Here’s what I read last month:

1. JENNA STARBORN by Sharon Shinn (381 p.) a sci-fi version of Jane Eyre (which, frankly, I prefer over the original which I realize is sacrilege, but what can I say?)
2. MOUSE AND DRAGON by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (357 p.) A new Liaden book by two of my favorites, AND it’s a sequel to one of my other favorites, telling the story of Da’av and Aelliana, right from the end of “Pilot’s Choice.” Love.
3. THE ONE THAT I WANT by Allison Winn Scotch (270 p.) What if you had a perfect life, and then one day, you were given the gift of clarity? And started seeing that maybe things weren’t as perfect as you thought?
4. RUNEMARKS by Joanne Harris (526 p.) A YA based roughly on Norse mythology, but telling what might have happened hundreds of years after Ragnorak.
5. EIGHT DAYS OF LUKE by Diana Wynne Jones (150 p.) And then, suppose the Norse gods were real, and Loki was imprisoned for something he hadn’t done?
6. BENEATH THE VAULTED HILLS by Sean Russell (480 p.) Book one…
7. COMPASS OF THE SOUL by Sean Russell (407 p.) …and Book two of this fantasy duology telling the story of Erasmus Flattery. I love this world of Farr the man has created, similar to ours from the 18th century, only, along with emerging sciences, there are the remnants of magic.
8. EMPATHIC CIVILIZATION by Jeremy Rifkin (668 p.) History book discussing the emergence of the concept of empathy, and how it has affected the evolution of civilization.
9. SPOOK by Mary Roach (295 p.) A scientific (if somewhat snarky) examination of the possiblity of life after death.
10. SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A classic! Mary’s parents are killed and she is sent to Misselthwaite Manor and finds a lost garden and a lost cousin and finally a chance of happiness.
11. WORLD WITHOUT END by Sean Russell. Book one…
12. SEA WITHOUT A SHORE by Sean Russell …and Book two of Russell’s other (well, his first) fantasy dualogy taking place in Farr.
13. MY MAN JEEVES by P.G. Wodehouse. Because, how can you go wrong with Wodehouse writing Jeeves and Wooster?
14. PINT OF MURDER by Alisa Craig (186 p.) Fluffy little cozy mystery about Madoc Rhys the Mountie and Janet Wadman.
15. PHOEBE’S SWEATER by Joanna Johnson (Review here at Knitting Scholar). Adorable little picture book with sweater patterns.
16. KNITTING MOCHIMOCHI by Anna Hrachovec. (Review here at Knitting Scholar). Also adorable.

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