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STRANGE AND RANDOM HAPPENSTANCE
CURRENTLY: GOING GOTHIC
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FOR AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS
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am also happy to conduct interviews and hold giveaways to help promote your
book. I'll read published books as well as ARCs. While I cannot guarantee you a
stellar review, I will give you an honest one. I mainly read Young Adult and
Sci-Fi/Fantasy, but please feel free to email me about any book you are needing
promoted. (I may not be able to accept every book and may have to turn down a
few due to work commitments, but I will strive not to.) Send inquires to:
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RATING SYSTEM
What do those stars mean? My rating system explained!
★★★★★ It Was Amazing
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2021 THEME MONTHS
AND THE EMMY GOES TO...
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FIFTY YEARS A MASTERPIECE
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2020 THEME MONTHS
THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
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AND THE EMMY GOES TO...
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ROARING BACK TO READING
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2019 TO 2020 THEME MONTHS
A HIATUS HAPPENING
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2019 THEME MONTHS
TEN YEARS
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REGENCY MAGIC
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GOING GOTHIC
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ASSASSINATION VACATION
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2018 THEME MONTHS
DU MAURIER DECEMBER
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ALEXANDER AUTUMN
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AND THE EMMY GOES TO...
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SUPPORT YOUR BRICK & MORTAR
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REGENCY MAGIC
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GOING GOTHIC
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SWEET READS
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2017 THEME MONTHS
WILLIG WINTER
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DYSTOPIAN DRAMA
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A DIFFERENT KIND OF P&P
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AND THE EMMY GOES TO...
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BICENTENARY BALL
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IT'S A KIND OF MAGIC
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GOING GOTHIC
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BENEDICTION
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2016 THEME MONTHS
DU MAURIER DECEMBER
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GAIMAN GALA
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A FALL OF POPPIES
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BACKLOG BONANZA
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REGENCY MAGIC
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DOWNTON DENIAL DENOUEMENT
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2015 THEME MONTHS
SHERLOCKED
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FORSTER FALL
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PINK FOR ALL SEASONS
12 / 12 books. 100% done!
AN AUGUST ADIEU
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JAZZY JULY
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CRICHTON CELEBRATION
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ORCHID AFFAIR
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REGENCY MAGIC
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DOWNTON DENIAL DEUX
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2014 THEME MONTHS
DU MAURIER DECEMBER
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MANN MONTH
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CLASSICS OF HORROR AND SUSPENSE
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LITERARY NEW YORK
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THAT SUMMER FACEBOOK READ ALONG
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YA SUMMER SERIES
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"THIS" SUMMER
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AN EXCESS OF CHICKS
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MITFORD MARCH MACH 2
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DOWNTON DENIAL
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2013 THEME MONTHS
I (HEART HEART) THE DOCTOR
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GOLDEN SUMMER
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ASHFORD APRIL
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MITFORD MARCH
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2012 THEME MONTHS
DICKENSIAN DENOUEMENT
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MAGRS MONTH
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2021
BOOK REVIEW - WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON'S THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
Published by: A Public Domain Book
Publication Date: 1901
Format: Kindle, 109 Pages
Rating: ★★
To Buy
There once was a house. It is now nothing more than ruins. There once were
strange occurrences there. They are long forgotten. Only a journal tells of what
happened there at the house near the abyss and that journal has been found by
two travelers. They went looking for some good fishing in the west of Ireland
and instead found a tale which will ensure they will never return to this
benighted land. The author of the journal lived in the house with his sister who
acted as his housekeeper and his dog Pepper. The house was long thought cursed
by the locals, and after his experiences, perhaps they were right. One night he
had an out-of-body experience and traveled through space to another planet that
had a vast plain. There a valley housed a jade replica of his own home. The
valley looked more like an arena because the mountains rise up in such away
around the house that it feels as if they are watching it, along with the idols
that dot the mountains. Before he returns home he sees a humanoid pig creature
trying to force its way into the jade version of his house. The creature clearly
sees him before he departs. Months later the humanoid horrors attack his home.
This time it's not on some distant planet but right outside his door. He doesn't
know how, but he fights them off. They appeared to have come out of an ever
growing pit near his home and after the attack he plans to investigate. He and
Pepper laboriously work their way further and further into the pit only to see
that at the bottom there is no bottom, just an abyss. They have to fight their
way out of the pit against rushing water and their own frailties. Pepper is
injured in the exodus. The pit becomes a lake but the sound of rushing water is
constant, which leads to the realization that a mysterious door in the cellar of
the house leads directly into the abyss. The house is perched above nothing.
Time expands and contracts. He sees his lost love, he sees Pepper age and die
before his eyes, he sees the creatures return, he sees the door open...
At the very heart of this book there is a great Gothic horror story to be had,
but you have to wade through a lot of slop to get to it. It's not that the slop
isn't interesting from a historical point of view, you can obviously see how
this work influenced authors from H.P. Lovecraft to Terry Pratchett. Pratchett
even said that The House on the Borderland was "the Big Bang in my private
universe as a science fiction and fantasy reader and, later, writer." Not
knowing that Pratchett felt this way prior to reading it when the protagonist
ends up on a foreign planet surrounded by idols I was instantly reminded of
Pratchett's writing to a distracting degree. I'm just happy it turns out I
wasn't hallucinating this, which is probably what most of this novel is. But
going back to what worked in this novel, one night the house is attacked by the
humanoid pigs previously seen in the vision of the other planet. They have
somehow emerged from the pit near the house and decided to attack it. They are
vicious and intelligent, but after a battle raging a full twenty-four hours the
protagonist is victorious if still perplexed. Where did these creatures come
from? Where are the bodies of those he successfully killed? He doesn't go out
into the garden for days after the battle for fear of attack, but could the
survivors really have taken away their fallen comrades? And did any of this even
happen. That's what I find most interesting about this story is that here we
have an entirely unreliable narrator, yet for these few pages as the battle
rages, he seems lucid enough to be telling the truth. Yet his omissions make you
question your own opinion on his sanity. The biggest problem is where is his
sister? She seems to come and go throughout as an afterthought, but during a
battle one would think that she would make an appearance. So then you start
going further down the unreliable narrator rabbit hole and wondering if she even
exists. What's more, are the humanoid swine really trying to break into the
house on Earth or, because we saw the house on that far distant planet where the
swine are supposedly from, is the attack happening to that house and somehow
there is a rift in time and space? Whatever is really going on here, this small
slice of the pie makes the rest of the hallucinatory rants almost worth it.
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Labels: Book Club, Going Gothic, Gothic, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, Humanoid,
Interstellar, Journal, Ruins, Science Fiction, Secret Door, Swine, Terry
Pratchett, The House on the Borderland, The Last Word, William Hope Hodgson
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2021
TUESDAY TOMORROW
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Published by: Harper
Publication Date: October 19th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 384 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is
Murder and The Sentence is Death returns with his third literary whodunit
featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.
When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony
Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic
island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in
the middle of murder investigation - or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer
in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.
Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other
guests - an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a
French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war
historian - along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud
over a disruptive power line.
When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and
Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is
allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in
their midst. But who?
Both a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely
enjoyable locked-room mystery, A Line to Kill is a triumph - a riddle of a story
full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically
clever denouements."
I am here for WHATEVER Anthony Horowitz is up to next!
Destroy All Monsters by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Published by: Image Comics
Publication Date: October 19th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 144 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"The next book in the red-hot Reckless series is here.
Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us a new
original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless.
It's 1988 and Ethan has been hired for his strangest case yet: finding the
secrets of a Los Angeles real estate mogul. How hard could that be, right? Only
what starts as a deep dive into the life of a stranger will soon take a deadly
turn, and find Ethan risking everything that still matters to him.
Another smash hit from the award-winning creators of Reckless, Pulp, My Heroes
Have Always Been junkies, Criminal, and Kill Or Be Killed - and a must-have for
all Brubaker and Phillips fans"
Yes... it's a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillips fans... but really just
for their die-hard fans.
The Voices at the End of the Road by Twyla Ellis
Published by: Zimbell House Publishing LLC
Publication Date: October 19th, 2021
Format: Paperback, 362 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"The Whitfield Estate is hidden deep in the Big Thicket outside of Soda, Texas.
This reclusive family brood amassed their oil and timber fortune over four
generations, and now that it's been done, they have become painfully aware of
how isolated and broken they are as a family.
Tessa Nettles, fresh from college, is hired as the estate manager. But her main
role is to help the youngest Whitfield, Caroline, have a more normal life. She
has been cloistered away at Whitfield for the whole of her first fourteen years.
Now, her oldest brother, Grayson, wants to make a happier life for her than he
and their brother, Travis, had.
