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My May Reading Log

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I started off the month of May with three DNF mystery novels; it might be me and not the books! Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold is latest in her Penric and Desdemona series; it’s also latest in the … Continue reading →

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#TBR Challenge – Pride: Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff has been lingering on my TBR since it came out, but you really can’t go wrong with menopausal lesbian werewolves. Becca lives in an isolated mountain town and, after her divorce, has made a life … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – “New Beginnings”: Body Movers by Stephanie Bond

Posted on May 20, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Body Movers by Stephanie Bond is first (I thought) in a cozy mystery series with the unusual aspect of body movers for the morgue. I’ve been meaning to check it out because I love reading about different professions. Partway in, … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher was short but a lot of fun! Fourteen year old Mona lives in Riverbraid, which has a number of wizards with odd small talents; Mona’s magic works best with dough … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – “Fool’s Errand”: Lady of Perdition by Barbara Hambly

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Lady of Perdition by Barbara Hambly is seventeenth in the Benjamin January series of historical mysteries, this one beginning in April, 1840. I’ve already caught up on the previous book in this series for this year’s challenge, but this one … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Paladin’s Faith by T Kingfisher is fourth in the series, featuring Marguerite Florian and the paladin Shane, whom we met in the first book. As with the previous installments in this series, I was more invested in the worldbuilding, … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – “Vintage”: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

For this month’s “Vintage” theme, I went with a historical novel. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones is gory historical horror set in 1912 Montana that’s in conversation with Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. More importantly, … Continue reading →

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My January Reading Log

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn is first in the “Elemental Blessings” series, a secondary-world fantasy with magic and personality types associated with/linked to elements or combinations thereof. The protagonist, for example, is linked mostly to water, which has a … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – “Still Here”: Cold Bayou by Barbara Hambly

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

I am behind on the Benjamin January series of historical mysteries on purpose, because I like to save them up for when I have extended time to read and appreciate. Cold Bayou by Barbara Hambly (2018) is sixteenth in the … Continue reading →

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My December Reading Log

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo is horror, a genre I read only rarely, but I was completely gripped by the 1930s rural setting. Leslie Bruin, a trans man and veteran nurse of World War One, now works … Continue reading →

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