This month was a little bit on the light side for me.
Books
A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
Dream Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Manga
Natsume’s Book of Friends #1
Alice in the Country of Hearts #2
Haru Hana: The Complete Collection
Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee #1, 2
Nana #20
Sand Chronicles #7
Vagabond #6
Stolen Hearts #1
Hanako and the Terror of Allegory #1
Sexy Voice and Robo [...]

Books
Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold
Up in Smoke by Katie MacAlister
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner – loved this book, am working on the sequel now.
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr – selection for my YA book club this month. Set in SLC so reading about some of the local landmarks was amusing.
Irish Trilogy by Nora Roberts [...]

So this year I read 68 books and 219 manga and graphic novels. This is up a bit from last year’s totals. For books I tended to read a lot of easy mysteries, romances, and fantasy novels. I read through all of the Sookie Stackhouse books that are in paperback and I really enjoyed Kate [...]

Books
12 Kingdoms 2 and 12 Kingdoms 3 by Fuyumi Ono
Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold – I’ve been meaning to read more Bujold after finishing the first three Sharing Knife books.
The Broken Vessel By Kate Ross – Now I’ve read all the Julian Kestrel mysteries!
Soulless By Gail Carriger – The [...]

I forgot to keep track of my September reading, so some of this is a half-remembered reconstruction:
Books
The Julian Kestrel Mysteries – Sometimes it is a little sad to stumble across a series of books written by an author who is no longer living. Once you’ve finished the series, you’re left without the happy anticipation of [...]

Books
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
The Lord of the Sands of TIme by Issui Ogawa
The Barbed Rose by Gail Dayton
Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic by Kathleen Duey
Manga and Graphic Novels
High School Debut #10
Nana #17
Bloody Kiss #1
Game X Rush #1
Vampire Knight #1, 2 (reread)
Honey Hunt #2
Marmalade Boy #1-8
Maid Sama #2
Tsubasa: [...]

Books
Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
Poison Study, Magic Study, and Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan
A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
Manga and Graphic Novels
Two Flowers for the Dragon #2
Boys Over Flowers #36
Detroit Metal City #1
Shirley #1
Emma #8
Angel and the Aromatic Bitters by Erica Sakurazawa
Nana #16
Tsubasa: Those [...]

Books
Club Dead, Dead as a Doornail, Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Christopher’s Ghosts by Charles McCarry
Your Two Year Old: Terrible or Tender by Louise Bates Ames
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Sally Lockhart Quartet by Philip Pullman
Irish Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Manga & Graphic Novels
Sand Chronicles #5
Moon Child #1-3
Skip Beat #18
Two Flowers for the [...]

Books
Need by Carrie Jones
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (reread)
A Song for Summer and The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson – More YA historical romances, set during WWII. Plenty of character-based humor. I’m glad these books are being reprinted.
Dead Until Dark, and Living [...]

Books
Spymaster’s Lady, My Lord and Spymaster by Joanna Bourne
Bollywood Posters by Jeremy Pinto and Sheena Sippy – Fabulous collection of posters, arranged by theme and year. It was interesting seeing the traditional painted posters contrasted with the ones that look more like the type of design you’d see coming out of Hollywood. The posters were [...]