- Ghosts of Greenglass House (Greenglass House #2), Kate Milford
- Truly Devious, Maureen Johnson
- The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You, Lily Anderson
- Artificial Condition (Murderbot #2), Martha Wells
- Let’s Talk About Love, Claire Kann
- American Panda, Gloria Chao
- Emergency Contact, Mary H. K. Choi
- The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Planetfall (Planetfall #1), Emma Newman
- After Atlas (Planetfall #2), Emma Newman
- The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton
Didn’t manage to read any of the ARCs languishing on my to-read pile this month, but did enjoy the books I did read a lot (with some exceptions). Both the Greenglass House books and the Murderbot novellas continue to be delightful in very different ways. I’ve been consciously avoiding novels in verse but The Poet X snuck up on me. Considering Xiomara is into slam poetry it seems an apt medium.
I’m still not sure how I feel about the Planetfall books — I will automatically read any books that combine mystery with science fiction (I recommend Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, murder in space!), and I definitely enjoyed reading them, but I’m still ambivalent about the endings. I guess I’ll just have to read Before Mars when it comes out to make up my mind.
I just finished reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle which while not being set in space (can’t have everything I suppose) definitely has science fiction elements to its mystery. It’s delightfully twisty and works best if you don’t know anything beforehand and have time to read it quite quickly so you don’t get too confused about the characters.
A more even spread of children’s fiction/YA to adult fiction this month which pleases me. I do like reading YA but I tend to prioritise it due to my job, so my adult reading tends to suffer.
Board games
Finally tried Dixit and Saboteur. I love Saboteur but I think Dixit will need more plays to grow on me.
Creative misc
Made a repeating kea pattern after puzzling through some tiling tutorials. I have a bunch of ideas for pattern designs but haven’t decided where best to get them printed yet as the quality of print-to-order sites tends to be a bit sub-par.
Afictionado 