I have a special 2-month Kindle Unlimited deal until the middle of June. So I made an effort to really get my money‘s worth. The list got ridiculously long this month.
The highlight was the book I picked up last and was the most ambivalent about. Red Rabbit had such a rich cast of characters and story, it was a joy. And the Izuna comics had a good story as well, with excellent artwork…
I‘m a little conflicted about Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard. It was different, I liked the setting and the character development. It was a richly imagined world. But it also took me two weeks to finish it.
Novels/novellas
– Red Rabbit 🐎🐸🤠🧙♀️🐰, audio. Witches and demons in the Wild, Wild West. Excellent.
– Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard 🌖🌖🌖🌖½, paper, a universe of anthropomorphic mammals and ghost talkers.
– NG The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle #5) 🦊🦊🦊🦊, ebook, novella. Clerih Chih meets Bluebeard.
– The Scavenger Door (Finder Chronicles #3) 🚪🚪🚪🚪, audio. Fergus as Carmen Sandiego.
– The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World 🦕🦖🦕🦖, audio, non-fiction. Entertaining!
– Protector (Foreigner #14) 🐎🐎🐎¾, audio
– Mal Goes to War 🤖🤖🤖½, ebook, AI gets stuck in an augmented human and has to figure out how „monkeys“ work. I expected more.
– KU Old Bones 🦴🍖🦴½, ebook, a treasure hunt, murder, some sleuthing in the mountains, the Donner Party…
– My Roommate Is a Vampire 🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️, audio, light romcom.
Graphic novels/comics
– The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call to Arms 🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️🧟
– KU Izuna, Book 1: Kamigakushi 🐺🐺🐺½, magical wolves, Japanese folklore, maybe Princess Mononoke.
– KU Izuna, Book 2: Yamibushi 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
– KU Izuna, Book 3: Namaenashi 🐺🐺🐺🐺
– KU Izuna, Book 4: Wunjo 🐺🐺🐺🐺 Good final volume. I‘m happy I picked this up.
– KU Fables Vol. 14: Witches 🧙🧙♀️, DNF at 60%, done with this series, it couldn’t rekindle my interest.
Short stuff:
– KU Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood 🍪🍪🍪🍪, 35 pages, three older ladies decide to commit murder.
– My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood 🧙🧙♀️🧙, 32 pages, the 1950s and a mother that might or might not be a witch.
– KU The Visit (Black Stars #1) 🔄🔄🔄, audio, 20 pages, living in a matriarchal world.
– KU 2043… a Merman I Should Turn to Be (Black Stars #3) 🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️, 31 pages, obtaining reparations—underwater.
– KU Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 168 🪄🪄🪄, Exit Interview by BEN PEEK was best. Link to magazine: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/is…
currently reading:
– KU Legends of the Pierced Veil: The Mask of Fudo, eComic, 200 pages, at 62%.
Pages and minutes in May 2024
1,732 pages in print and 58.02 hours in audio.
Moving pictures:
– Interview with the Vampire, S1 🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️ Unexpectedly compelling! Started S2.
– Uncharted 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️— treasure-hunt movie. Started really promising, but then dragged something fierce.
– Shardlake, S1 👑👑👑 Was Barak such a unlikable character in Dissolution as well? The book is better.
– Atlas 🚀🚀🚀 Jennifer Lopez tries to do Military SF. It was ok.
plans for June 2024
– Ghost Station, started the audio.
– Service Model, NG ebook, starting next.
– Cockroaches (Harry Hole 2), paper
– Dark Waters (Small Space #3), libby available
– Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson #14), pub date June 18, audio?
– Peacemaker (Foreigner #15), June/July, audio
– Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders #3), ebook
2024 so far:
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