But first, he will have to deal with the strange lights that fall from the sky
over the Trinity River and their connection with the mysterious voices at the
end of the road. The voices of entities that have secretly been Caroline's only
friends her whole life. Are these ghostly entities dangerous? Will they want
Tessa gone from Whitfield?
Will Old Gullah Woman and Preacher Man be allowed to stay on in the rundown
river cabin, stirring up the waters and calling down the mysterious lights? Or
will the Whitfield matriarch run them off, even after their Gullah potions kept
her husband alive two years longer than the doctors could have?
Will Tessa bring harmony to the estate, or set off a competition between the
brothers that has the potential to destroy the Whitfields completely?"
Dallas meets The X-Files with a Gothic wrapper? Yes please!
The Ghost Tracks by Celso Hurtado
Published by: Inkshares
Publication Date: October 19th, 2021
Format: Paperback, 350 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"A seventeen-year-old Texan from the wrong side of the tracks starts a
supernatural detective agency - this is Fear Street for a diverse America.
Erasmo Cruz is from the wrong side of the tracks. His dad was a junkie who
overdosed. His mom chose to run off rather than raise him. His only passion is
the supernatural, and his only family is his grandmother, whose aches and pains,
he soon learns, aren't just from old age but from cancer.
Desperate to help his grandmother pay for treatment, Erasmo sets up shop as a
paranormal investigator. After witnessing a series of inexplicable events, he
must uncover the truth behind his clients' seemingly impossible claims. From
hauntings to exorcisms, Erasmo soon finds that San Antonio is a much scarier
place than even he knew."
ALL about the supernatural PI!
Jane Austen Investigates: The Burglar's Ball by Julia Golding
Published by: Lion Fiction
Publication Date: October 19th, 2021
Format: Paperback, 176 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Join young, budding detective Jane Austen in her second investigation to
uncover a devious diamond thief at the glitziest, most scandalous ball of the
year inspired by Sense and Sensibility.
When the headmistress invites her past favourite pupil to attend their end of
term ball, Cassandra brings her younger sister, Jane, along too. Cassandra
plunges into the feverish excitement of preparing for the biggest event of the
year - the dresses, the dances and the boys expected from the neighbouring
school.
Feeling rather excluded, sharp-witted Jane unearths the reason for the fuss -
the headteacher wants to impress a rich family returned from India as the school
is at risk of going bankrupt. Jane also befriends the dancing master's
assistant, a former slave, called Brandon, who is as quick to notice things as
she. At the ball, a diamond necklace is stolen from a locked room and they are
propelled into a race to uncover the burglar and save Brandon from gaol.
With the ever-present Austen spirit, Jane with notebook in hand, boldly
overcomes the obstacles to finding the truth."
Oh, here's hoping for lots of Jane Austen complaining about how she hates girls
schools!
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Labels: A Line to Kill, Anthony Horowitz, Celso Hurtado, Ed Brubaker, Jane
Austen, Jane Austen Investigates, Julia Golding, Reckless, Sean Phillips, Texas,
The Ghost Tracks, The Voices at the End of the Road, Twyla Ellis
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021
BOOK REVIEW - GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Golden, and Troy
Nixey
Published by: Hyperion Books for Children
Publication Date: July 19th, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 272 Pages
Rating: ★★
To Buy
Blackwood Manor has a dark past. Something happened to Emerson Blackwood one
night in the basement. Someone died at the hands of Emerson Blackwood that night
when he snapped. But that isn't where this story starts, that is where this
story ends. It starts with an eager young Emerson Blackwood and a colleague
showing him an unusual skeleton. Emerson is a young naturalist and what he sees
upends his knowledge of what he knows about the natural world. Because he was
shown the skeletal remains of a Tooth Fairy. He buys the remains and goes public
with the discovery, only to be laughed at and then shunned. His colleagues think
he has gone insane. But he hasn't. At least not yet. Emerson is undeterred by
the disapprobrium as he writes of his continuing discoveries in his journal. He
takes it upon himself not just to travel the world looking for a deeper
understanding of Tooth Fairies, but also to create a guide to all dangerous
fairies that the unsuspecting populace doesn't know about. He takes to
travelling with an old man and his daughter who have also spent years
researching the unseelie world. Though Emerson's tunnel vision for Tooth Fairies
puts all their lives at risk. He has come to unearth evidence that they are
prolific across the entire world. Fairy tales often vary from region to region,
but not the stories of the Tooth Fairies, otherwise known as Bloody Gums, Gnaw
Bones, and Bone Crunchers. They are unique. They are organized. And they are
dangerous. Soon the old man dies and Emerson marries his daughter and they have
a child. Tooth Fairies love nothing more than the teeth of children. And Emerson
made a miscalculation in Italy. They are on to him. He flees to America and
holes up in his house. But they are coming and they want revenge.
This is an odd little volume. It's half narrative and half field guide and in my
mind only one of those works. Hint, it's not the guide. I've read enough guides
in my time to know a good one, and there needs to be more depth, more
worldbuilding, more thought for it to work. I should probably have prefaced that
with, and I haven't actually watched the movie this is a tie-in for so maybe
there is more worldbuilding there, but I really couldn't be bothered after
reading the book and the book should be able to stand on it's own. I love
Christopher Golden and it is patently clear that he wrote the part of the book I
love, Emerson Blackwood's journey of discovery. Emerson is an interesting
character in that he seems perfectly normal and reasonable at the beginning, but
one taste of the supernatural and he starts a descent into obsession and
madness. That madness deals with Tooth Fairies. It is a truth universally
acknowledged that we humans are prone to nightmares about our teeth. I don't
know why it is, but I've always had them. I can even remember having them way
back in kindergarten. Usually they crumble and then choke me and I'm spitting
them out. It's horrible. For years and years I thought I was alone, but then one
day I was talking to my friend Grant and he was doing a piece about teeth and I
commented on it by telling him about my teeth nightmares, his were almost
exactly the same. So I started asking more and more people. I don't know what
percentage of the population has these dreams, because another friend who was in
on this conversation was like, I've never had that dream, but when you google it
it says it's "a very common dream." Though some of the analysis online is
absurd. No, I don't have a fear of public speaking, I have a fear of my freakin'
teeth falling out! This book taps into that fear. I don't know why I never had a
fear of the Tooth Fairy even though I had a fear of my teeth falling out.
Probably because no one was referring to them as Bloody Gums, Gnaw Bones, or
Bone Crunchers. So, yeah, my teeth nightmares have been expanded exponentially.
Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies, Christopher Golden, Don't Be
Afraid of the Dark, Emerson Blackwood, Fairies, Fairy Guide, Going Gothic,
Guillermo del Toro, Nightmares, Teeth, Tooth Fairies, Troy Nixey
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2021
BOOK REVIEW - SARAH PERRY'S THE ESSEX SERPENT
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Published by: Custom House
Publication Date: May 27th, 2016
Format: Kindle, 433 Pages
Rating: ★★★★
To Buy (different edition than one reviewed)
The death of Cora Seaborne's abusive husband means she can finally cast aside
the shackles of the life she was forced into. She can indulge her desire to be
the next Mary Anning. Taking her household, which consists of her companion
Martha and her disturbed son Francis, to Colchester, she spends her days mucking
about the countryside wearing men's boots and unflattering clothing looking for
ammonites. Once she even tangled with a man trying to rescue a sheep from the
muck. But soon Colchester is abuzz with rumors of the Essex Serpent. It's
hunting the estuaries and killing children and pets. Cora doesn't believe in
something so fanciful, but she does wonder, could a creature from long ago have
survived in an out of the way place to be discovered in the present day? Science
doesn't deny it is possible and her hero, Mary Anning, often hoped to make such
a discovery. Cora longs to have her name next to such a find in a museum and
therefore jumps at the opportunity that fate hands her. Through mutual friends
she is introduced to the Ransomes who live in Aldwinter. As fate would have it
the Reverend Will Ransome is the man she helped to rescue the sheep. Despite
such an inauspicious beginning the two become fast friends. Cora is fascinated
by a pew in his church which is carved to represent the serpent, while Will is
incensed by his parishioners obsession with fairy tales and threatens to destroy
the pew. They argue over everything, from religion to science, it is a meeting
of true minds. Everyone comments on their closeness, Cora even moves to
Aldwinter. Yet Will's wife Stella doesn't seem to mind, and Martha, well Martha
has more important things to worry about. But then there's an incident at the
school. Cora begs her friend, Doctor Luke Garrett, to come down and investigate
the medical reason behind the hysteria. This causes a breach between Cora and
Will. A breach that will be healed and ruptured on one fateful night. So while
they might not survive, the question remains, does the serpent?
