Finished up Al Hess' Hep Cats of Boise series with Sable Dark (2021), along with associated short stories. Quirky and fun read. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Brandon Sanderson publication-order project continues with 2015 and Shadows of Self, book 5 in the Mistborn series. Another excellent entry. I'm liking the second era better than the first. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This month's entry in the Stephen King publication-order project: Needful Things (1991). Waaay too long, but entertaining anyway. This had so many callbacks to previous books! Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book two in Olivia Dade's Spoiler Alert series: All the Feels (2021). Pretty good, although I did prefer book one. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Short prequel to an upcoming series from M. L. Wang: Destiny's Edge (2026). I like the setup, but I want more! Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This month's entry in my publication-order read of Stephen King: The Waste Lands (1991), book three in the Dark Tower. Very entertaining, but still a little stuck in the past. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Last book club read for July: The Shadow of the Wind (2001), by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Lucia Graves. This was excellent, highly recommended. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Finished another series! The Sovereign (2025), by C. L. Clark. Book three in the Magic of the Lost trilogy. A good close to the series, but definitely took things in a grimdark direction! Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Finished S. A. Chakraborty's Daevabad series with The River of Silver (2022), a short story collection that is basically a collection of deleted scenes from the trilogy. It was a nice read to close out the series and revisit some favorite characters. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Second book club read for July: Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women (2023). A mixed bag, but some were pretty good. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Continuing the Expanse with volume 3: Abbadon's Gate (2013), by James S. A. Corey. A bit of a letdown after the first two books, and the show definitely did this part of the story better, but it keeps the story going well. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Continuing the Newsflesh series with the novella Countdown (2011), by Mira Grant. This provides a background of how the zombie apocalypse began. Quick and easy 100 page read. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

YA mecha sci-fi in a Chinese-inspired setting. A fun read. Iron Widow (2021), by Xiran Jay Zhao Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The novella that led to Mira Grant's Into the Drowning Deep: Rolling in the Deep (2015). You should definitely read this one first (I wish I had). Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

A quirky, dystopian, sci-fi, thriller, romance from Al Hess: Mazarin Blues (2021). Book 1 in the Hep Cats of Boise series (great name for a series). Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

First book club read for July: The Night Ends with Fire, by K. X. Song (2024). This Mulan retelling goes pretty dark, but didn't really work for me. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book two in C. L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy: The Faithless (2023). Drama, action, some magic, and a bunch of pent up yearning associated with a royal succession in this historical-ish fantasy epic. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Last book club read for June: The Red Winter (2026), by Cameron Sullivan. A very entertaining historical horror/fantasy with some unexpected humor. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Finished up the Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty with The Empire of Gold (2020), which was just superb. Highly recommend this epic fantasy series. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Third book club read for June: One Yellow Eye (2025) by Leigh Radford. This one was a miss for me, but I'm sure some will love it. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Read a very short novella in The Expanse series: Gods of Risk (2012), by James S. A. Corey. Comes between books two and three, and gives a glimpse into what's going on with Mars. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Continuing Mira Grant's Newsflesh series with Deadline (2011). Yeah, it's a little dorky, but still an intense zombie/political thriller. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Continuing publication-order read of Brandon Sanderson with 2014 and Skin Deep, the second Legion novella. Quick and entertaining bit of sci-fi / thriller. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Second book club read for June, quick novella from José Luis Zárate, translated by David Bowles: The Route of Ice & Salt (1998). Tells of the doomed voyage of the Demeter from Dracula, from the perspective of the ship's captain. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

First book club read for June: The Prince Without Sorrow (2025), by Maithree Wijesekara. An intriguing setting and premise, but in the end, not for me. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Publication order read of Stephen King continues with 1990 and Four Past Midnight, a collection of really long novellas. Individually, they were between 3.5 and 4 stars for me. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Finished a long series! Volume six in The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone: The Ruin of Angels (2017). Gods and squids and rebels and heists and stuff. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Quick-reading graphic novel. Greek mythology with some important lessons, tilted towards younger readers probably. The Lost Daughter of Sparta (2026), by Felicia Day. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Publication order read of Stephen King continues with 1989 and The Dark Half. Supernatural, gorey, slasher thriller that's basically lamenting the loss of his Richard Bachman pseudonym. Not bad. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Last book club read for May: The Raven Scholar (2025), by Antonia Hodgson, first book in the Eternal Path trilogy. This was a delight to read, with a fully-developed world and mythology, and very relatable characters. Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...