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Share with us what you are reading this month, and what did you think?

I just finished Here and Now and Then which I did enjoy and recommend. Next up is Gods of Jade and Shadow

Read Probability Sunand it grabbed me a lot faster than the previous book.

Started Probability Space. It's started out in a very different direction than I initially anticipated.

Started How Long 'til Black Future Month? last night.

I finished and really enjoyed Becoming and now I am halfway through The Starless Sea. It's lovely and dreamlike, just like The Night Circus. I have The Calculating Stars to start next.

I am about 1/3 through A Plague of Swords, book 4 in Miles Cameron’s Traitor Son series. So far, really good! Next up is Casket of Souls by Lynn Flewelling, part of her Nightrunner series.

Stone of Inheritance by Melissa McShane

Currently reading Foundryside and about to start The Calculating Stars. My library checkout of the audiobook of Executive Orders expired, so I swapped over to the audiobook of Dangerous Women.

I finished The Starless Sea last night and really loved it. It's a confusing book that's told in a non-linear way, but the structure is part of the tale. It's lovely.

Just started The Calculating Stars and am already hooked!

Mortal Rites by Melissa McShane

Finished Probability Space last night.
I ended up enjoying where the series went.

Started Everything About You this morning.

I just finished up The Stone Sky which I kept putting off because I didn't want it to end. Jemisin's world-building is just epic and incredible. Next up will be Six of Crows.

Christine, I saw that Gods of Jade and Shadow was nominated for a Nebula. I hope you report back what you think!

False Positive: A Year of Error, Omission and Political Correctness in the New England Journal of Medicine by Theodore Dalrymple

Finished Everything About You

I was a bit disappointed. I felt like the book had a message, but the author wasn't exactly sure what it should be. At the end, a resolution came pretty much from out of nowhere, which annoys the utter crap out of me.

Not bad, but not necessarily good either.

So far this month, I've read:
Ophelia - not really SF/F, but very well-written and enjoyable.
Half of a Yellow Sun - the exact opposite of Fantasy, but so good.
Legend - quite reminiscent of Divergent and Hunger Games, but a lot of fun.

Currently Reading: Just One Day - not SF/F, but well-written.

Currently Listening To: Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving - also not SF/F, but I love Mo.

I just finished Rogue Moon and I'm sorry to say I was disappointed: a lot of long monologues about what it means to be a man (that is, a traditionally masculine human being), a lot of foolish arguments about who gets to be the alpha male, and not much science fiction.

I finished Gods of Jade and Shadow which I recommend; I am about to start Spin the Dawn

Shifting Loyalties by Melissa McShane

Casket of Souls ended up to be a 6/10 for me. While there were lots of scenes in the book that I enjoyed, I felt like one major thread of the plot got pushed off to the side and the other took way too long to be solved—Alex and Seregil just didn’t seem to have their heads really into either of the two main mysteries.

I am now reading Finity's End by C.J. Cherryh, part of her Union-Alliance Universe and /or her Company Wars books. I am only about a quarter into it, but already it is one of my favorites.

I just started Six of Crows and my god the ratings are so high! It's very well-written and interesting so far! But I can't get over the protagonists being teenagers. Maybe I don't read YA that much so I don't understand (or am just officially Too Old to get it), but these kids act like they're in their 40s complete with sad and sordid backstories that happened what? like six months ago? And it's been reeeeally hard getting past that.

Kari, I read that one and was kind of meh about it. I've read better YA, I don't think it's about your age!

I loved The Calculating Stars and am on to some nonfiction with Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe, because that's the kind of nerd I am :)

Infinite Powers is great!!

Since I was so blown away by The Last Conversation, I decided I needed to try some other works by the same author.

So, I got The Cabin at the End of the World.

I was worried about it being a thriller. I'm about as fond of most thrillers as I am action, not at all.

But, the book was very well done. Excellent characters, interesting plot, drew me along way more than I expected it to do so. I was happily impressed.

Nest up: A Head Full of Ghosts

Sands of Memory by Melissa McShane

Finity's End by C.J. Cherryh was a 10. Just an excellent book all around—three dimensional characters, a good blend of small, personal tales against a larger interstellar story.

The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China by Mark Elliott

Enjoyed Spin the Dawn
Now starting The Light Brigade
The library is closed, but digital collection available so all is well

Finished A Head Full of Ghosts. I'm really liking this author.

Starting Interference this evening.

Still haven't finished How Long 'til Black Future Month? :(
Maybe this weekend

Abandons gate by James s.a. Corey, book 3 of the expanse. I saw the series first.

I finished Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe yesterday and recommend it to any math nerds in the group who might be looking for nonfiction! You don't need to have had a calculus class to understand the book, I don't think.

I'm re-reading The Lions of Al-Rassan now. I needed something that I knew would be beautiful.

Giants of Pangaea by John C. Wright

I put aside The Light Brigade as it seemed too much war; as I reread the synopsis, I may pick it up again. In the meantime, all of my library books are now due April 30th so no worries. I've started on Bloodchild and Other Stories

Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio

Still struggling through abaddons gate.

I've been slowly making my way through The Once and Future King (for the first time, finally!), and am torn. Some parts are just downright brilliant and others feel... weird? and off? I know that's just the style of the story, but it feels like it works better in some places than others.

Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard (Light Novel) Vol. 1 by Mikawa Souhei

Shel wrote: "I'm re-reading The Lions of Al-Rassan now. I needed something that I knew would be beautiful."

In case anyone who hasn’t read this wants to try it, the ebook is on sale for US$1.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books.

Wasn't able to concentrate on Interference
Its me, not the book. Mood thing again

Instead I decided I'm going to try starting Rosewater likely at some point this evening.

I read the concluding book in Irene Radford’s Dragon Nimbus History series, The Renegade Dragon. 5/10. This book made explicit the SF elements the author has hinted at in previous books. There are things I liked about it, but somehow the whole was not greater than the parts.

Lee Child’s Worth Dying For was next, a decent Jack Reacher book with a high body count but no graphic torture (plenty was implied, however). 7/10.

One more thriller before I get into the fantasy and SF books I need to read in April for various groups. Sleep No More by Greg Iles is up next.

I'm still in re-read mode - I finished The Lions of Al-Rassan and have now been re-reading all of the A Wrinkle in Time series. I'll see if I'm in the mood for something new next.

Trolls: An Unnatural History by John Lindow