January Readings

Man, Somehow in January I finished a ton of books. Albeit many of them were short, but even still it was a lot to get through!

Armor by John Steakley - I reread this one as it was my pick for the Library Book Club. Looking at it through other peoples eyes made me still appreciate it. It really is one of the better military sci-fi's out there. Great characters, awesome world building, left you wanting more. The worst part was the gratuitous dog death scene. Not sure we needed it, or at the very least we certainly didn't need it to last quite that long.

Tales of Em-Bot by Nicky Penttilla - This is a pair of short stories by one of my new favorite authors. Nicky has a way of infusing humor into the worst of situations and brings humanity into everything she writes. I recommend all of her science fiction at the very least!

Know Your Station by Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas - The first graphic novel of the year and it's a sci-fi/murder mystery/eat the rich story by a very good author. I dig the story and figured out the whodunnit but had the motive totally wrong. Kinda reminded me of Exit Black by Joe Pitkin and Escape Velocity by Vistor Manibo. All three of these are fantastic and I recommend.

The wife and I have been listening to several of Steve Cavanagh's Eddie Flynn Series and these are the ones we've finished in January:

The Cross 0.5 - A novella that was interesting enough, but focuses a lot on Eddie, who I only like once he's in the courtroom, and doesn't have any of the fantastic supporting characters the later novels have.

Fifty- Fifty 5 - A pretty good and startling story about two sisters on trail for the murder of their father but only one committed the crime. Makes you hate the police and political judges and prosecutors for sure. Introduces my favorite character of the series.

The Devil's Advocate 6 - A pinch of A Time to Kill and To Kill a Mockingbird that is sadly too relevant in today's USA.

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe - Made the boy listen to this so they could appreciate What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher. Poe was a master of his craft and this story is awesome!

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving - Meant to read this again around Halloween and it just fell through the cracks. Man I love everything Headless Horseman. The start of this is slow but the payoff is 👨‍🍳💋

Quite a month of reading!! Can’t believe I read that much or that it was all that good!!