October was super, super, insanely intense. I had annual review due. I had fieldwork to do and I had a wedding to be in. So I ended up sticking my nose in a book as much as I physically could… because what better coping mechanism?

Poems

• Kwaku Anansi Walks the World’s Web by Jane Yolen

Series

• The Screams of Dragons by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #0.1)
• A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair (A Vintage Magic Mystery #1)
• Something Borrowed by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files #7.5)
• Dead Man’s Chest by Rachel Caine (There Be Pirates #1)
• Flying Blind by Deborah Cooke (The Dragon Diaries #1)
• Charmed by the Moon by Lori Handeland (Nightcreature #5.5)
• Eternity Embraced by Larissa Ione (Demonica #3.5)
• The Resurrectionist by Caitlin Kittredge (Hellhound Chronicles #2.5)
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians #1)
• The Falconer by Elizabeth May (The Falconer #1)
• Down Where the Darkness Dwells by Joseph Nassise (Templar Chronicles Companion)
• West by Edith Pattou (East #2)
• The Tuesday Enchantress by Mary Jo Putney (Guardians #3.5)
• Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow (Dante Valentine #1)
• The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)

Short story collections

• The Coyote Road edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
• African Myths and Tales by Flame Tree Studios
• Unaccustomed Earth Collection by Jhumpa Lahiri

Standalones – Novels

• The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
• IT by Stephen King
• Fairy Tales from Around the World by Andrew Lang
• To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon

Standalones – Short Stories

• With Friends Like These by Dawn Cook
• My Name is Jack… by Andrew Darlington
• “All Shook Up” by P.N. Elrod
• The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod by Philip Jose Farmer
• The Dreaming Wind by Jeffrey Ford
• The Wedding of Wylda Serene by Esther M. Friesner
• Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder
• Once a Demon by Dina James
• The First Time by K.W. Jeter
• Saint James’ Way by Jean Johnson
• The Evolution of the Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change by Kij Johnson
• The Bricks of Geleck by Matthew Kressel
• The Vital Importance of the Superficial by Ellen Kushner & Caroline Stevermer
• Going Ashore by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Nobody’s Business by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Once in a Lifetime by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Year’s End by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Paid Piper by Tanith Lee
• Red as Blood by Tanith Lee
• Thorns by Tanith Lee
• A Few Twigs He Left Behind by Gregory Maguire
• When the Fathers Go by Bruce McAllister
• A Child of Darkness by Brett McBean
• Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Larry Niven
• The Troll Bridge by Patti O’Shea
• Weston Walks by Kit Reed
• Pilot’s Forge by Patrice Sarath
• Phosphorus by Veronica Schanoes
• Trinity Blue by Eve Silver
• The Ghost of Leadville by Jeanne C. Stein
• The Projected Girl by Lavie Tidhar
• The Vampire, the Witch and the Yenko by Tiffany Trent
• Husbands by Lisa Tuttle
• We Without Us Were Shadows by Catherynne M. Valente
• An Anatomically Inspired Tale by Betsy van Die
• The Jewel in the Toad Queen’s Crown by Jane Yolen

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