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My January Reading Log

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Vulcanization by Nisi Shawl is the awesomest steampunk story ever; Leopold II of Belgian Congo colonialist infamy wants to rid himself of visions of the people he’s victimized, using a strange device. After reading King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story … Continue reading →

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My December Reading Log

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: There’s Something About Ari by L.B. Gregg was novella length, I think, a m/m romance that never took off for me, though I did finish it. I picked up another in a long-running series. Obsession in Death by J.D. … Continue reading →

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November Reading Log

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Trifle Dead by Livia Day is a humorous small-town mystery. I enjoyed all the quirky characters and the to-me-unusual setting of Hobart in Tasmania; there’s also a lot of excellent, excellent food description, as the first person narrator … Continue reading →

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October 2015 Reading Log

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

October was a pretty sad reading month for me! I was extremely busy, which was part of it, and I seem to be in a bit of a fiction slump as well. The only fiction I finished was 1) a … Continue reading →

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September 2015 Reading Log

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran is the first historical romance I’ve read in, it seems, forever. The characters are intriguing! The hero is a doctor whose brother is trying to bully him into marrying; the heroine is a … Continue reading →

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August 2015 Reading Log

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

I’m finally caught up with book logging!!! I did less pleasure reading last month because I was working on review books (which I don’t discuss here). Fiction: I was so satisfied with Power and Majesty by Tansy Rayner Roberts, first … Continue reading →

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July 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I re-read Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in order to moderate a Readercon discussion on the book, for which I volunteered at the last minute. I also read Persona by Genevieve Valentine for a Readercon discussion. It’s not that … Continue reading →

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June 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace starts off violent and world-weary and continues to be gripping but painful. It’s set in a post-apocalyptic world (isn’t everything, nowadays?) in which human cruelty and desperation take center stage. Wasp, the protagonist, is … Continue reading →

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May 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: A Companion to the Fairy Tale edited by Hilda Ellis Davidson and Anna Chaudhri is what is says on the tin. The introduction and the first couple of essays gave me a pretty good grounding in fairy tale scholarship … Continue reading →

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April 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Lone Wolf (Bluewater Bay Book 4) by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt is a male/male romance. I’d read one book previously in this series, which focuses on the creative personalities surrounding a series of werewolf books and the television … Continue reading →

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