Reading Roundup: August 2021
reading roundup/quarantine reads
Changeless by Gail Carriger: book 2 in the Parasol Protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance series, Alexia bashes people with her parasol and it is Satisfying
Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn: romance novel. it was fine. sex on the page. historical. part of a series i’m pretty sure.
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey: okay so there’s this woman who works in cloning and her exhusband stole her research and made his own clone which was bad enough but then he made sure that the NORMALLY STERILE CLONE COULD GET PREGNANT and then it gets more fucked up from there, but like, in a good way. 250ish pages of roller coaster emotions. i will read everything sarah gailey ever writes (same author as American Hippo and Upright Women Wanted)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: space! mental health preserving comas! alien life forms fucking up the earth’s atmosphere! alternating timelines between the lead up to being in space and the waking up from the coma, partial amnesia (his memory comes back), heartwarming ending, already heard that it is being made into a movie with Ryan Reynolds as the protagonist which could be really cool
Blameless by Gail Carriger: book 3 in the parasol protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian era fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance, yes Seriously All Of Those Things Apply
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett: book 16 in the discworld series, #3 in the DEATH series; Pratchett’s wacky take on Music with Rocks In It and the music industry in general; can pretty much read these in any order, but i think it helps to read them in publication order (there’s like 40 books)
For Real by Alexis Hall: m/m erotica, sex on the page, BDSM, also they fall in love, older man/younger man; NSFW, look sometimes you just need some smut okay
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten: series of short stories focusing on an 88 year old Swedish woman who lives in a ginormous rent controlled apartment; she kills people - but only if they really deserve it, like the socialite who is trying to take her apartment, and the lawyer who beats his wife
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: book 1 in the Locked Tomb series, lesbian necromancers/swordfighters in space, lots of murder/gore so enter at own risk, not a cliffhanger ending but you DO immediately want the next book
Heartless by Gail Carriger: book 4 in the parasol protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian era fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance, yes Seriously All Of Those Things Apply
Timeless by Gail Carriger: final book in the parasol protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian era fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance, yes Seriously All Of Those Things Apply; there are a couple spin-off series that i’m excited to read soon
The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir: prequel, short story, focuses on the Sixth House with Camilla POV
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi: there’s a lot going on in this book, alternating POV between a sister and brother. sister has powers of seeing the future, telekenesis, and more, brother was born during the Rodney King Riots; examines race in America, the prison system, near future dystopia that seems more and more likely every week
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: book 2 in the Locked Tomb series
For the Duke’s Eyes Only by Lenora Bell: book 2 in the school for dukes series, can read in any order, historical romance, sex on the page, Lady Archeologist and secret agent for the government pretending to be a Rogue team up to find the Rosetta Stone which has gone missing from the British Museum - they used to be childhood best friends
