Books of 2017
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scripsiHere are the last books I read in 2017:
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman. The fourth part of The Invisible Library-series, and the wakest yet, IMO. probably because this one focus more on the dragons than the fairies, and I find the high and mighty dragons rather boring. And Vale is delegated to a cameo by the end, and one of the things I enjoy is the dynamics between Irene, Kai and Vale. There is also the question of Irene’s parents and how they relationship between Irene Kai and Vale will pan out which felt rather like it was put on hold this book. I’d like the next part to be a bit more decisive about this.
A Tangled Web by L. M. Montgomery. This is one of Montgomery's few books for adults, and one I have never read before. I liked the concept; the head of the family does after declaring her large family will have to wait a year before they learn who will inherited a jug which is the family heirloom. Then we follow various members of the family as they try to behave so they will be eligible to inherit. But the book is rather short and the cast so large you never really get to know the characters properly. I enjoyed reading it, but in the end it felt a bit shallow.
Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery. This is probably my least favourite Anne-book and I didn’t care much for it on this re-read either. There are a few amusing chapters, of course, and I rather like Davy Keith and his “I want to know”, but on the whole it very much feel like an “in-between-book”.
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser. I can never resist a biography over Laura Ingalls Wilder. This one was interesting as Fraser writes a lot about the history of the time, which, of course, affected Wilder even if she didn’t explicitly mention it in her books. However, i feel it should have mention Rose Wilder Lane in the title, because it was really as much a biography over her as about her mother. Not that it wasn’t interesting, but one would think a biography, perhaps, would mention Almanzo Wilder more than a handful of time after he and Laura got married.
All in all I read 63 books; 51 novels and 6 novellas and 6 non-fiction. 13 of these were re-reads. Less books than in 2016, but then I read a lot when I commute, and the first six month my train line was closed due to repairs, and I can’t read on the bus.
The rest of the books are listed under the cut.
Fiction
Lois McMaster Bujold Mira’s Last Dance
Lois McMaster Bujold Penric’s Fox
Lois McMaster Bujold The Prisoner of Limnos
Jessie Burton The Miniaturist
Steven Brust Jhereg
Steven Brust Yendi
Octavia Butler Kindred
John Carter The Abandoned Orphanage
Paul Cornell A Long Day in Lychford
F G Cottam The Harvest of Scorn
F G Cottam An Absence of Light
Amy Cross. The Bride of Ashbyrn House
Sarah A Denzil Silent Child
Alan Finn Things Half in Shadow
Kate Forsyth Bitter Greens
Kate Forsyth The Wild Girl
Elly Griffiths The Chalk Pit
Elizabeth Hand Wylding Hall
Frances Hardinge A Skinful of Shadows
LS Hawker The Drowning Game
Charlie N. Holmberg The Paper Magician
Charlie N. Holmberg The Glass Magician
Charlie N. Holmberg The Master Magician
Dot Hutchison The Butterfly Garden<7i>
Dot Hutchison The Roses of May
Laila Ibrahim Yellow Crocus
Jonathan Kellerman Heartbreak Hotel
Laurie R. King A Grave Talent
T. Kingfisher Bryony and Roses
L. M. Montgomery The Blue Castle
Natasha Pulley The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Natasha Pulley The Bedlam Stacks
T. R. Ragan My Sister’s Grave
Sarah Rayne Death Notes
Matt Ruff Lovecraft Country
Vivian Shaw Strange Practice
Kari Sperring The Grass King’s Concubine
Shani Struthers 44 Gilmore Street
Shani Struthers Old Cross Cottage
Shani Struthers Blakemort
Shani Struthers The Eleventh Floor
Chip Wagar The Carpathian Assignment
Nonfiction
Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras and Other Authentic Monsters
Mark Collins Jenkins Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend
Joyce & River Higginbotham Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions
Anne Somerset The Affair of the Poisons
Anthony Summers Goddess, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Re-reads
Isabel Allende The Stories of Eva Luna
Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys
Eva Ibbotson Which Witch
L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables
Anna-Karin Palm Faunen
Judith Merkle Riley The Serpent Garden
Judith Merkle Riley The Oracle Glass
Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Views the Body
Dorothy L. Sayers The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Dorothy L. Sayers Unnatural Death
Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Views the Body
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman. The fourth part of The Invisible Library-series, and the wakest yet, IMO. probably because this one focus more on the dragons than the fairies, and I find the high and mighty dragons rather boring. And Vale is delegated to a cameo by the end, and one of the things I enjoy is the dynamics between Irene, Kai and Vale. There is also the question of Irene’s parents and how they relationship between Irene Kai and Vale will pan out which felt rather like it was put on hold this book. I’d like the next part to be a bit more decisive about this.
