December was a “fun” month. I had a major crash with my health, but still had a tonne of stuff due. It was stressful. Add that to the fact that it’s the silly season… it’s been an intense month. But, I’m getting there. Here’s to the new year and new beginnings! At least being so sick gave me a bit of a reboot on my life, priorities and work…

I also read a LOT… mostly because I wanted to try and finish the reading challenges I had set for 2019. I failed. But at least I tried. I DID however succeed in finishing all of the books on my list that I was currently reading. So I rung in the New Year with nothing on my currently reading shelf.

Non-fiction

• A Field Guide to Insects of Australia: Third Edition by Paul Zborowski and Ross Storey

Poems

• Pictures Planes by Michaela Roessner

Series

• Nos Galan Gaeaf by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #0.2)
• Blue Crush by Rachel Caine (Weather Warden #7.5)
• Red Phoenix by Kylie Chan (Dark Heavens Trilogy #2)
• Rogue Elements by Karen Chance (Cassandra Palmer #3.2)
• The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz (Descendants #1)
• Return to the Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz (Descendants #2)
• The Difference Between Deceit and Delusion by Domino Finn (Black Magic Outlaw Companion)
• Unexpected Choices by Diana Pharaoh Francis (Horngate Witches #4.5)
• Devil to Pay by Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #3.5)
• The Young Elites by Marie Lu (The Young Elites #1)
• Balance by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #6.6)
• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
• Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster (London Steampunk #1)
• Lena’s Decision by Bec McMaster (London Steampunk #1.1)
• Chase the Fire by Jon F. Merz (Lawson Vampire Series Companion)
• The Duke & I by Julia Quinn (Bridgertons #1)
• Catch of the Century by Sophia Nash (Widows Club #3.5)
• Holes by Louis Sachar (Holes #1)
• An English Bride in Scotland by Lynsay Sands (Highland Brides #1)
• Reel Life by Steven Savile (Glass Town #1.5)
• Beauty Dates the Beast by Jessica Sims (Midnight Liasons #1)
• The Hunt by Susan Sizemore (Laws of the Blood #1)
• Milk and Cookies by Rob Thurman (Cal Leandros #7.5)
• Il Est Ne by Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Norville #2.5)
• Charmed by Her Smile by Tracy Anne Warren (The Byrons of Braebourne #1.5)
• Blood Magic by Eileen Wilks (World of the Lupi #6)
• Everywhere by Sam Witt (Pitchfork County #3.5)

Short story collections

• Alien Sex edited by Ellen Datlow
• Naked City edited by Ellen Datlow
• Haunted Nights edited by Ellen Datlow & Lisa Morton
• Wolfsbane and Mistletoe edited by Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner
• The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories edited by Maxim Jakubowski
• Red as Blood by Tanith Lee
• Four Dukes and a Devil by Cathy Maxwell, Elaine Fox, Jeaniene Frost, Sophia Nash & Tracy Anne Warren
• Urban Enemies edited by Joseph Nassise
• The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance edited by Trisha Telep
• The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance edited by Trisha Telep

Standalones – Novels

• Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
• Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
• Pet Sematary by Stephen King
• Cold Feet by Brenda Novak
• Among the Pigeons by John L. Read
• The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
• She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer

Standalones – Novellas

• The Duke Who Came to Dinner by Elaine Fox

Standalones – Short stories

• Christmas Past by Keri Arthur
• Catch the Lightning by Madeline Baker
• King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree by Elizabeth Bear
• Noble Rot by Holly Black
• In Sheep’s Clothing by Meljean Brook
• Jack by Pat Cadigan
• In the Wake of the Autumn Storm by Adrian Cole
• And Go Like This by John Crowley
• The Princess and the Peas by Alyssa Day
• All Through the Night by Elise Forier Edie
• Sisters by Brian Evenson
• Signed Confession by Martin Feekins
• Daddy Long Legs of the Evening by Jeffrey Ford
• Fresh Meat by Alan Gordon
• A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds by Eric J. Guignard
• Blood Song by Lynda Hilburn
• Time Trails by Colby Hodge
• The Dream Catcher by Allyson James
• Steam by Jean Johnson
• The Turn by Paul Kane
• Keeping Watch Over His Flock by Toni L.P. Kelner
• The Wager by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• The Colliers’ Venus (1893) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• SA by J.A. Konrath
• The Walled Garden by Michele Lang
• Lost in the Dark by John Langan
• Saving the World at the New Moon Motel by Roberta Lannes
• Beauty by Tanith Lee
• Black as Ink by Tanith Lee
• The Princess and Her Future by Tanith Lee
• The Waters of Sorrow by Tanith Lee
• Wolfland by Tanith Lee
• The First Lunar Halloween by John R. Little
• The Monster’s Leather Apron by Adrian Ludens
• Bluebeard’s Wife by Catherine Lundoff
• Falling in Time by Allie Mackay
• The Lighthouse Keeper and His Wife by Sara Mackenzie
• Arousal by Richard Christian Matheson
• Future Date by A.J. Menden
• The Gloaming Hour by Cindy Miles
• We’re Never Inviting Amber Again by S.P. Miskowski
• Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy
• Madame X by Nicky Peacock
• You’d Better Not Pyout by Nancy Pickard
• Autumn of Terror by C.L. Raven
• At Second Bite by Michelle Rowen
• The Skinny Girl by Lucius Shepard
• Scales by Lewis Shiner
• Trespass by Sally Spedding
• The Perfect Gift by Dana Stabenow
• And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side by James Tiptree, Jr.
• King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree by Elizabeth Tree
• A Wish to Build a Dream On by Michelle Willingham
• All My Darling Daughters by Connie Willis
• The Ripper is You by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

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