Somehow, I managed to finish 99 books in this quarter, bringing my total for the year to 268! A few of them were even audiobooks – I had eye surgery on December 14th and couldn’t manage to read, so audiobooks were the next best option. I picked books that I’d already read before, so that it wasn’t a big deal if I zoned out here & there. Even at 1.5 speed, narrators can’t read as fast as my brain does, and it often becomes unintelligible at a greater speed than that. So as you can imagine, I’m not usually an audiobook fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for genres, I still leaned heavily into fiction, particularly escapist sci-fi\/fantasy\/speculative types. In the Year of COVID, real life holds little appeal. I did squeeze in some thrillers, however, particularly by marathoning some Patricia Cornwell while visiting my mum. I used to love the Scarpetta series… but this re-read did not endear me. I felt very strongly the generational gap between the character of Kay Scarpetta\/the writer Patricia Cornwell and myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I found a romance writer that I enjoy – Jessie Mihalik. Her books are sci-fi romances, and they felt real & engaging. I also finally purchased four of Ben Aaronovitch’s “Peter Grant” series that begins with Rivers of London<\/em>, and loved them. I finished the year with a cute cozy murder mystery series by Jessica Ellicott set in an English village in the 1920s & it had a strong Agatha Christie vibe (in a good way). All things considered, I’m pretty happy with my diversity and depth of reading, and have enjoyed getting out of my head (in a legal & safe way!) via escapist fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n October<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Midnight\u2019s Twins<\/em> by Holly Race November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Umbrella Academy Vol. 2<\/em> by Gerard Way December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Shadow Effect<\/em> by Deepak Chopra 99 in total for the quarter; 268 in total for the year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Somehow, I managed to finish 99 books in this quarter, bringing my total for the year to 268! A few of them were even audiobooks – I had eye surgery on December 14th and couldn’t manage to read, so audiobooks were the next best option. I picked books that I’d already read before, so that … Continue reading “Reading Log – Oct-Dec 2020”<\/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":[42,7,5],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-42","tag-books","tag-reading-log"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907","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=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Butcher Shop<\/em> by Jean Devanny
Big Magic<\/em> by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Serpent Sea<\/em> by Martha Wells
The Fabric of the Cosmos<\/em> by Brian Greene
The Stars Are Legion<\/em> by Kameron Hurley
The Siren Depths<\/em> by Martha Wells
The Pillars of the Earth<\/em> by Ken Follett
Edge of Worlds<\/em> by Martha Wells
Killing Gravity<\/em> by Corey J. White
The Last Family in England<\/em> by Matt Haig
Survival Lessons<\/em> by Alice Hoffman
Honor Lost<\/em> by Rachel Caine
Network Effect<\/em> by Martha Wells
The Poppy War<\/em> by R. F. Kuang
Wolf Hall<\/em> by Hilary Mantel
A Pale Light in the Black<\/em> by K. B. Wagers
The 49th Mystic<\/em> by Ted Dekker
Void Black Shadow<\/em> by Corey J. White
Static Ruin<\/em> by Corey J. White
The Turn of the Screw<\/em> by Henry James
I Shall Wear Midnight<\/em> by Terry Pratchett
Zodiac<\/em> by Romina Russell
The Darkest Time of Night<\/em> by Jeremy Finley
The Freeze-Frame Revolution<\/em> by Peter Watts
The Flight of the Silvers<\/em> by Daniel Price
Medusa Uploaded<\/em> by Emily Devenport
Tracing Your London Ancestors<\/em> by Jonathan Oates
Middlesex Murders<\/em> by Linda Stratmann
London: A Travel Guide Through Time<\/em> by Matthew Green
Compete<\/em> by Vera Nazarian
Piranesi<\/em> by Susanna Clarke
Priestess<\/em> by Julie Parker
The Dragon Republic<\/em> by R. F. Kuang
2010<\/em> by Arthur C. Clarke
Wandering Star<\/em> by Romina Russell
Black Moon<\/em> by Romina Russell
Thirteen Rising<\/em> by Romina Russell
Letters From Berlin<\/em> by Tania Blanchard<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Postmortem<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell
The Body Farm<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell
From Potter\u2019s Field<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell
Point of Origin<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell
Black Notice<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell
The Scarpetta Factor<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell
Depraved Heart<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell
She Has Her Mother\u2019s Laugh<\/em> by Carl Zimmer
Light is the New Black<\/em> by Rebecca Campbell
Reverie<\/em> by Ryan La Sala
The Harbours of the Sun<\/em> by Martha Wells
Coraline<\/em> by Neil Gaiman
The Summer Tree<\/em> by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Wandering Fire<\/em> by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Darkest Road<\/em> by Guy Gavriel Kay
Ysabel<\/em> by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Boundless<\/em> by Peter Newman
Win<\/em> by Vera Nazarian
Survive<\/em> by Vera Nazarian
The Coroner<\/em> by M. R. Hall
The Tally Stick<\/em> by Carl Nixon
The Guinevere Deception<\/em> by Kiersten White
The Realms of the Gods<\/em> by Tamora Pierce
The Celtic Goddess<\/em> by Trevor Greenfield
A Kiss of Shadows<\/em> by Laurell K. Hamilton
A Lick of Frost<\/em> by Laurell K. Hamilton
Seduced by Moonlight<\/em> by Laurell K. Hamilton
A Stroke of Midnight<\/em> by Laurell K. Hamilton
Mistral\u2019s Kiss<\/em> by Laurell K. Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shakti Rising<\/em> by Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan
Neverwhere<\/em> by Neil Gaiman
Dreams Underfoot<\/em> by Charles de Lint
Under My Hat<\/em> by Jonathan Strahan
Locke & Key: Small World<\/em> by Joe Hill
Locke & Key: Heaven & Earth<\/em> by Joe Hill
Locke & Key: Dog Days<\/em> by Joe Hill
The Spinoff Book<\/em> by Toby Manhire
The Hollow Ones<\/em> by Guillermo Del Toro
Polaris Rising<\/em> by Jessie Mihalik
Carry On, Warrior<\/em> by Glennon Doyle Melton
Swallowing Darkness<\/em> by Laurell K. Hamilton
Chaos Reigning<\/em> by Jessie Mihalik
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue<\/em> by V. E. Schwab
Greenwitch<\/em> by Susan Cooper
Soul Music<\/em> by Terry Pratchett
The Dark is Rising<\/em> by Susan Cooper
Rivers of London<\/em> by Ben Aaronovitch
Moon Over Soho<\/em> by Ben Aaronovitch
Whispers Underground<\/em> by Ben Aaronovitch
Broken Homes<\/em> by Ben Aaronovitch
The Hanging Tree<\/em> by Ben Aaronovitch
A Country House Christmas<\/em> by Phyllis Elinor Sandeman
Over the Woodward Wall<\/em> by A. Deborah Baker
Aurora Blazing<\/em> by Jessie Mihalik
Divine Misdemeanors<\/em> by Laurell K. Hamilton
Murder in an English Village<\/em> by Jessica Ellicott
Murder Flies the Coop<\/em> by Jessica Ellicott
Murder Cuts the Mustard<\/em> by Jessica Ellicott<\/p>\n\n\n\n