A Tangled Web by L. M. Montgomery. This is one of Montgomery's few books for adults, and one I have never read before. I liked the concept; the head of the family does after declaring her large family will have to wait a year before they learn who will inherited a jug which is the family heirloom. Then we follow various members of the family as they try to behave so they will be eligible to inherit. But the book is rather short and the cast so large you never really get to know the characters properly. I enjoyed reading it, but in the end it felt a bit shallow.
Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery. This is probably my least favourite Anne-book and I didn’t care much for it on this re-read either. There are a few amusing chapters, of course, and I rather like Davy Keith and his “I want to know”, but on the whole it very much feel like an “in-between-book”.
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser. I can never resist a biography over Laura Ingalls Wilder. This one was interesting as Fraser writes a lot about the history of the time, which, of course, affected Wilder even if she didn’t explicitly mention it in her books. However, i feel it should have mention Rose Wilder Lane in the title, because it was really as much a biography over her as about her mother. Not that it wasn’t interesting, but one would think a biography, perhaps, would mention Almanzo Wilder more than a handful of time after he and Laura got married.
All in all I read 63 books; 51 novels and 6 novellas and 6 non-fiction. 13 of these were re-reads. Less books than in 2016, but then I read a lot when I commute, and the first six month my train line was closed due to repairs, and I can’t read on the bus.
The rest of the books are listed under the cut.
Fiction
Lois McMaster Bujold Mira’s Last Dance
Lois McMaster Bujold Penric’s Fox
Lois McMaster Bujold The Prisoner of Limnos
Jessie Burton The Miniaturist
Steven Brust Jhereg
Steven Brust Yendi
Octavia Butler Kindred
John Carter The Abandoned Orphanage
Paul Cornell A Long Day in Lychford
F G Cottam The Harvest of Scorn
F G Cottam An Absence of Light
Amy Cross. The Bride of Ashbyrn House
Sarah A Denzil Silent Child
Alan Finn Things Half in Shadow
Kate Forsyth Bitter Greens
Kate Forsyth The Wild Girl
Elly Griffiths The Chalk Pit
Elizabeth Hand Wylding Hall
Frances Hardinge A Skinful of Shadows
LS Hawker The Drowning Game
Charlie N. Holmberg The Paper Magician
Charlie N. Holmberg The Glass Magician
Charlie N. Holmberg The Master Magician
Dot Hutchison The Butterfly Garden<7i>
Dot Hutchison The Roses of May
Laila Ibrahim Yellow Crocus
Jonathan Kellerman Heartbreak Hotel
Laurie R. King A Grave Talent
T. Kingfisher Bryony and Roses
L. M. Montgomery The Blue Castle
Natasha Pulley The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Natasha Pulley The Bedlam Stacks
T. R. Ragan My Sister’s Grave
Sarah Rayne Death Notes
Matt Ruff Lovecraft Country
Vivian Shaw Strange Practice
Kari Sperring The Grass King’s Concubine
Shani Struthers 44 Gilmore Street
Shani Struthers Old Cross Cottage
Shani Struthers Blakemort
Shani Struthers The Eleventh Floor
Chip Wagar The Carpathian Assignment
Nonfiction
Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras and Other Authentic Monsters
Mark Collins Jenkins Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend
Joyce & River Higginbotham Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions
Anne Somerset The Affair of the Poisons
Anthony Summers Goddess, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Re-reads
Isabel Allende The Stories of Eva Luna
Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys
Eva Ibbotson Which Witch
L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables
Anna-Karin Palm Faunen
Judith Merkle Riley The Serpent Garden
Judith Merkle Riley The Oracle Glass
Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Views the Body
Dorothy L. Sayers The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Dorothy L. Sayers Unnatural Death
Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Views the Body