The Essex Serpent is one of those books that seems to polarize people, and it
has since it's publication. You either love it or you hate it and I decided to
take the wisest approach and just avoid it. But then I bought Sarah Perry's
Melmoth and a lot of reviews started referring to it as a companion piece to The
Essex Serpent, which I took to mean I should read The Essex Serpent... Which
went from being a "never " to a "some day" to a "now" event rather quickly
because of the Tom Hiddleston starring adaptation that is filming. Will Ransome
is a role Hiddles is born to play in my mind. But that adaptation is the future,
and this is now, and this is about the book. The Essex Serpent is beautifully
and lushly written yet is rather light on plot. It fits more into the style of
Gothic literature and romance from the 19th century than what we necessarily
think of as Gothic now. The book is all about duality as epitomized by the word
"cleave," to cling and to separate all at once. The serpent is both a
supernatural entity and a rather large fish. Stella is both dying and luminous.
The world runs on both religion and science. Cora and Will's romance is both
everything and nothing. Two states of being happening simultaneously. This
recurs over and over again, reality versus fallacy. And at one point, the
hysteria of Aldwinter with regards to the serpent reaches such a fever pitch
that the young schoolgirls act out in a way that would best be described as
Salem in 1692. And the fact that the doctor swings in and brings up ergot
poisoning made my dorky history heart soar! Because it could very well be
hysteria OR ergot OR none of the above. The problem is that the book reaches
this fever pitch just before the summer solstice and then it just peters out.
Cora had been the driving force of the book and she sees what she has done and
retreats. She's barely in the rest of the book and her larger-than-life
personality which carried everyone means that the other characters had to try to
carry themselves, and they failed. So while the book technically ended, I like
to think that in some other way it didn't and that one day the characters will
find their proper endings.
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Labels: Adaptation, Ammonite, Cleave, Cora Seaborne, Dinosaurs, Duality, Going
Gothic, Gothic, Hiddles, Mary Anning, Melmoth, Myths, Naturalist, Reverend Will
Ransome, Salem, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Tom Hiddleston
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021
BOOK REVIEW - PAUL MAGRS'S THE PANDA, THE CAT AND THE DREADFUL TEDDY
The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy by Paul Magrs
Published by: HarperCollins
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 144 Pages
Rating: ★★★★★
To Buy
If you live in a house where you have stuffed animals with very distinct and
vocal personalities, ranging the gamut from sarcastic to profane to inebriated,
then this is the book you've been waiting all your life for. And hopefully the
stuffed animals will be fans as well. Though I know my Dad's monkey Salbert
would probably downgrade the book for having no mention of Kim Novak. Thankfully
the book doesn't mention Joey Bishop or we'd have real problems. And yes,
wherever Sal is he knows what time it is in Vegas. While everyone might not have
someone in their life at this moment giving constant commentary, we've all had a
stuffed friend like this at some point in our life. Paul has Panda. Some of us
know him as Art Critic Panda, but I am sure he has a plethora of aliases. If you
read this book without any context, even though I do love that Paul added a
picture of the trio at the back of the book, you are in for an entertaining
time. Panda is saying what we are often thinking about but at too decorous to
say. Though I would occasionally like to let loose with a stream of profanity
Panda-style. The art varies in quality, but sometimes just the simplest of lines
captures Panda and his posture so perfectly with so little that I wish I could
draw like that. In particular I'm thinking of him exercising and looking
lovingly at a bottle of gin. Yes, Panda does love his gin. There were also times
when I wished that the drawings had been organized thematically or had some
overarching story, but then I remembered this is a parody. I realized I couldn't
properly critique this book without first reading The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and
the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. I remember when this book came out and it was
everywhere. There were large drifts of it in Barnes and Noble because if I
recall correctly they made it their book of the year. Well, that book does have
some amazing drawings, in a wide range of styles, and occasionally there is
something profound said, but for me it was too saccharine. My teeth hurt after
reading it. It was too goody goody trying to be something more and occasionally
ending up sounding like your friends in college when they got high and thought
they'd discovered the answers to life. But reading that book made me appreciate
Paul's book so much more. He got the artistic shifts, the lack of structure,
everything down pat, but with a wonderfully cynical edge, which is totally my
wheelhouse. So yes, you can read this book in a vacuum, but I'd say read the
book after doing your homework, you will enjoy it so much more!
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Labels: Art Critic Panda, Barnes and Noble, Charlie Mackesy, Cynical, Joey
Bishop, Kim Novak, Pandas, Paul Magrs, Sal, The Boy the Mole the Fox and the
Horse, The Panda the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy: A Parody, Vegas
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021
TUESDAY TOMORROW
The Haunting Season by Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood
Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Elizabeth Macneal, Natasha Pulley,
and Laura Purcell
Published by: Pegasus Crime
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 336 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Eight bestselling, award-winning writers return to the time-honored tradition
of the seasonal ghost story in this spellbinding collection of new and original
haunted tales.
Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition of
supernatural horror, the shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to
gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating
thrill of a spooky tale.
Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors - all of them master storytellers
of the sinister and the macabre - bring the tradition to vivid life in a
spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales.
Taking you from the frosty fens of the English countryside, to the snow-covered
grounds of a haunted estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these
mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your
indispensable companion to cold, dark nights. So curl up, light a candle, and
fall under the ghostly spell of winters past..."
I mean, the description along makes this a must read, Laura Purcell and Natasha
Pulley make this a MUST BUY!
I Would Prefer Not To by Herman Melville
Published by: Pushkin Collection
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Paperback, 256 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"A new selection of Melville's darkest and most enthralling stories in a
beautiful Pushkin Collection edition.
Includes "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno" and "The Lightning-Rod Man."
A lawyer hires a new copyist, only to be met with stubborn, confounding
resistance. A nameless guide discovers hidden worlds of luxury and bleak
exploitation. After boarding a beleaguered Spanish slave ship, an American
trader's cheerful outlook is repeatedly shadowed by paralyzing unease.
In these stories of the surreal mundanity of office life and obscure tensions at
sea, Melville's darkly modern sensibility plunges us into a world of irony and
mystery, where nothing is as it first appears."
If a title of a book could sell me on it, this would be that title.
A Surprise for Christmas edited by Martin Edwards
Published by: Sourcebooks
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"A Postman murdered while delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas
pine growing over a forgotten homicide. A Yuletide heist gone horribly wrong.
When there's as much murder as magic in the air and the facts seem to point to
the impossible, it's up to the detective's trained eye to unwrap the clues and
neatly tie together an explanation (preferably with a bow on top).
Martin Edwards has once again gathered the best of these seasonal stories into a
stellar anthology brimming with rare tales, fresh as fallen snow, and classics
from the likes of Julian Symons, Margery Allingham, Anthony Gilbert and Cyril
Hare. A most welcome surprise indeed, and perfect to be shared between
super-sleuths by the fire on a cold winter's night."
Ah, Christmas and crime! Two things that compliment each other so well.
Murder Most Festive by Ada Moncrieff
Published by: Poisoned Pen Press
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Paperback, 288 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery.
Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen...
and then disaster strikes.
Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together
for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions
simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs
the bedrooms are made up ready for their occupants. But one bed will lie empty
that night...
Come Christmas morning, guest David Campbell-Scott is found lying dead in the
snow, with only a hunting rifle lying beside him and one set of footprints
leading to the body. But something doesn't seem right to amateur sleuth Hugh
Gaveston. Campbell-Scott had just returned from the East with untold wealth -
why would he kill himself? Hugh sets out to investigate... and what he finds is
more shocking than he ever could have expected."
Sigh, I love me some murder for the holiday season...
Tomes Scones and Crones by Colleen Gleason
Published by: Oliver-Heber Books
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Paperback, 298 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"At forty-eight, Jacqueline Finch has a nice, easy life with few
responsibilities: she's been a librarian in Chicago for twenty-five years, she
doesn't have a husband, children, or pets, and she's just coasting along,
enjoying her books and a small flower garden now that she's over the hill.
That is, until the Universe (helped by three old crones) has other ideas.
All at once, Jacqueline's staid (and boring) life is upended, and the next thing
she knows, she's heading off to Button Cove to start a new life as the owner of
Three Tomes Bookshop.
The bookstore is a darling place, and Jacqueline is almost ready to be excited
about this new opportunity... until Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Danvers show up.
Somehow, the literary characters of Sherlock Holmes's landlady and Rebecca
deWinter's creepy and sardonic housekeeper are living persons who work at the
bookshop (when they aren't bickering with each other). Not only does Jacqueline
have to contend with them-and the idea that people regularly eat pastries while
reading books in her store -but the morning after she arrives, the body of a
dead man is found on her property.
