In 2017, I finished 234 books. Let’s see if we can top that.<\/p>\n
I got addicted to Sue Grafton, I admit it. Her Kinsey Millhone alphabet series is really enthralling; a female PI investigating all sorts of mysterious and murderous cases in ’80s South California. The writing style is easy, the characters are recognisably individual, and the plots for the most part flow fast and smooth. They make for a great read.<\/p>\n
I also decided to dip my toes into the genre of romance. Primarily written by women for women, it’s a genre that’s often dismissed for reasons that are decidedly unfeminist, so I thought I’d seek some recommendations and give them a go. Certainly, I’ve enjoyed non-genre-specific romantic stuff in the past, as well as things like Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series, the classics by Austen and the Brontes, some YA stuff, and a couple of Anita Shreve novels. So I picked up Kresley Cole’s first book in her “Warlord” series, but it’s not my cup of tea… True to form, I enjoyed her Young Adult post-apocalypse\/fantasy novel Poison Princess<\/em> far more.<\/p>\n Aside from that, I’ve been picking up some tarot gems on Overdrive, especially the Jodorowsky which has made me long for a Tarot de Marseille deck, and then it’s my usual mix of whatever takes my fancy. I would like to especially recommend the sci-fi Hammerfall<\/em> by C.J. Cherryh as it’s really diverse and colourful and dark.<\/p>\n So far this year, I’ve finished:<\/p>\n A is for Alibi<\/em> by Sue Grafton 33 in total. Thanks to Jinny for the Kresley Cole rec.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2017, I finished 234 books. Let’s see if we can top that. I got addicted to Sue Grafton, I admit it. Her Kinsey Millhone alphabet series is really enthralling; a female PI investigating all sorts of mysterious and murderous cases in ’80s South California. The writing style is easy, the characters are recognisably individual, … Continue reading “Reading List 2018 – January”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,7,5],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-6","tag-books","tag-reading-log"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Warlord Wants Forever<\/em> by Kresley Cole
\nHammerfall<\/em> by C.J. Cherryh
\nThe River King<\/em> by Alice Hoffman
\nPoison Princess<\/em> by Kresley Cole
\nB is for Burglar<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nC is for Corpse<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nThe Year of Magical Thinking<\/em> by Joan Didion
\nEyes of the Tarot<\/em> by Bruce Coville
\nThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat<\/em> by Oliver Sacks
\nTraces of Guilt<\/em> by Dee Henderson
\nThe River of Consciousness<\/em> by Oliver Sacks
\nD is for Deadbeat<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nE is for Evidence<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nF is for Fugitive<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nG is for Gumshoe<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nH is for Homicide<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nWho Are You in the Tarot?<\/em> by Mary Greer
\nI is for Innocent<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nJ is for Judgement<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nK is for Killer<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nL is for Lawless<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nM is for Malice<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nN is for Noose<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nO is for Outlaw<\/em> by Sue Grafton
\nBlood Red Roses<\/em> by Lin Anderson
\nEndless Knight<\/em> by Kresley Cole
\nDriftnet<\/em> by Lin Anderson
\nTorch<\/em> by Lin Anderson
\nDeadly Code<\/em> by Lin Anderson
\nDark Flight<\/em> by Lin Anderson
\nThe Special Dead<\/em> by Lin Anderson
\nThe Way of Tarot<\/em> by Alejandro Jodorowsky<\/p>\n