Books 2013
January
It’s Not Me, It’s You – Jon Richardson (ebook)
The Crown of Embers – Rae Carson
Dragonfly – Julia Golding (ebook)
The Siren Depths – Martha Wells
The Magicians – Lev Grossman (thoughts here and here)
Legend – Marie Lu (ebook)
Life of Pi – Yann Martel (ebook)
Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen (ebook)
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (ebook, reread)
Mansfield Park – Jane Austen (ebook)
Seraphina – Rachel Hartman (ebook) (joint review here)
February
City of Bones – Martha Wells (ebook)
City of Dragons – Robin Hobb
March
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent – Marie Brennan (review here)
Wheel of the Infinite – Martha Wells (ebook)
The Summer Prince – Alaya Dawn Johnson (review here)
Dinotopia – James Gurney (reread)
Dinotopia: The World Beneath – James Gurney (reread)
When We Wake – Karen Healey
The Best of All Possible Worlds – Karen Lord
Midnight Blue-Light Special – Seanan McGuire (review here)
April
Broken – Susan J. Bigelow (ebook) (review here)
Petty Treason – Madeleine E. Robins
All the Windwracked Stars – Elizabeth Bear
Shattered Pillars – Elizabeth Bear
Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch
May
Zenn Scarlett – Christian Schoon (review here)
The Summer Prince – Alaya Dawn Johnson (reread) (review again here)
On a Red Station Drifting – Aliette de Bodard
Earth Girl – Janet Edwards
Kitty Goes to Washington – Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Takes a Holiday – Carrie Vaughn
Kitty and the Silver Bullet – Carrie Vaughn
Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand – Carrie Vaughn
The Sleeping Partner – Madeleine E. Robins
June
The Far West – Patricia C. Wrede
Reviver – Seth Patrick (review here)
Saga, Volume 1 – Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples (review here)
Sorcerer’s Luck – Katharine Kerr (ebook) (review here)
boyzeegrrl, K-Rawk, T-Bozz and Rookie go to the National Poetry Slam – boyzeegrrl (ebook)
July
Kitty Raises Hell – Carrie Vaughn
Kitty’s House of Horrors – Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Goes to War – Carrie Vaughn
Kitty’s Big Trouble – Carrie Vaughn
Faerie Blood – Angela Korra’ti (ebook)
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 69 – Neil Clarke (ed) (ebook)
Aya: Life in Yop City – Marguerite Aboet, Clement Oubrerie
Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
The Book of Blood and Shadow – Robin Wasserman
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 81 – Neil Clarke (ed) (ebook)
Generation V – M. L. Brennan (review here)
Kitty Steals the Show – Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Rocks the House – Carrie Vaughn
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 82 – Neil Clarke (ed) (ebook)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman
The Lives of Tao – Wesley Chu
Are You My Mother? – Alison Bechdel
August
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 83 – Neil Clarke (ed) (ebook)
Moon Over Soho – Ben Aaronovitch
The Blue Blazes – Chuck Wendig (review here)
September
Ascension – Jacqueline Koyanagi (ebook) (review here)
A Woman of the Iron People – Eleanor Arnason
The Bone Season – Samantha Shannon (review here)
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 84 – Neil Clarke (ed) (ebook)
Dragonsinger: Harper of Pern – Anne McCaffrey (reread)
Dragonflight – Anne McCaffrey (ebook) (reread)
October
Aya: Love in Yop City – Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie
Bone and Jewel Creatures – Elizabeth Bear
Angelfall – Susan Ee (ebook)
The Melancholy of Mechagirl – Catherynne M. Valente
Ancillary Justice – Ann Leckie (ebook) (review here)
Battle Magic – Tamora Pierce
The Magic in the Weaving – Tamora Pierce (reread)
The Power in the Storm – Tamora Pierce (reread)
The Fire in the Forging – Tamora Pierce (reread)
The Healing in the Vine – Tamora Pierce (reread)
Magic Steps – Tamora Pierce (reread)
One Small Step: An Anthology of Discoveries – Tehani Wessely (editor) (ebook) (review here)
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown – Holly Black (review here)
Ring of Swords – Eleanor Arnason
November
Walking the Tree – Kaaron Warren
The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince – Robin Hobb
Shades of Milk and Honey – Mary Robinette Kowal
December
Chimes at Midnight – Seanan McGuire
ElfQuest 1: Fire and Flight – Wendy Pini, Richard Pini and Delfin Barral (online)
ElfQuest 2: The Forbidden Grove – Wendy Pini, Richard Pini and Delfin Barral (online, reread)
ElfQuest 3: Captives of Blue Mountain – Wendy Pini, Richard Pini and Delfin Barral (online)
ElfQuest 4: Quest’s End – Wendy Pini, Richard Pini and Delfin Barral (online)
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 87 – Neil Clarke (ed) (ebook)
Night of Cake and Puppets – Laini Taylor (ebook)
The Mountains of Mourning – Lois McMaster Bujold (ebook)
Memory – Lois McMaster Bujold
Labyrinth – Lois McMaster Bujold (ebook)
Stormdancer – Jay Kristoff (ebook)
Master of the House of Darts – Aliette de Bodard
Borders of Infinity – Lois McMaster Bujold
Komarr – Lois McMaster Bujold
A Civil Campaign – Lois McMaster Bujold (ebook)
Winterfair Gifts – Lois McMaster Bujold (ebook)
Falling Free – Lois McMaster Bujold (ebook)
Diplomatic Immunity – Lois McMaster Bujold
Total Read: 101
New: 90
Rereads: 11
Ebooks: 32
Online: 4
That’s a lot of books in a short period of time!
Hi Foz/Philippa,
Congrats on being featured on Freshly Pressed! I have a question for you:
> How do you find the time to read all of these books? (Are you a natural speed reader? Are you a book reviewer to pay the bills?)
Thanks for listing Tamora Pierce books. I remember reading them as a teenager. I must re read them as an adult! 🙂
Keep edutaining us,
Sarah
Hi Sarah,
Thanks! I wouldn’t go so far as to say I’m a speed reader, but I definitely read quickly. Some of these books I read to review (and some of those reviews are even paid!), but the vast majority I read for pleasure. 🙂
Just out of curiosity, did you read the prequel to All the Windwracked Stars? I didn’t see it here, though I might have missed it. So good, and so soul crushing. But, you know, in a good way.
I haven’t, no – I didn’t know there was one!
It’s called By the Mountain Bound. Ohmygoshamazing.