Things start to get even more strange after that: Jacqueline is befriended by
three old women who bear a startling resemblance to the Witches Three from
Macbeth, an actual witch shows up at her bookshop and accuses Jacqueline of
killing her brother, and the two women who own businesses across the street seem
determined to befriend Jacqueline.
And then there's the police detective with the very definite hot-Viking vibe who
shows up to investigate the dead body...
The next thing Jacqueline knows, her staid and simple life is no longer quiet
and unassuming, and she's got crones, curses, and crocodiles to deal with.
And when a new literary character appears on the scene...things start to get
even more hairy and Jacqueline is suddenly faced with a horrible life and death
situation that will totally push her out of her comfort zone...if she's brave
enough to let it. After all, isn't forty-eight too late for an old dog to learn
new tricks?
From the bestselling author of the Wicks Hollow series, Tomes, Scones and Crones
is the first book in a new paranormal women's fiction series about coming into
one's own when you're over the hill, and owning one's "croneness.""
Even if I weren't already a fan of Colleen Gleason, I mean come on, this book
sounds like it was written just for me! Especially with Mrs. Hudson and Mrs.
Danvers showing up!
Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker
Published by: Tordotcom
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 208 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"For readers of Kelly Barnhill and Cat Valente's Fairyland books, adventure and
danger lurk Along the Saltwise Sea in this new book by Seanan McGuire's latest
open pseudonym, A. Deborah Baker.
Be sure to explore the myriad wonders that can be found Along the Saltwise Sea.
After climbing Over the Woodward Wall and making their way across the forest,
Avery and Zib found themselves acquiring some extraordinary friends in their
journey through the Up-and-Under.
After staying the night, uninvited, at a pirate queen’s cottage in the woods,
the companions find themselves accountable to its owner, and reluctantly agree
to work off their debt as her ship sets sail, bound for lands unknown. But the
queen and her crew are not the only ones on board, and the monsters at sea
aren’t all underwater.
The friends will need to navigate the stormy seas of obligation and honor on
their continuing journey along the improbable road.
Writing as A. Deborah Baker, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author
Seanan McGuire takes our heroes Avery and Zib (and their friends Niamh and the
Crow Girl) on a high seas adventure, with pirates and queens and all the dangers
of the deep as they continue their journey through the Up-and-Under on their
quest for the road that will lead them home....
Welcome to a world of talking trees and sarcastic owls, of dangerous mermaids
and captivating queens in this exceptional tale for readers who are young at
heart in this companion book to McGuire's critically-acclaimed Middlegame and
the sequel to Over the Woodward Wall."
I would give almost anything to have Seanan McGuire's work ethic!
The Brides of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire
Published by: William Morrow
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 384 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Multimillion-copy bestselling author Gregory Maguire unveils the first in a
three-book series spun off the iconic Wicked Years, featuring Elphaba’s
granddaughter, the green-skinned Rain.
Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with
Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac
Out of Oz.
But “out of Oz” isn’t “gone for good.” Maguire’s new series, Another Day, is
here, twenty-five years after Wicked first flew into our lives.
Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washing
ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the sea, Rain is taken
in by a community of single women committed to obscure devotional practices.
As the mainland of Maracoor sustains an assault by a foreign navy, the island’s
civil-servant overseer struggles to understand how an alien arriving on the
shores of Maracoor could threaten the stability and wellbeing of an entire
nation. Is it myth or magic at work, for good or for ill?
The trilogy Another Day will follow this green-skinned girl from the island
outpost into the unmapped badlands of Maracoor before she learns how, and
becomes ready, to turn her broom homeward, back to her family and her lover,
back to Oz, which - in its beauty, suffering, mystery, injustice, and
possibility - reminds us all too clearly of the troubled yet sacred terrain of
our own lives."
I don't think I can adequately explain my excitement about returning to Oz.
Needless to say I preordered my signed copy ages ago.
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster
Published by: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 256 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"From the 2-time Tony Award-winner and the star of TV’s Younger, funny and
intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while
navigating the highs and lows of family, love, and show business (and how it can
help you, too).
Whether she’s playing an “age-defying” book editor on television or dazzling
audiences on the Broadway stage, Sutton Foster manages to make it all look easy.
How? Crafting. From the moment she picked up a cross stitch needle to escape the
bullying chorus girls in her early performing days, she was hooked. Cross
stitching led to crocheting, crocheting led to collages, which led to drawing,
and so much more. Channeling her emotions into her creations centered Sutton as
she navigated the significant moments in her life and gave her tangible
reminders of her experiences. Now, in this charming and poignant collection,
Sutton shares those moments, including her fraught relationship with her
agoraphobic mother; a painful divorce splashed on the pages of the tabloids; her
struggles with fertility; the thrills she found on the stage during hit plays
like Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, and Violet; her breakout TV role
in Younger; and the joy of adopting her daughter, Emily. Accompanying the
stories, Sutton has included crochet patterns, recipes, and so much more!
Witty and poignant, Hooked will leave readers entertained as well as inspire
them to pick up their own cross stitch needles and paintbrushes."
I have been a fan of Sutton Foster's for ages. The fact that she's a crafter
makes me so happy.
The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy by Paul Magrs
Published by: HarperCollins
Publication Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover, 144 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"The surely soon-to-be million-copy bestselling sort-of inspirational parody...
Enter the world of me, Panda, plus my sometime-friends Cat and Teddy. You will
find us living our best lives, trying (and occasionally succeeding) to be kind
to each other. The cat is quite nice but can be a little bit selfish. Teddy can
come across as very nice, with his squeaky voice and looking so tiny and
helpless. But I must warn you, Teddy can be a vicious little backstabber,
actually.
This is a book of nice illustrations and some words from which you will likely
gain some sort of inspiration. Like:
'Just because you're struggling, it doesn't mean you're failing... But it might
do.'
'Nothing beats kindness, ' said the cat. 'Gin does', said Panda.
'If you don't stop saying inspirational things to me, I'm going to punch you up
the hooter.'
'You OK, hun?' asked Panda, but he was just taking the piss.
'We're just so, so lucky to have each other as friends, and it's going to make a
marvellous book.'"
I really hope that this book by the delightful Paul, he's not at all dreadful
like Teddy, does become a bestseller with millions of copies sold. I've had mine
preordered for ages!
Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: A. Deborah Baker, Ada Moncrieff, Christmas, Colleen Gleason, Crochet,
Gregory Maguire, Herman Melville, Laura Purcell, Murder, Natasha Pulley, Oz,
Paul Magrs, Rebecca, Seanan Maguire, Sutton Foster, Wicked
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2021
BOOK REVIEW - LAURA PURCELL'S THE POISON THREAD
The Poison Thread by Laura Purcell
Published by: Penguin Books
Publication Date: June 18th, 2019
Format: Paperback, 368 Pages
Rating: ★★★
To Buy
Dorothea Truelove is a wealthy young woman. And wealthy young women need
something to occupy themselves. Yes, she could marry, but her father would never
approve of the policeman who has stolen her heart so she has turned to
charitable works. And while visiting female prison inmates might be considered a
normal outlet for someone of her class, her reasoning is more unnatural. She has
taken up an interest in phrenology and wants to study the head of a murderer.
Which is how she comes across Ruth Butterham at Oakgate Prison. The young
seamstress doesn't deny she's a murderer, she just claims that her method of
delivery is unintentional and otherworldly. She believes the items she sews are
imbued with her emotions and that those emotions go on to kill those who wear
her wares. She begs Dorothea to listen so that she will see she isn't insane.
Her tale is a dark one. Her mother was from affluence and ran away with her
father, a painter. But as time wore on they fell farther and farther down the
social ladder. Ruth helped her mother with sewing she took in and it turned out
she had an aptitude for it. After her father died they could no longer go on as
they were and Ruth was indentured to a Mrs. Metyard. Ruth might have been better
off on the streets with her mother the way she is treated by Mrs. Metyard and
her daughter. The punishments were brutal and deadly. But Ruth had noticed
something. Anyone whose clothes she had worked on had an ill will befall them.
Little accidents and injuries. So she started to put her grievances into her
labors and then there was a death. One of her classmates from her old life. They
believe it was the dye from the fabric, a beautiful arsenic green. But Ruth
knows better. Because this wasn't the only death. Dorothea doesn't believe
Ruth's story. Besides being beyond the pale, she doesn't have the right shape of
skull to be a killer. But then Ruth is forced to do some mending for the prison
and illness breaks out. Could she really be telling the truth? Or is this just a
poor misguided young girl whose life was stolen by circumstance?
