Fantasy

Days of Blood and Starlight (#2)

Laini Taylor
Days of Blood and Starlight (#2)
Paperback

What Helena read in the summer of 2013 (the shortlisted version)

The Year of the Ladybird: A Ghost Story by Graham Joyce

The effortlessly genre defying Joyce's new novel takes place in the blistering summer of 1976. David, a young student, has come to the coastal town of Skegness to work at a holiday camp and, hopefully, watch his life begin.

What Jan read the summer of 2013

Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy
Well, it started really good - bleak, dark, southern England. Then I forgot the book on a ferry in Greece... In my defense the boat *was* rocking quite heavily.

Daniel O'Malley - The Rook
This was super entertaining. Starts with a woman without memory waking up in a body she doesn't recognize in a private park in London with a dozen dead people on the ground around her all wearing rubber gloves ... And it only gets better.

Max Barry - Lexicon
Very exciting, made me think of The Magicians and The Secret History, but with more of an action feel to it. Good idea, good read.

Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy Daniel O'Malley - The Rook Max Barry - Lexicon

Anton DiSclafani - The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls
I really enjoyed this; the tale of a girl in 1930 messing up and

9781780891316

Charlie Human
9781780891316
Trade Paperback

The Melancholy of Mechagirl

Catherynne Valente
The Melancholy of Mechagirl
Paperback

Legion and The Emperor's Soul

Brandon Sanderson
Legion and The Emperor's Soul
Trade Paperback

The Shining Girls: “A constellation of murder”

Shining Girls by Lauren BeukesJinsuk. Zora. Willie. Kirby. Margo. Julia. Catherine. Alice. Misha. Nine female names written on the bedroom wall in a house outside of time. Nine shining girls Harper Curtis is compelled to kill. One young woman, scarred from wounds she should not have been able to survive, hunting a murderer who cannot be real.

The Long War

Pratchett, Terry , Baxter, Stephen
The Long War
Trade Paperback

Boneland (Brisingamen #3)

Alan Garner
Boneland (Brisingamen #3)
Paperback

Angelopolis

Daniella Trussoni
Angelopolis
Trade Paperback

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