A new year, a new list. Up until a few days ago, I felt like I’d hardly ready anything this month, but apparently I’ve cranked out quite a few novels! Only five non-fic books made my Jan list; the rest was genre fic, mostly mystery stuff. All in all, I finished 32 books in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m making my way through Michael Connelly’s back catalogue after picking up “The Late Show”, which was published mid-2017. The old stuff is a little dated, but in a very entertaining “L.A. noir in the ’90s” way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also stumbled across Steven Saylor’s Roma Sub Rosa<\/em> novels, which are mysteries set in the ancient Roman Republic. I’ve been a fan of Lindsey Davis’ Falco<\/em> series for a long time, and Saylor’s mysteries are in a similar vein – but with less humour and a touch more history. I’ve loved historical novels set in ancient Rome since reading Rosemary Sutcliff as a child, and doubled down on all things Roman while studying Classics in high school (and laughing myself silly at Juvenal’s Satires<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making Money<\/em> by Terry Pratchett A new year, a new list. Up until a few days ago, I felt like I’d hardly ready anything this month, but apparently I’ve cranked out quite a few novels! Only five non-fic books made my Jan list; the rest was genre fic, mostly mystery stuff. All in all, I finished 32 books in January. … Continue reading “Reading Log – January 2019”<\/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":[31,7,5],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-31","tag-books","tag-reading-log"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","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=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Woman Most Wild<\/em> by Danielle Dulsky
Witch<\/em> by Lisa Lister
A Cold Day for Murder<\/em> by Dana Stabenow
Weave the Liminal<\/em> by Laura Tempest Zakroff
Transformative Witchcraft<\/em> by Jason Mankey
The Thief of Light<\/em> by Bernard Schaffer
Light Magic for Dark Times<\/em> by Lisa Marie Basile
Crimson Lake<\/em> by Candice Fox
Ill Will<\/em> by Dan Chaon
Redemption Point<\/em> by Candice Fox
The Raven Room<\/em> by Ana Medeiros
Lethal Kisses<\/em> ed. by Ellen Datlow
Hades<\/em> by Candice Fox
The Late Show<\/em> by Michael Connelly
The Black Echo<\/em> by Michael Connelly
The Black Ice<\/em> by Michael Connelly
The Concrete Blonde<\/em> by Michael Connelly
Trunk Music<\/em> by Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> by Michael Connelly
The Brass Verdict<\/em> by Michael Connelly
The Poet<\/em> by Michael Connelly
Mulholland Drive<\/em> by Michael Connelly
Roman Blood<\/em> by Steven Saylor
The Last Place You Look<\/em> by Kristen Lepionka
The Seven Wonders<\/em> by Steven Saylor
Raiders of the Nile<\/em> by Steven Saylor
Wrath of the Furies<\/em> by Steven Saylor
The House of the Vestals<\/em> by Steven Saylor
A Gladiator Only Dies Once<\/em> by Steven Saylor
Arms of Nemesis<\/em> by Steven Saylor
Catilina\u2019s Riddle<\/em> by Steven Saylor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"