The Poison Thread threads the needle (see what I did there) between the
plausible and the supernatural, which is what Laura Purcell specializes in.
Having only read The Silent Companions when I picked up this book I was slightly
bemused and baffled that it handled the ending in such a similar manner. Through
the whole book Purcell never spells it out if there is actually supernatural
elements at play until the last few pages where the supernatural is confirmed
and the book just ends. So ended The Silent Companions so ended The Poison
Thread. I was worried that all her books would end in this kind of cliched
manner. It almost feels like a cop out. Because admitting the existence of the
supernatural and then not leaving room to explain how after all the why leading
up to it makes the book somehow less than. But thankfully she has seemed to grow
out of this from my further reading. And the truth is, this abrupt ending
doesn't take away from this book the way it did in The Silent Companions. It
just is. Or perhaps I was just prepared if it happened again... What set this
book apart from other Victorian female prison fare, and yes, there are others,
I'm looking at you Affinity, is the craft of Ruth Butterham. Ruth believes she
has the supernatural ability to kill with her sewing. That her emotions transfer
to the clothes she is working on. I totally buy this. Why you might ask? Well,
as a maker, from artwork to theatre productions to clothing, I look at something
I've made and I'm travelling into my past. My old work effects me when I see it,
emotions, thoughts, what was happening in my life comes back to me, and I have
wondered, what if that was visible to others? What if what I put in actually
remains and then that would effect someone else? Could they feel the late night
struggle on a seam? Could the joy I felt at burning something be tangible to
another? That what if is what drives Ruth's belief. And maybe that is why I was
fine with the ending, because I bought into the premise. I had wondered about my
own work so it would obviously be possible for another artist to feel the same.
It's logical, not necessarily supernatural.
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Labels: Affinity, Arsenic, Artwork, Dorothea Truelove, Going Gothic, Laura
Purcell, Maker, Mrs. Metyard, Murder, Phrenology, Prison, Ruth Butterham,
Sewing, Supernatural, The Poison Thread, The Silent Companions, Victorian
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021
BOOK REVIEW - LAURA PURCELL'S THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS
The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell
Published by: Penguin Books
Publication Date: June 9th, 2020
Format: Paperback, 336 Pages
Rating: ★★★★★
To Buy
Hester Why isn't really Hester Why. But who she was had too much baggage. Too
much pain. Too many secrets. In fact, she might just be cursed. So she is making
a new start, or more accurately, a new start is being foisted upon her. So why
not take a new name in the process as an extra level of protection? With only a
handful of belongings and a hip flask she heads to Cornwall and Morvoren House.
She is to be nurse to the elderly Louise Pinecroft. When Hester arrives at
Morvoren the winter is harsh and bleak, there is a sense the snow is finally
coming, and the sea is ominous. Hester always thought she'd like to see the sea,
now she's wondering if she'll regret this desire. Miss Pinecroft's house perches
precariously above the churning waves. She spends her days in an unheated room
with all the curtains drawn keeping vigil over bone china. Big vases, small
figurines, plates, teacups, all this, as well as Miss Pinecroft, are now
Hester's bounden duty. The nurse in her rebels. This elderly woman needs warmth
and sustenance and proper clothes, not a drafty room where she wallows in her
own filth and myopically watches knickknacks! But just as Hester has her
secrets, so does Morvoren House. Bought by Louise's father after their family
was ravaged by consumption, he was going to regain his medical renown by finding
the cure to the disease that carried away his family. But forty years later
there is no cure. Louise is an old woman consumed by the horrors of the past and
the uncanny. Morvoren House might have meant to foster in a new age of medical
understanding, instead it's caught in the old ties of folklore and fairy tales.
Something is happening in the house. Locked doors are being opened without a
key, salt borders doorways, clothes are wore inside out, young fertile women are
in danger, and the bone china must never be left alone.
Whenever someone tells me to read a book because it reminds them of Daphne Du
Maurier I gird my loins. Because if there's one thing this has proven to me time
and time again is that people haven't actually read Daphne Du Maurier. They
think they know what her writing is like, probably because they watched Rebecca,
and have therefore jumped to conclusions. So let it be known when I say a book
reminds me of Daphne Du Maurier I actually mean it. I've done my research.
Meaning I've read more than one of her books. In fact I've broken double digits
not counting re-reads. So yes, The House of Whispers doesn't let you down on the
Du Maurier vibe. Now I won't go as far as Natasha Pulley and say it might be
better than Du Maurier, because it's different, and that makes it it's own
wonderful thing. This is part Poldark part Du Maurier part Fairy Tale and it's
bloody brilliant. Pushing aside her first two Georgian books, once Purcell
embraced the Gothic aesthetic, her next two books, The Silent Companions and The
Poison Thread, could, in a way, be interchangeable in their narrative structure,
drawing out the supernatural reveal until right at the end. It felt rushed to
have the reveal and then the curtain drop literally within the span of a handful
of words. This was gimmicky, and I was fully prepared to have it repeat here,
but it didn't. I wouldn't necessarily say I was pleasantly surprised, more in
awe. Laura Purcell has grown so much as an author it's almost like this book is
separate from the rest of her body of work. I can't put my finger on any one
thing that made this book better except that everything is better. Her character
development, her plotting, her structure, every little thing kept me invested as
I devoured this book. She has always had a well developed sense of place, almost
at the cost of the characters, but here the characters, even those I didn't
like, were fully rounded and fascinating. This is a tale of tragedy and
otherness and obsession, and I can't wait to see what Laura Purcell will do
next!
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Addams' Apple: The New York Cartoons of Charles Addams - Charles Addams
Tales from Harrow County: Death's Choir #1 - Cullen Bunn
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas - Lillian and Russell Hoban
Stumptown, Vol. 4: The Case of the Cup of Joe - Greg Rucka
The Dollhouse Family - Mike Carey
NOVEMBER
Basketful of Heads #1 - Joe Hill
Locke and Key: Dog Days - Joe Hill
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Upon the Midnight Clear (Lady Emily Book 13.5) - Tasha Alexander
OCTOBER
Darth Vader, Vol. 4 End of Games - Kieron Gillen
Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail - Jason Aaron
Star Wars: Vader Down - Jason Aaron
Stumptown, Vol. 1: The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left Her Mini)
- Greg Rucka
The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Book 2) - Philip Pullman
Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials Book 3) - Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials Book 2) - Philip Pullman
SEPTEMBER
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) - Philip Pullman
La Bell Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) - Philip Pullman
Harley Merlin and the Secret Cover (Harley Merlin Book 1) - Bella Forrest
Uzumaki - Junji Ito
Hilda and the Mountain King (Hilda Book 6) - Luke Pearson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book #7) - J.K. Rowling
Sleepless, Vol. 2 - Sarah Vaughn
Sleepless, Vol. 1 - Sarah Vaughn
The Woods, Vol. 7: The Black City - James Tynion IV
AUGUST
Angel #4 - Bryan Edward Hill
Angel #3 - Bryan Edward Hill
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book #6) - J.K. Rowling
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 4: The Catastrophe Con - Kieron Gillen
