1 - A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold: A
review coming soon
Culmination of the romance between Miles and his lady-love. Perfection!
2 - Shining Through, by Susan Isaacs: A
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Reread of an old favourite, which has stood up wonderfully. It tells the story of Linda Voss, who at the start of the book is a legal secretary in 1940 New York. She doesn't stay a secretary for very long, let me tell you! Fun plot, great characters and I love Isaacs' voice.
3 - Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell: B+
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YA. Coming of age story. It features a socially awkward heroine who writes fanfic, and it was lovely to see her come out of her shell and start making a life *for herself*.
4 - The Shape of My Heart, by Ann Aguirre: B+
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New Adult, third in a series which I love because it has characters who feel real. This one might be my favourite.
5 - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers: B+
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Sci-fi. It's basically about the multi-species crew of a spaceship having adventures, but it's very character-focused. I really liked it.
6 - The Three, by Sarah Lotz: B
review here
Horror. Four simultaneous plane crashes, 3 child survivors, people convinced something's not quite right with them. Creepy as hell. Not a great ending, but that was ok.
7 - Obsession in Death, by JD Robb: B
review here
Someone is obsessed with Eve and starts killing her "enemies" as a favour to her. Good, although there's a lot of reference to earlier books and I struggled to remember them.
8 - The Shamless Hour, by Sarina Bowen: B-
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New Adult. I liked that it's about a heroine who loves sex and is unashamed of having lots of it, but I wasn't really crazy about the romance. And the crap Spanish annoyed me.
9 - Otherwise Engaged, by Amanda Quick: C+
review here
Historical romance. Good start, but lost steam. JAK always overcomplicates her mystery subplots.
10 - The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7, by Maxim Jakubowski (editor) and many authors: DNF
review here
Anthology containing a huge number of stories. I read about a quarter of them and they didn't appeal. Since they are all chosen by the same person and our tastes clearly don't match, I didn't see any point in reading the rest.
11 - To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee: still reading
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Reread (I think. I'm pretty sure I did read it once, but many, many years ago). I'm really enjoying it, but I must admit that a big part of me bristles at the message that we must respect the views of even vile racists.
12 - Temeraire, by Naomi Novik: still listening
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Fantasy, set in a version of the 19th century where dragons exist and the different countries' armed forces use them as weapons. The protagonist is a sea captain who accidentally bonds with a hatchling, which turns his life upside down. I'm liking it very much.
13 - Shadow Scale, by Rachel Hartman: still reading
review coming soon
Second in a series. I loved the first book, Seraphina, but I'm finding myself a bit bored with this one.