Thursday

2019's In-Lieu List

Hello, readers.   I could give a lot of reasons I haven't updated in a long time - some of them are reasons we all share for not being particularly motivated right now - but I'm going to get right to it.


I read some very good stuff last year that I need to pass on, so in (temporary) lieu of full reviews, I wanted to share a list of my top reads from 2019.  Each one has a handy link to its Goodreads page instead of Amazon, since I don't presume everybody wants or has the means to make purchases right now.  I love Goodreads and I often use my to-read list to look for books I can borrow from various libraries.  Here's the list - I've noted a few things, such as format and audience if it's not adult fiction.  Please comment if you have something (spoiler-free) to add about any of the books or would like to recommend to me and the other viewers.  Here's hoping for a more productive season - stay safe and keep reading.

  1. Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock (Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts #11)    Neil Gaiman
  2. Harrow County Volume 1: Countless Haints    Cullen Bunn *graphic novel*
  3. Recursion    Blake Crouch
  4. The Last Time I Lied    Riley Sager
  5. Hangman    Jack Heath
  6. Just One Bite   Jack Heath *sequel to Hangman*
  7. Jacaranda (The Clockwork Century, #6)    Cherie Priest  *short, ok to read alone if you haven't read the series*
  8. This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us    Edgar Cantero
  9. The Cape    Jason Ciaramella  *graphic novel*
  10. The Guild Volume 1    Felicia Day  *graphic novel*
  11. Elevation    Stephen King  *short*
  12. Yesterday    Felicia Yap
  13. Nyctophobia    Christopher Fowler
  14. Ghosts of Gotham    Craig Schaefer
  15. Cold Spectrum (Harmony Black, #4)    Craig Schaefer
  16. Glass Predator (Harmony Black, #3)    Craig Schaefer
  17. Red Knight Falling (Harmony Black, #2)    Craig Schaefer
  18. Harmony Black (Harmony Black, #1)    Craig Schaefer
  19. Cari Mora    Thomas  Harris
  20. The Accident Season    Moira Fowley-Doyle  *YA lit*
  21. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)    Katherine Arden  *kids lit*
  22. Invasive    Chuck Wendig
  23. Zeroes    Chuck Wendig
  24. Someone Like Me    M.R. Carey
  25. Jane Steele    Lyndsay Faye
  26. Truly Devious (Truly Devious, #1)    Maureen Johnson
  27. Alice Isn't Dead    Joseph Fink
  28. The Suicide Motor Club    Christopher Buehlman