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 3: Remastered - Kieron Gillen
The Woods, Vol. 4: Movie Night - James Tynion IV
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book #5) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book #4) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book #2) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book #1) - J.K. Rowling
JULY
Stiletto (The Checquy Files Book 2) - Daniel O'Malley
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 1: Aphra - Kieron Gillen
Amphigorey Again - Edward Gorey
The New Deadwardians - Dan Abnett
The Escapists - Brian K. Vaughan
Elephant House: of, the Home of Edward Gorey - Kevin McDermott
The Rook (The Checquy Files Book 1) - Daniel O'Malley
JUNE
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line - Rob Thomas
The Iron Tonic - Edward Gorey
Amphigorey Also - Edward Gorey
Amphigorey Too - Edward Gorey
Amphigorey - Edward Gorey
The Glass Ocean - Lauren Willig, Karen White, and Beatriz Williams
MAY
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson Book 11) - Patricia Briggs
APRIL
The High Street - Alice Melvin
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #4 - Jordie Bellaire
Giant Days #49 - John Allison
The Dark Days Deceit - Alison Goodman
The Dark Days Pact - Alison Goodman
Lusus Naturae - Alison Goodman
The Dark Days Club - Alison Goodman
The True Queen - Zen Cho
MARCH
Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #3 - Jordie Bellaire
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) - Robert Galbraith
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #2 - Jordie Bellaire
FEBRUARY
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 - Jordie Bellaire
Dark Triumph - Robin LaFevers
Grave Mercy - Robin LaFevers
JANUARY
Locke and Key - Joe Hill
The Summer Country - Lauren Willig
Miss Mink: Life Lessons for a Cat Countess - Janet Hill
The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang
Firefly #1-2 - Greg Pak
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1-3 - V.E. Schwab
BEST READS 2018
DECEMBER
The Decemberist by George Mann
The Consuming Fire (The Interdependecy Book #2) - John Scalzi
Kill or be Killed, Vol. 4 - Ed Brubaker
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependecy Book #1) - John Scalzi
NOVEMBER
Uneasy Lies the Crown (Lady Emily Book #13) - Tasha Alexander
Amid the Winter's Snow (Lady Emily Book #12.5) - Tasha Alexander
Death in St. Petersburg (Lady Emily Book #12) - Tasha Alexander
A Terrible Beauty (Lady Emily Book #11) - Tasha Alexander
That Silent Night (Lady Emily Book #10.5) - Tasha Alexander
The Adventuress (Lady Emily Book #10) - Tasha Alexander
Star of the East (Lady Emily Book #9.5) - Tasha Alexander
The Counterfeit Heiress (Lady Emily Book #9) - Tasha Alexander
OCTOBER
Behind the Shattered Glass (Lady Emily Book #8) - Tasha Alexander
Death in the Floating City (Lady Emily Book #7) - Tasha Alexander
A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily Book #6) - Tasha Alexander
Dangerous to Know (Lady Emily Book #5) - Tasha Alexander
SEPTEMBER
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I and II - John Tiffany
The Hogwarts Library - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book #7) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book #6) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book #5) - J.K. Rowling
AUGUST
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book #4) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book #2) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book #1) - J.K. Rowling
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - J.K. Rowling
Tears of Pearl (Lady Emily Book #4) - Tasha Alexander
JULY
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) - Robert Galbraith
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: Future Shock, Part 3 - Joss Whedon
Monstress #18 - Marjorie Liu
The Bridal Strain: Emily and Colin's Wedding (Lady Emily Book #3.5) - Tasha
Alexander
A Fatal Waltz (Lady Emily Book #3) - Tasha Alexander
The Secret Life of Mrs. London - Rebecca Rosenberg
JUNE
Locke and Key: Small World - Joe Hill
Harrow Country #32 - Cullen Bunn
Locke and Key Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega - Joe Hill
The Grave's a Find and Private Place (Flavia De Luce #9) - Alan Bradley
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning, Part 1 - Joss Whedon
Monstress #17 - Marjorie Liu
Giants Days #39 - John Allison
Locke and Key Vol. 5: Clockworks - Joe Hill
Locke and Key Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows - Joe Hill
Locke and Key Vol. 2: Head Games - Joe Hill
MAY
And Poisoned Season (Lady Emily Book #2) - Tasha Alexander
Locke and Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft - Joe Hill
Hilda and the Stone Forest (Hilda Book 5) - Luke Pearson
Hilda and the Black Hound (Hilda Book 4) - Luke Pearson
Hilda and the Bird Parade (Hilda Book 3) - Luke Pearson
Hilda and the Midnight Giant (Hilda Book 2) - Luke Pearson
Hildafolk (Hilda Book 1) - Luke Pearson
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily Book #1) - Tasha Alexander
Monstress #16 - Marjorie Liu
I'll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara
Stack the Cats - Susie Ghahremani
Giant Days # 38 - John Allison
APRIL
Mother of Souls (Alpennia Book #3) - Heather Rose Jones
A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab
Giant Days # 37 - John Allison
MARCH
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo - Jill Twiss
Monstress #14-15 - Marjorie Liu
Harrow Country #29 - Cullen Bunn
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1-2 - Simon Spurrier
Murder, Magic, and What We Wore - Kelly Jones
Home Time - Campbell Whyte
Giants Days #36 - John Allison
FEBRUARY
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Monstress #13 - Marjorie Liu
Snotgirl # 9 - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Giant Days #35 - John Allison
JANUARY
The Tea Dragon Society - Katie O'Neill
Giant Days #28-33 - John Allison
Lovers' Lane: The Hall-Mills Mystery - Rick Geary
BEST READS 2017
DECEMBER
Envious Casca - Georgette Heyer
Giant Days #25 - John Allison
Burn Bright (Alpha and Omega Book 5) - Patricia Brigg
Brian Kesinger's Penned Dragons - Brian Kesinger
Brian Kesinger's Inked Tails - Brian Kesinger
Bandette, Volume 3: The House of the Green Mask - Paul Tobin
Bandette, Volume 2: Stealers Keepers! - Paul Tobin
Bandette, Volume 1: Presto! - Paul Tobin
Herding Cats - Sarah Andersen
NOVEMBER
FukuFuku: Kitten Tales 2 - Kanata Konami
The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
OCTOBER
La Bell Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) - Philip Pullman
Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials Book 2) - Philip Pullman
Harrow County Volume 6: Hedge Magic - Cullen Bunn
In The Pines - Erik Kriek
SEPTEMBER
Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) - Philip Pullman
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
AUGUST
Wylding Hall - Elizabeth Hand
The English Wife - Lauren Willig
JULY
We Are In a Book - Mo Willems
Persuasion - Jane Austen
JUNE
Emma - Jane Austen
Harrow County Volume 4: Family Tree - Cullen Bunn
The Circle - Dave Eggers
MAY
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
APRIL
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
MARCH
Lovers' Lane: The Hall-Mills Mystery - Rick Geary
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic Book 1) - V.E. Schwab
Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson Book 10) - Patricia Briggs
FEBRUARY
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
JANUARY
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Ahab (The Pirates! Book 2) - Gideon Defoe
The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (The Pirates! Book 5) - Gideon
Defoe
Creature Comforts - Charles Addams
BEST READS 2016
DECEMBER
Frenchman's Creek - Daphne Du Maurier
Big Mushy Happy Lump - Sarah Andersen
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
The Earthsea Trilogy - Ursula K. Le Guin
Adulthood Is a Myth - Sarah Andersen
NOVEMBER
Adventures of Blanche - Rick Geary
Ghosts - Raina Telgemeier
Harrow County Volume 2: Twice Told - Cullen Bunn
OCTOBER
Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries - Helen Fielding
A Bride's Story Volume 8 - Kaoru Mori
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
SEPTEMBER
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies - J.K.
