May Book Roundup

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I cranked through a lot of books in May. There was a lot of rain. And also related book occurrence, I'm cleaning out the contents of a church and selling books on ebay. Feels vaguely sacrilegious but it's not like we're selling the nice bibles. 

Read

• Corambis by Katherine Addison - fourth and final book in the series. what a bizarre series. Like a trainwreck, couldn't look away. I talked about this in one of the crafting hangouts that I think I understand why her Tomb of Dragons has gone the way it has now that I've read this series, because I think she doesn't really write easy or simple stories. This series was about losing your place, over and over and over again and how to find the people that you should really stick with when all else has gone away. And some weird magic/sex stuff but hey, whatever. Library e-book
• A Drizzle of Magic by S. Usher Evans - I think I missed something by not reading the first one, but also this book is primarily about the main character walking across town and having discussions with other people. Somewhat dull, I guess there was a conclusion but I don't really remember it. Library e-book
• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - this book was so delightful and funny to me. There are three main characters and they are all living in different genres of book and the interactions are hilarious and so good. Library audiobook
• The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by CM Waggoner - this book is so funny. It's a book for you if you like funny old ladies and meta about murder mysteries and that one town who has so many murdered people in it. I spent much of my time trying to pin-point exactly where the fake town was located because it was placed in upstate NY in my old stomping grounds. I think the closest would be Ballston Spa although it could be in the Guilderland area as well. Library audiobook
• Countess by Suzan Palumbo - nice little novella, enjoyed it, nice writing style. library e-book
• Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire - the author read this one in a more conversational style than most e-book readers and it was a delightful listen. semi-fictional day in the life of a book antiquarian. library audiobook
• The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall - really good book, has some great gender, some great fantasy and magic. library e-book
• Unnatural Magic by CM Waggoner - magical mysteries and really neat magic systems. set in the same world as The Ruthless Lady's Guide but in a different time and place. This was the author's first book, so I can see how the world was refined to what it was in the The Ruthless Lady's Guide. Also some cross species relations that were interesting. library e-book

Reread

• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - I love Murderbot. library e-book
• The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison - listen. they're good. library e-book
• The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells - I will never get over that the wizards have guns, I love this series so much. library e-book
• The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by CM Waggoner - deeply delightful book that I enjoyed a second time. library e-book
• Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells - library audiobook - definitely an interesting experience to listen to the book instead of read it. Felt like it slowed the action down a bit. 
• The Ships of Air by Martha Wells - they are having a very busy week in this series. library e-book
• The Gate of Gods by Martha Wells - the book was available when I finished the last one, so I just read it immediately. SO GOOD. library e-book

DNF

• Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas - I DNF this one because I am no longer on my small YA kick like when I read the first one, I'm finding YA irritating these days, so this was simply not for me. Library e-book