I really got into the swing of quarantine in May. As weird as that sounds. I got the house sorted out. I got lots of reading done. I started exercising more. Which then meant I slept better. Which meant that I had more energy for reading… it was a good month.

Non-fiction

• Human Development by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
• Crime & Criminology by Rob White, Fiona Haines & Nicole L. Asquith

Poems

• Silver and Gold by Ellen Steiber

Series

• The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer (The Ministry of Curiosities #1)
• Devil May Care by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #0.3)
• Gabriel’s Gargoyles by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #0.5)
• Bad Publicity by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #0.6)
• The Orange Cat by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #0.7)
• Naked Dragon by Annette Blair (Works Like Magick #1)
• Bedeviled Angel by Annette Blair (Works Like Magick #2)
• Vampire Dragon by Annette Blair (Works Like Magick #3)
• Billy Thunder and the Night Gate by Isobelle Carmody (The Gateway Trilogy #1)
• Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #3)
• A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #4)
• Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #5)
• Truly, Madly… Deadly by Delilah Devlin (Night Fall #2)
• Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock #3)
• Blood, Fangs, and Going Furry by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock #3.2)
• Dance Master by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock #3.3)
• Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians #3)
• The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon (The Mage Wars #1)
• Trick of the Light by Rob Thurman (Trickster #1)

Short story collections

• The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic edited by Mike Ashley
• Black Thorn, White Rose edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
• Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
• Lady Whistledown Strikes Back by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins & Mia Ryan

Standalones – Novels

• 11/22/63 by Stephen King
• I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
• Reaching One Thousand by Rachel Robertson
• The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
• Lady Pirate by Lynsay Sands

Standalones – Novellas

• The Best of Both Worlds by Suzanne Enoch
• The Only One for Me by Karen Hawkins
• The First Kiss by Julia Quinn
• The Last Temptation by Mia Ryan

Standalones – Short stories

• Bad Penny by B.M. Bower
• I Like Your Rotation by Jax Jacki Brown
• On the Divide by Willa Cather
• Sweet by Claire G. Coleman
• Sweet Bruising Skin by Storm Constantine
• The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane
• Eternal Altercation by Peter Crowther
• Jenny Come to Play by Terry Dowling
• Bitter Draught by Michael Earp
• Persephone, or Why the Winters Seem to be Getting Longer by Wendy Froud
• Under the Lion’s Paw by Hamlin Garland
• Taking Loup by Bruce Glassco
• Miss Ill-Kept Runt by Glen Hirshberg
• Grindstone by Stephen Graham Jones
• The House of Nine Doors by Ellen Kushner
• All Gold Canyon by Jack London
• The Last Thunder Song by John G. Neihardt
• Doll Hands by Adam L.G. Nevill
• How I Met the Ghoul by Sofia Samatar
• Tattercoats by Midori Snyder
• The Monster Makers by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Private Words by Mark W. Tiedemann
• The Black Swan by Susan Wade
• The Sawing Boys by Howard Waldrop
• The Light That Passes Through You by Conrad Williams
• Chasing Sunset by A.C. Wise
• The Goose Girl by Tim Wynne-Jones
• Granny Rumple by Jane Yolen
• Godson by Roger Zelazny
• Light Bulb by Nevo Zisin

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