Rowling
Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire - Mike Mignola and
Christopher Golden
Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide - J.K. Rowling
Mata Hari's Last Dance - Michelle Moran
AUGUST
Ghost Talkers - Mary Robinette Kowal
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling
JULY
Star Wars: Bloodline - Claudia Gray
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon (The Pirates! Book 4) - Gideon Defoe
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists (The Pirates! Book 3) - Gideon
Defoe
JUNE
Fatale, Vol. 5: Curse the Demon - Ed Brubaker
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists & The Pirates! In an Adventure with
Ahab (The Pirates! Books 1 and 2) - Gideon Defoe
The Master of Heathcrest Hall (Mrs. Quent Book 3) - Galen Beckett
MAY
The Fade Out, Vol. 2: Act Two - Ed Brubaker
The Fade Out, Vol. 1: Act One - Ed Brubaker
APRIL
The House on Durrow Street (Mrs. Quent Book 2) - Galen Beckett
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (Mrs. Quent Book 1) - Galen Beckett
Matilda - Roald Dahl
MARCH
Margaret Dashwood and the Enchanted Atlas (Regency Magic Book 2) - Beth
Deitchman
Mary Bennet and the Bloomsbury Coven (Regency Magic Book 1) - Beth Deitchman
Courtship and Curses (Leland Sisters Book 3) - Marissa Doyle
Betraying Season (Leland Sisters Book 2) - Marissa Doyle
Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 12 - Kanata Konami
Fatale, Vol. 2: The Devil's Business - Ed Brubaker
FukuFuku: Kitten Tales - Kanata Konami
Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters Book 1) - Marissa Doyle
FEBRUARY
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
JANUARY
The Lake House - Kate Morton
BEST READS 2015
DECEMBER
Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me - Ed Brubaker
NOVEMBER
Welcome Home, Bernard Socks - Paul Magrs
Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - David Pirie
Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson
OCTOBER
Basil of Baker Street (Basil of Baker Street Book 1) - Eve Titus
The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Book 1) -
Maryrose Wood
SEPTEMBER
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
Buffy Comic Season 10: I Wish - Joss Whedon
Buffy Comic Season 9: The Core - Joss Whedon
Willow: Wonderland - Joss Whedon
Buffy Comic Season 8: No Future for You, Wolves at the Gate, and Time of Your
Life - Joss Whedon
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Nail Gaiman
I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld Book 38) - Terry Pratchett
AUGUST
A Room with a View - E.M. Forster
Angel and Faith Comic Season 10 - Christos Gage
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes Book 1) - Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation Book 12) - Lauren Willig
The Martian - Andy Weir
Day Shift (Midnight, Texas Book 2) - Charlaine Harris
JULY
The Other Daughter - Lauren Willig
The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation Book 12) - Lauren Willig
Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation Book 11) - Lauren Willig
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia De Luce Book 1) - Alan Bradley
JUNE
High Rising - Angela Thirkell
Nine Coaches Waiting - Mary Stewart
Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly - Patricia Briggs
MAY
The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation Book 10) - Lauren Willig
The Other Daughter - Lauren Willig
Congo - Michael Crichton
The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation Book 9) - Lauren Willig
Lost on Mars - Paul Magrs
APRIL
Rising Sun - Michael Crichton
Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) - Mary Robinette Kowal
How to Be a Woman - Caitlin Moran
Valour and Vanity (Glamourist Histories Book 4) - Mary Robinette Kowal
Without a Summer (Glamourist Histories Book 3) - Mary Robinette Kowal
Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories Book 2) - Mary Robinette Kowal
Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories Book 1) - Mary Robinette Kowal
MARCH
The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation Book 8) - Lauren Willig
The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation Book 6) - Lauren Willig
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation Book 4) - Lauren Willig
Courting Magic - Stephanie Burgis
Stolen Magic (Kat, Incorrigible Book 3) - Stephanie Burgis
FEBRUARY
Renegade Magic (Kat, Incorrigible Book 2) - Stephanie Burgis
Kat, Incorrigible (Kat, Incorrigible Book 1) - Stephanie Burgis
Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 11 - Kanata Konami
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation Book 3) - Lauren Willig
JANUARY
Fairest - Marissa Meyer
The Fortune Hunter - Daisy Goodwin
Cavendon Hall - Barbara Taylor Bradford
Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Sphere - Michael Crichton
BEST READS 2014
DECEMBER
The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable (Discworld Book 27) - Terry Pratchett
The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
The Scapegoat - Daphne Du Maurier
Traveling with Your Octopus - Brian Kesinger
Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier
NOVEMBER
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Ghosts of Manhattan (Ghosts Book 1) - George Mann
Paradox Lost - George Mann
The Executioner's Heart (Newbury and Hobbes Book 4) - George Mann
The Immorality Engine (Newbury and Hobbes Book 3) - George Mann
The Story of Fester Cat - Paul Magrs
OCTOBER
The Osiris Ritual (Newbury and Hobbes Book 2) - George Mann
The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes Book 1) - George Mann
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation Book 2) - Lauren Willig
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia De Luce Book 7) - Alan Bradley
Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
SEPTEMBER
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation Book 1)- Lauren Willig
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley
My Crowd - Charles Addams
Top 10 (Volumes 1 and 2) - Alan Moore
Lost at Sea - Bryan Lee O'Malley
AUGUST
The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl Trilogy Book 1) - Charlaine Harris and Christopher
Golden
Fairest in All the Land - Bill Willingham
Necromancer (Necromancer Book 0.5) - Lish McBride
White Cat (The Curse Workers Book 1) - Holly Black
Letter from New York: BBC Woman's Hour Broadcasts - Helene Hanff
JULY
That Summer - Lauren Willig
The Spellman Files (The Spellman Files Book 1) - Lisa Lutz
JUNE
Wither (The Chemical Garden Book 1) - Lauren DeStefano
Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Book 3) - Leigh Bardugo
Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation Book 11) - Lauren Willig
Siege and Storm (Grisha Book 2) - Leigh Bardugo
MAY
Shadow and Bone (Grisha Book 1) - Leigh Bardugo
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte
Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell
Middlemarch - George Eliot
APRIL
A Perfect Proposal - Katie Fforde
MARCH
That Summer - Lauren Willig
Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) - Mary Robinette Kowal
The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson Book 8) - Patricia Briggs
Highland Fling - Nancy Mitford
FEBRUARY
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles Book 3) - Marissa Meyer
JANUARY
Color: A Natural History of the Palette - Victoria Finlay
The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City Book 9) - Armistead Maupin
Ravenscliffe (Netherwood Book 2) - Jane Sanderson
St. Trinian's: The Entire Appalling Business - Ronald Searle
BEST READS 2013
DECEMBER
Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones Book 3) - Helen Fielding
NOVEMBER
From Wildthyme with Love - Paul Magrs
Enter Wildthyme - Paul Magrs
The Silent Stars Go By - Dan Abnett
Valor and Vanity (Glamourist Histories Book 4) - Mary Robinette Kowal
OCTOBER
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones Book 2) - Helen Fielding
The Iron Wyrn Affair (Bannon and Clare Book 1) - Lilith Saintcrow
Last of the Gaderene - Mark Gatiss
SEPTEMBER
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia De Luce Book 6) - Alan Bradley
Netherwood (Netherwood Book 1) - Jane Sanderson
The American Heiress - Daisy Goodwin
AUGUST
Simon's Cat vs. The World - Simon Tofield
Flying too High (Phyrne Fisher Book 2) - Kerry Greenwood
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan - Beatrix Potter
Murder on the Flying Scotsman (Daisy Dalrymple Book 4) - Carola Dunn
JULY
Requiem for a Mezzo (Daisy Dalrymple Book 3) - Carola Dunn
Brenda and Effie Forever (Brenda and Effie Book 6) - Paul Magrs
How to Negotiate Everything - Lisa Lutz
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
The Return of Captain John Emmett (Laurence Bartram Book 1) - Elizabeth Speller
JUNE
The Shining (The Shining Book 1) - Stpehen King
Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery (Roger Sheringham Book 3) - Anthony
Berkeley
The Long War (The Long Earth Book 2) - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Isabel Spellman's Guide to Etiquette: What is Wrong with You People - Isabel
Spellman with Lisa Lutz
The Red House Mystery - A.A. Milne
Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephlapod - Brian Kesinger
MAY
The Mystery of The Fool and The Vanisher - David Ellwand
The White Cottage Mystery - Margery Allingham
Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse Book 13) - Charlaine Harris
The Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie
APRIL
A Spear of Summer Grass - Deanna Raybourn
The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation Book 10) - Lauren Willig
The Last Word (The Spellmans Book 6) - Lisa Lutz
MARCH
The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley
The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton
Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson Book 7) - Patricia Briggs
Wigs on the Green - Nancy Mitford
FEBRUARY
Death in Kenya - MM Kaye
Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking - Jessica Mitford
Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford
The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford
Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Book 2) - Robin (R.L. LaFevers)
JANUARY
Fables Volume 18: Cubs in Toyland - Bill Willingham
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin Book 1) - Robin (R.L.) LaFevers
The Ashford Affair - Lauren Willig
BEST READS 2012
DECEMBER
Peter and Max: A Fables Novel - Bill Willingham
Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Book 1) - Laini Talor
Silent in the Sanctuary (Lady Julia Book 2) - Deanna Raybourn
NOVEMBER
The Dangerous Alphabet - Neil Gaiman
Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia De Luce Book 5) - Alan Bradley
OCTOBER
The Ninnies - Paul Magrs
The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery - Justin Richards
SEPTEMBER
The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes Book 1) - George Mann
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
AUGUST
Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
Hell's Belles (Brenda and Effie Book 4) - Paul Magrs
JULY
Conjugal Rites (Brenda and Effie Book 3) - Paul Magrs
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall - Bill Willingham
The Long Earth - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
JUNE
Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurances 1) - Pip Ballantine and Tee
Morris
