I read 10-12 novels a week in grad school and some heavy literary theory. No interest in non-fiction now, and mainly read sci-fi and fantasy. Using this account to track/share my reading from 2023 onward (and maybe backward, if my completionist tendencies kick in). On Mastodon @ottsatwork@artsio.com.
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Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up …
Twilight for grown-ups. The lead is a Mary Sue/Chosen One who learns again and again that the power was within her all along. It’s unbearably straight and gendered with her vampire man. Goes on too long. Not finishing this series. I am curious, though, if the TV series is any good.
Catherine and Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey are not entirely pleased to be sending their …
The second Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery. Our crimesolving duo, Jonathan Darcy, son of the “Pride and Prejudice” Darcys, and Juliet Tilney, daughter of the “Northanger Abbey” Tilneys return. But his school chums are introduced, still clinging to childish dynamics and cruelties that complicate the MCs’ increasing regard for each other.
In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to …
I enjoyed this! The title demands to be uttered aghast at a ball. The usual liberties taken with these beloved characters and their stories—I’ll read them all. Taub doesn’t quite have Austen’s voice down, and it’s a bit overlong, but recommended for fans of witchy books and “Pride and Prejudice.”
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The …
I’m not sure this series needed to go on this long. This and the prior book take place in the same world, but not in a material way that matters. It’s just another cozy sci-fi story about people working it out. Which Chambers is excellent at writing! Just make it a standalone.
Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, after a routine probe at a research station …
From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned …
"The great city of Alt Coulumb is in crisis. The moon goddess Seril, long thought …
After five books in this series, what else is there to say besides I plan on buying all of them? And happily re-reading, maybe in sequential order this time, maybe in publication order after that. Only then picking up the new books. There are few series I can think of that bring such perpetual pleasure: Earthsea, His Dark Materials…
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling …
Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So …
This was mildly interesting: a murder mystery among genetically altered “titans” and exploration of their strange underworld. Guess I’m just not into this genre. The only noir book I truly enjoyed was “Something More Than Night” by Ian Tregillis—I recommend that instead.
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Unexpectedly funny! Good story too: a handful of people across history are brought to the near future before their recorded deaths. The main “expat” is Commander Graham Gore, an arctic explorer from 1847 whose priggishness is endlessly entertaining (I’m an unrepentant Darcy lover). A romance, like in many stories where the tension is better than consummation, ruins it though.
"The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions--until its …
