Mount Reading: January 2022

[lebateleur]

I did this last year and it worked out pretty well, so let's try it again. Below the cut are 50 books I need to read, reread, or finish reading. It's not a list of books I have to finish this year, or a list of the only books I'm allowed to read this year, but rather a list to see how many of the books, out of those I felt I might like to read this year on January 4th, I actually did read by December 31st.

1. The Grief of Stones – Katherine Addison (6/25/22)


2. Our Crooked Hearts – Melissa Albert (7/18/22)


3. The Flight of the Heron – D.K. Broster


4. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (Indonesian translation)


5. The Last Werewolf – Glen Duncan


6. The Burning Swift – Joseph Elliot


7. The Night Watchman – Louise Erdrich


8. Heroes - Stephen Fry


9. Troy – Stephen Fry


10. Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia


11. Pamela Coleman Smith – Mary K. Greer


12. Matrix – Lauren Groff


13. The Magician King - Lev Grossman


14. Boyfriend Material – Alexis Hall


15. Seraphina – Rachel Hartman (6/20/22)


16. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels – India Holton (5/3/22)


17. Tarot and the Gates of Light – Mark Horn


18. The Bombay Prince – Sujata Massey


19. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation – Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (4/7/22)


20. Heaven Official’s Blessing – Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (6/18/22)


21. The Scum Villian’s Self-Saving System – Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (1/14/22)


22. The Mirador – Sarah Monette


23. The Shadows of Men – Abir Mukherjee (4/2/22)


24. Terciel and Elinor - Garth Nix


25. The Golden Enclaves – Naomi Novik


26. League Of Dragons - Naomi Novik (1/8/22)


27. The Serpent's Tooth - Diana Paxson


28. The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom – John Pomfret (1/16/22)


29. Trail of Lightning – Rebecca Roanhorse


30. Welcome to Indonesian – Stuart Robson (2/22/22)


31. Scythe – Neal Shusterman (1/7/22)


32. The Winter Isles – Antonia Senior (1/14/22)


33. Introduction to the Lotus Sutra – Shinjo Suguro


34. The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien (12/30/22)


35. Pilates – Alysea Ungaro (1/17/22)


36. Bluebeard – Kurt Vonnegut


37. Deadeye Dick – Kurt Vonnegut


38. Jailbird – Kurt Vonnegut


39. 観音経の話 – NA (Kannon-kyo no Hanashi – NA) (1/17/22)


40. 公爵様の羊飼い1 – 秋月こお (Koshaku-sama no Hitsuji-kai vol. 1 – Akizuki Koh)


41. 中世遊楽団アウラ・ペンナ – 秋月こお (Chuse Yurakudan Aura Penna – Akizuki Koh)


42. 幸村殿、艶にて候5 – 秋月こお (Yukimura-dono, En nite Soro vol. 5 – Akizuki Koh


43. 蟲師 7 – 漆原 友紀 (Mushishi vol. 7 – Urushihara Yuki) (2/??/22)


44. 蟲師 8 – 漆原 友紀 (Mushishi vol. 8 – Urushihara Yuki) (2/12/22)


45. 蟲師 9 – 漆原 友紀 (Mushishi vol. 9 – Urushihara Yuki)


46. 蟲師 10 – 漆原 友紀 (Mushishi vol. 10 – Urushihara Yuki)


47. 花色―君をこそ、想ひ初めしか – 栗城 偲 (Hanairo – Kimi wo Koso, Omoihajimeshika – Kuriki Shinobu)


48. 願かけ – 佐伯 泰英 (Negaikake – Saeki Yasuhide)


49. 終点unknown 5 – 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 5 - Sugiura Shiho)


50. 終点unknown 外伝 – 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown Gaiden - Sugiura Shiho)

これで以上です。

Comments

[doreyg]

What a good idea! I should probably make a similar list, as I do want to read a little more this year than last year. :D

(And very excited to see the Sam Wyndham book on there! Love that series.)

[lebateleur]

Ooh, anything interesting in the TBR queue? Also: your icon! XD

Also: I'm super excited to start Shadows of Men. It took forever for it to publish over here.

[doreyg]

I currently have 212 books unread on my kindle, so mainly I'm looking forward to working a bit through those! The final Frey & McGray book is coming out this year so I'm looking forward to that, and there are a few crime series that I'd really like to finish off this year if I can (Cadfael and Benjamin January being top of the list there).

(and yes, the icon. XD Probably my favourite icon, tbh!)

It's really, really good! The entire series is super good, and emotionally devastating in the best way.

[lebateleur]

Ooh, Benjamin January has been recc'ed to me by several parties. I have the first several books and really just need to dig into them. I have too many books.

I really like watching Mukherjee grow as an author with each subsequent book. And I'm super excited (and a little trepidatious) to start this latest, because I understand the subject matter is going to be heavy and I just want them to be happy together.

[doreyg]

I know that feeling They're really, really good! Very dark, but in a way that is extremely well earned and makes you think a lot. If you like Blake and Avery (which I obviously know you do XD) I think you have a high chance of liking them as well.

He really does seem to get so much better with every book! It's fantastic to see. And is that the latest one published? Because yeah, some HEAVY stuff happens in that one (and I also just want them to be happy together! I mean, Sam can be a dick but it's still totally possible! ;;)

[lebateleur]

If you like Blake and Avery (which I obviously know you do XD) I think you have a high chance of liking them as well.

Okay. Yes. I definitely need to get cracking on reading this series sooner rather than later.

On a related note, I have been a broken record about this book on my DW for almost a year now, but have you heard of/read The House on Vesper Sands? It has much to recommend it to anyone who is a Blake and Avery fan. XD

And is that the latest one published?

Yes, and I had to wait just short of forever for it to finally publish over here (and then when it did, things got super crazy and I didn't have the energy to devote to it). But from what I know of the plot, I think it's going to be fabulous. (And if anyone can help Sam to trade his dickishness in for happiness, it's Surendranath. I love those two and their dynamic so much. ^^; )

[doreyg]

I've vaguely heard of it, but I haven't read it! And looking at it it looks extremely rtmi. :D I've put it on my "to get" list now, so hopefully I'll get around to buying it soon. And then reading it not long after! I am reading mainly romance novels and low-brain things atm, at least while it's winter, but it's spring fairly soon!

Yessss Sam and Surendranath's dynamic is just so good and they're so utterly sweet with each other. I just want them to help each other work through all their issues and then be happy forever. Not sure this is a realistic goal, but I hope for it anyway. XD

[lebateleur]

Okay, not to keep adding to that list (okay, to do exactly that), but India Holton's The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels is exactly the charming, irreverent romance novel I needed in my life these past few months and I highly recommend it. Seriously, it is a delight and I am definitely reading the sequels.

I just want them to help each other work through all their issues and then be happy forever. Not sure this is a realistic goal, but I hope for it anyway. XD

To which I add my fervent hopes. They have already both gone through so much together, I just really want all that effort and those good intentions to pay off. (And yes, there is always fic, but it would be nice if Mukherjee takes it in that direction too. ^^;; )

[lirazel]

Seraphina!

[lebateleur]

I'm really excited to read it!