MAY
Princess Academy (Princess Academy 1) - Shannon Hale
Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Book 2) - Nancy Atherton
Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse Book 12) - Charlaine Harris
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirl Gently Book 1) - Douglas Adams
APRIL
Glamour in Glass (Shades of Milk and Honey Book 2) - Mary Robinette Kowal
MARCH
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Sparkling Cyanide - Agatha Christie
A Feast of Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 4) - George R R Martin
Soulless: The Manga Vol. 1 - Gail Carriger
Fair Game (Alpha and Omega Book 3) - Patricia Briggs
The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You - Neil Gaiman
FEBRUARY
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 3) - George R R Martin
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate Book #5) - Gail Carriger
Bunny & Buscuits: A Very Dorrington Valentine's Day - Lauren Willig
JANUARY
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily Book #1) - Tasha Alexander
Shades of Milk and Honey (Shades of Milk and Honey Book 1) - Mary Robinette
Kowal
Sweet Revenge (A Lady Arianna Regency Msyerty Book #1) - Andrea Penrose
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles Book #1) - Marissa Meyer
Something Borrowed (Brenda and Effie Book #2) - Paul Magrs
BEST READS 2011
DECEMBER
Never the Bride (Bredna and Effie Book #1) - Paul Magrs
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin Book #1) - Robin LaFevers
NOVEMBER
You Might as Well Die (Algonquin Round Table Mystery #2) - J.J. Murphy
Trail of the Spellmans (Spellmans #5) - Lisa Lutz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - L. Frank Baum
It Ends with Revelations - Dodie Smith
OCTOBER
The Charles Addams Mother Goose - Charles Addams
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Never Learn Anything From History - Kate Beaton
The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation Book 9) - Lauren Willig
SEPTEMBER
Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
A Charmed Death (A Bewitching Mystery Book 2) - Madelyn Alt
My Sister's Song - Gail Carriger
AUGUST
Q's Legacy - Helene Hanff
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia De Luce Mystery 4) - Alan Bradley
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Fire and Ice Book 2) - George R R Martin
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Fire and Ice Book 1) - George R R Martin
JULY
Away in a Manger: A Very Turnip Wedding Night - Lauren Willig
The Truth (Discworld Book 25) - Terry Pratchett
JUNE
The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle Book 2) - Patrick Rothfuss
Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate Book 4) - Gail Carriger
The Doll Short Stories - Daphne Du Maurier
Murder Your Darlings (Algonquin Road Tavle Mystery #1) - J.J. Murphy
MAY
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Dead Reckoning (Southern Vampire Book 11) - Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family (Southern Vampire Book 10) - Charlaine Harris
Castle Waiting - Linda Medley
APRIL
Chi's Sweet Home - Konami Kanata
MARCH
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld Book 24) - Terry Pratchett
Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
River Marked (Mercy Thompson Book 6) - Patricia Briggs
The Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe Book 1) - L.M. Boston
The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1) - Patrick Rothfuss
FEBRUARY
The Unicorn's Tale (Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist Book 4) - R.L. LaFevers
Madame Tussaud - Michelle Moran
JANUARY
Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega Book 1) - Patricia Briggs
Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson Book 4) - Patricia Briggs
Theodosia and the Last Paraoh (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 4) - R.L. LaFevers
Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 3) - R.L. LaFevers
Heads You Lose - Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
BEST READS 2010
DECEMBER
The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas - Lauren Willig
Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson Book 3) - Patricia Briggs
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson Book 2) - Patricia Briggs
NOVEMBER
The Winter Garden Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple Book 2) - Carola Dunn
The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig
Mary Ann in Autumn (Tales of the City Book 8) - Armistead Maupin
The Birds and Other Stories - Daphne Du Maurier
OCTOBER
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation Book 4) - Lauren Willig
SEPTEMBER
The Wyvern's Treasure (Nathanial Fuldd Beastologist Book 3) - R.L. LaFevers
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation Book 1) - Lauren Willig
AUGUST
Blameless (Parasol Protectorate Book 3) - Gail Carriger
I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld Book 38) - Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith (Discworld Book 35) - Terry Pratchett
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Bryan Lee O'Malley
A Hat Full of Sly (Discworld Book 32) - Terry Pratchett
JULY
The Wee Free Men (Discworld Book 30) - Terry Pratchett
Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld Book 23) - Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Year 7) - J.K. Rowling
Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling
JUNE
The Mischief of the Mistletoe, A Pink Carnation Christmas - Lauren Willig
Haunt Me Still - Jennifer Lee Carrell
Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple Book 1) - Carola Dunn
The Haunting of Andrew Sharpai - Jerome Peterson
APRIL
From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse Book 8) - Charlaine Harris
MARCH
Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody Book 4) - Elizabeth Peters
Changeless (Parasol Protectorate Book 2) - Gail Carriger
Hons and Rebels - Jessica Mitford
The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce Book 2) - Alan Bradley
Jingo (Discworld Book 21) - Terry Pratchett
FEBRUARY
Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 2) - R. L.
LaFevers
Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 3) - R.L. LaFevers
Shades of Grey Book 1: The Road to High Saffron - Jasper Fforde
JANUARY
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 1) - R.L.
LaFevers
Letter from New York: BBC Woman's Hour Broadcasts - Helene Hanff
Nightcrawlers - Charles Addams
Homebodies - Charles Addams
Monster Rally - Charles Addams
BEST READS 2009
DECEMBER
Shades of Grey Book 1: The Road to High Saffron - Jasper Fforde
NOVEMBER
The Spellman Files (The Spellman's Book 1) - Lisa Lutz
Curse of the Spellmans (The Spellman's Book 2) - Lisa Lutz
Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellman's Book 3) - Lisa Lutz
The Spellmans Strike Again (The Spellman's Book 4) - Lisa Lutz
OCTOBER
The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody Book 2) - Elizabeth Peters
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate Book 1) - Gail Carriger
SEPTEMBER
Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation #6) - Lauren Willig
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Book 2) - Suzanne Collins
AUGUST
Addams and Evil - Charles Addams
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street - Helene Hanff
JULY
Hogfather (Discworld Book 20) - Terry Pratchett
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody Book 1) - Elizabeth Peters
River Secrets (Bayern Book 3) - Shannon Hale
JUNE
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
Candleford Green - Flora Thompson
Goose Girl (Bayern Book 1) - Shannon Hale
Enna Burning (Bayern Book 2) - Shannon Hale
MAY
Fray - Joss Whedon
Significant Others (Tales of the City Vol. 5) - Armistead Maupin
Sure of You (Tales of the City Vol. 6) - Armistead Maupin
APRIL
Feet of Clay (Discworld #19) - Terry Pratchett
Dead and Gone (Southern Vampire #9) - Charlaine Harris
FEBRUARY
Monster Rally - Charles Addams
Drawn and Quartered - Charles Addams
Black Maria - Charles Addams
Favorite Haunts - Charles Addams
JANUARY
Babycakes (Tales of the City Vol. 4) - Armistead Maupin
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
BEST READS 2008
DECEMBER
The Revenge of the Spellmans (Spellmans #3) - Lisa Lutz
Tales of Beedle the Bard - J. K. Rowling
NOVEMBER
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (Pink Carnation #5) - Lauren Willig
JULY
Maskerade (Discworld #18) - Terry Pratchett
Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (Theodosia Throckmorton #2) - R. L. LaFevers
JUNE
Stop in the Name of Pants! (Georgia Nicolson #9) - Louise Rennison
Inkdeath (Inkworld #3) - Cornelia Funke
MAY
Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Books 3-8 - Charlaine Harris
APRIL
Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Books 1-2 - Charlaine Harris
MARCH
The Rest Falls Away (Gardella Vampire Chronicles #1) - Colleen Gleason
Tales of the City (Tales of the City Vol. 1) - Armistead Maupin
More Tales of the City (Tales of the City Vol. 2) - Armistead Maupin
Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City Vol. 3) - Armistead Maupin
FEBRUARY
The Spiderwick Chronicles 1-5 - Holly Black
Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
JANUARY
Small Gods (Discworld #13) - Terry Pratchett
Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14) - Terry Pratchett
Men at Arms (Discworld # 15) - Terry Pratchett
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
BEST READ 2007
DECEMBER
Curse of the Spellmans (Spellmans #2) - Lisa Lutz
Inkspell (Inkworld #2) - Cornelia Funke
NOVEMBER
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation #4) - Lauren Willig
Witches Abroad (Discworld #12) - Terry Pratchett
OCTOBER
Slam - Nick Hornby
Reaper Man (Discworld #11) - Terry Pratchett
SEPTEMBER
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
An Ice Cold Grave (Haper Connelly #3) - Charlaine Harris
The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) - Lauren Willig
Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
AUGUST
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear - Walter Moers
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book #7) - J. K. Rowling
JULY
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next #2) - Jasper Fforde
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book #7) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book #6) - J. K. Rowling
Love is a Many Trousered Thing (Georgia Nicolson #8) - Louise Rennison
JUNE
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Chuck Barris
MAY
The Spellman Files (Spellmans #1) - Lisa Lutz
Pyramids (Discworld #7) - Terry Pratchett
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation #1) - Lauren Willig
The Masque of the Blank Tulip (Pink Carnation #2) - Lauren Willig
All Together Dead (Southern Vampire #7) - Charlaine Harris
APRIL
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton #1) - R. L. LaFevers
MARCH
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Persuasion - Jane Austen
Eragon (Inheritance #1) - Christopher Paolini
Eldest (Inheritance #2) - Christopher Paolini
FEBRUARY
Matilda - Roald Dahl
JANUARY
Mort (Discworld #4) - Terry Pratchett
Jane Austen - Carol Sheilds
Sorcery and Cecelia - Caroline Stevermer & Patricia C. Wrede
Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) - Jim Butcher
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