2, Karen Wyle: Playback Effect (sci-fi, women)
3, Scott E. Tabert: A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk (sci-fi, clocks, TBR, New)
4, Joss Llewlyn: The Razor’s Edge (fun, new, experience)
5, Karen Lowachee: Warchild (experience, TBR, women)
6 Kristine Kathryn Rusch: A Murder of Clones (experience, women)

Comics
1, Serenity: Leaves on the Wind (experience)

February
6, John Yeoman: Dream of Darkness (new)
7, Jacqueline Garlick: Lumiere (new, women, clogs)
8, Edgar Rice Burroughs: Synthetic Men of Mars (fun)
9, Elizabeth Bear: Undertow (women, TBR)
10, Nancy Jane Moore: Conscientious inconsistencies (women, TBR, new)
Comics
2, Essential X-Men vol. 8
3, Fantastic Four: The End

March
11, Carol Berg: Song of the Beast (women of genre, women, new)
12, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Search and Recovery (women)
13, Edgar Rice Burroughs: Llana of Gathol (fun)
14, Diane Duane: Dark Mirror (women)
15, M. John Harrison: The Pastel City (TBR, new)
16, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: The Peyti Crisis (women)
17, Charlotte E. English: Black Mercury (cogs, women, TBR)

Comics
4, Essential X-Men vol. 9

April
18, Helene Wecker: The Golem and the Jinni (women, women of genre, new, once)
19, Agatha Christie: Towards Zero (women)
20, Pat Cadigan: The Mindplayers (women, women of genre, TBR, new)
21, Kalayna Price: Grave Witch (TBR, women, women of genre, once, new)
22, MeiLin Miranda: The Machine God (TBR, women, once, cogs, new)

Comics
5, Excalibur Classic vol. 1: the Sword is Drawn
6, Excalibur Classic vol. 2: The Two-Edged Sword
7, Excalibur Classic vol. 3: The Cross-Time Caper book 1

May
23, Ekaterin Sedia: The Secret History of Moscow (genre, women, new, tbr, once)
24, Howard Pyle: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (new, once)
25, Andrew Dymond: Dark Side of the Sun (new)
26, Kalayna Price: Grave Dance (once, women, tbr)
27, Jennifer Roberson: Lady of the Forest (once, women)
28, Edgar Rice Burroughs: Pirates of Venus (fun)
29, Edgar Rice Burroughs: John Carter of Mars

Comics
8, Excalibur Classic vol. 4: The Cross-Time Caper book 2
9, Excalibur Classic vol. 5
10, Avengers vs. X-Men
11, AVX: Consequences
12, Uncanny Avengers Vol. 1: The Red Shadow

June
30, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden (women of genre, women, new, once)
31, Elizabeth Bear: One-Eyed Jack (fun, once)
32, Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad (once)
33, Clay and Susan Griffith: The Rift Walker (once)

Comics
13, Essential X-Men vol. 10
14, Essential X-Men vol. 11
15, Elfquest: Fire and Flight
16, Elfquest: 2: The Forbidden Grove
17, Elfquest: vol. 3: Captives of Blue Mountain

July
34, V. E. Schwab: Vicious (new, genre)
35, Catherynne M. Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice (women)
36, Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith: The Kingmaker (cogs, fun)
37, Hannu Rajaniemi: The Quantum Thief (new, TBR)
38, Agatha Christie: Murder in Mesopotamia (women)
39, S. M. Blooding: Fall of Sky City (new, women, cogs)

Comics
18, The New Fantastic Four
19, Fantastic Four, Vol. 5: Disassembled
20, Fantastic Four, Vol. 6: Rising Storm
21, Complete Elfquest vol. 4: Quest’s End

August
40, M. K. Hobson: The Native Star (new, women, women of genre)
41, Judith Tarr: Lord of the Two Lands (new, women, women of genre)
42, Hannu Rajaniemi: the Fractal Prince
43, Kara Dalkey: Euryale (tbr, new, women of genre, women)
44, Jennifer Fallon: The Immortal Prince (women, new, women of genre)
45, Anne Lyle: The Alchemist of Souls (women, women of genre, new)
46, John Scalzi: Lock In (fun)
47, David Weber: On Basilisk Station (new)

Comics
22, X-Men Forever volume 1: Picking Up Where We Left Off
23, X-Men Forever volume 2: The Secret History of the Sentinels
24, X-Men Forever volume 3: Welcome to Mother… Russia!
25, X-Men Forever volume 4
26, X-Men Forever volume 5: Once More… Into the Breach

September
48, Laurie R. King: the Beekeeper’s Apprentice (new, women)
49, Jean Rabe, editor: Athena’s Daughters vol 1
50, Daniel Suarez: Influx (new, pick&mix)
51, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: Reindeer Moon (new, tbr, pick&mix, women)
52, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: The Animal Wife (women, pick&mix, tbr)
53, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Snipers (pick&mix, women, rip)
54, Naomi Novik: The Blood of Tyrants (fun)
55, Agatha Christie: The Moving Finger (rip, women)

Comics
27, X-Men Forever 2 volume 1: Back in Action
28, X-Men Forever 2 volume 2: Scream a Little Scream
29, X-Men Forever 2 volume 3: Perfect world
30, X-Men: Bishop’s Crossing

October
56, Kristine Kathryn Rush ed.: Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives (rip)
57, Seanan McGuire: A Rose-Red Chain (women, rip)
58, Kristine Kathryn Rusch ed.: Fiction River: Past Crimes (rip)
59, Peter O’Donnell: Saber-Tooth (rip, tbr)
60, Peter O’Donnell: I, Lucifer (rip, tbr)
70, Hannu Rajaniemi: The Causal Angel (fun)
71, Tarquin Hall: The Case of the Man who Died Laughing (new, rip)

Comics
31, X-Men: X-Cutioner’s Song

November
72, Vicki Pettersson: The Scent of Shadows (pick&mix, women, new, TBR)
73, Carol Berg: The Spirit Lens (women)
74, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: The Streets Where We Live (women)
75, Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation (sci-fi month)
77, Mike Ashley ed.: The Feminine Future (sci-fi month)
78, Lois McMaster Bujold: Penric’s Demon (fun)
79, Philip K. Dick: Martian Time-Slip (sci-fi month)
80, Cherie Priest: Fiddlehead (women, cogs)
81, Linda Nagata: Memory(women, new, sci-fi month)

December
82, Carol Berg: The Soul Mirror (fun, women)
83, Emmi Itäranta: Memory of Water (new, sci-fi ex, women)
84, Nancy Kress: The Probability Moon (women, sci-fi)
85, Susan Kaye Quinn: The Third Daughter (clog, women, new, tbr)
86, Kris Nelscott: Smoke-Filled Rooms (rip from october)
87, David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas (new, experience)

Comics
32, Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest
33, Fantastic Four: Masters of Doom
34, Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 1
35, Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 2