2017 In Review: Books Wot I Read

[antediluvian]

I read a total of 80 books in 2017, 33 of which were re-reads. I think when I keep this list for 2018 I will also jot down a few sentences to cover what I thought of the book, because I don't remember most of the ones from earlier in the year unless I profoundly hated or profoundly loved them.

The real gift of the year was reading Sharon Shinn's Elemental Blessings series, which scordatura and crepesculum introduced to me. I read these while in Hanoi visiting my bff, SD, and they were an absolute delight - I loved the worldbuilding, I loved the women, I was less sold on most of the romances but that's fine because worldbuilding and women are the things I care about most.

I began reading Kate Quinn's The Alice Network but I haven't finished it yet, so it will be the first book of 2018.


January:
1. Lloyd Alexander, "The Book of Three" (re-read)
2. Jennifer McMahon, "Don't Say a Word"
3. Melissa Marr, "Carnival of Souls"
4. Joanna Cannon, "The Trouble with Goats and Sheep"
5. Lauren Destefano, "Perfect Ruin"
6. Terry Pratchett, "Colour of Magic" (re-read)

February:
7. Val McDermid, "Northanger Abbey"
8. Terry Pratchett, "The Light Fantastic" (re-read)
9. Terry Pratchett, "Sourcery" (re-read)
10. Terry Pratchett, "Interesting Times" (re-read)
11. Terry Pratchett, "The Last Hero"
12. Terry Pratchett, "Unseen Academicals" (re-read)

March:
13. Nadiya Hussain, "The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters"
14. Patricia Briggs, "Silence Fallen"
15. Terry Pratchett, "The Last Continent" (re-read)
16. Pamela Dean, "Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary"
17. Simone Elkeles, "How to Ruin A Summer Vacation"
18. Aliette de Bodard, "House of Shattered Wings"
19. Sara Taylor Woods, "Hold Me Down"

April:
20. A.S Byatt, "Ragnarok"
21. B.A Paris, "The Breakdown"
22. Demitria Lunetta, "In The After"
23. Sheila Rance, "The Sun Catcher"
24. Soman Chainani, "The School of Good and Evil"
25. Helen Fields, "Perfect Remains"
26. Felicity Everett, "The People At Number 9"

May:
27. Claire Kendal, "The Second Sister"
28. Neil Gaiman, "The Norse Myths"
29. Maureen Johnson, "Girl At Sea" (re-read)
30. Mhairi McFarlane, "Who's That Girl"
31. Lloyd Alexander, "The Black Cauldron" (re-read)
32. Rachel Hartman, "Seraphina" (re-read)

June:
33. Maureen Goo, "Since You Asked"
34. Maureen Goo, "I Believe in a thing called love"
35. Rebekah weatherspoon, "Haven"
36. Rebekah Weatherspoon, "So Real"
37. Mayra Lazara Dole, "Down to the Bone"
38. Alisha Rai, "Be My Fantasy"
39. Alisha Rai, "Stay My Fantasy"

July:
40. Tijan, "Fallen Crest Home"
41. Tijan, "Fallen Crest Forever"
42. Tijan, "Carter Reed"
43. Tijan, "Carter Reed 2"
44. Tijan, "Cole"
45. Tijan, "Kian"
46. Laini Taylor, "Strange the Dreamer"

August:
47. Natasha Pulley, "The Watchmaker of Filigree Street"
48. Laure Eve, "The Graces"
49. Sarah McCarry, "All Our Pretty Songs"
50. Patricia Briggs, "Moon Called" (re-read)
51. Patricia Briggs, "Blood Bound" (re-read)
52. Patricia Briggs, "Iron Kissed" (re-read)
53. Patricia Briggs, "Bone Crossed" (re-read)
54. Patricia Briggs, "Silver Borne" (re-read)
55. Patricia Briggs, "River Marked" (re-read)
56. Patricia Briggs, "Frost Burned" (re-read)

September:
57. Patricia Briggs, "Night Broken" (re-read)
58. Patricia Briggs, "Fire Touched" (re-read)
59. Patricia Briggs, "Silence Fallen" (re-read)
60. Patricia Briggs, "Alpha and Omega" (re-read)
61. Patricia Briggs, "Dead Heat" (re-read)
62. Patricia Briggs, "Hunting Ground" (re-read)
63. Patricia Briggs, "Fair Game" (re-read)
64. Cale Dietrich, "The Love Interest"

October:
65. Sharon Shinn, "Troubled Waters"
66. Sharon Shinn, "Royal Airs"
67. Rebekah Weatherspoon, "Sated" (re-read)
68. Rebekah Weatherspoon, "Tamed" (re-read)
69. Rebekah Weatherspoon, "Fit" (re-read)
70. Leigh Bardugo, "Six of Crows" (re-read)
71. Leigh Bardugo, "Crooked Kingdom" (re-read)
72. Sharon Shinn, "Jeweled Fire"
73. Leigh Bardugo, "Blood and Bone" (re-read)
74. Leigh Bardugo, "Siege and Storm" (re-read)

November:
75. Leigh Bardugo, "Ruin and Rising" (re-read)
76. Sharon Shinn, "Unquiet Lands"
77. Gail Honeyman, "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine"
78. Emily M. Danforth, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post"
79. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "The Thing Around Your Neck" (short stories)

December:
80. Robin Talley, "As I Descended"