Flights of Fantasy discussion

I have a serious case of the slumps! It's been dragging on and on and on.

Due to that, I've not even had interest in books I've been waiting for - making me sadder.

In an attempt to get my reading mojo back, I'd love to hear about your best 2017 reads! It doesn't have to be a new release, just the best book(s) YOU read in 2017 - and why.

As my contribution:

Behind the Throne - This was fast paced, non-stop action. LOVE. Plus it has a matriarchy. Plus the heroine is a gunrunner who also is a princess and becomes an empress.

LOVE.

The Scalzi books: I think I read 3 of them this year and enjoyed them all. The favorites were Old Man's War and The Collapsing Empire.

Sadly, I didn't read much outside of school this year, but I was thrilled I was introduced to The Others. The only reason why I didn't read the 5th book, Etched in Bone, is the cost. I can not justify $14 for a non-omnibus e-book. The sixth novel is due out sometime next year so, I may revisit the series in a couple of years.

I'm still seriously contemplating a 10th Anniversary Good Reads Choice Award Challenge next year.
Since there were different categories the first two or three years, I want to see which categories have been constant since the beginning. Those will make up the master list.

MrsJoseph wrote: "As my contribution:

Behind the Throne - This was fast paced, non-stop action. LOVE. Plus it has a matriarchy. Plus the heroine is a gunrunner who also is a princess and becomes an ..."

Have you tried any more books in the Old Man's War series? Maybe they can help with your slump!

I thought I was in a slump... Now I think my reading habits have just changed. I read a lot more before I had Rowan, now I sleep immediately when I try to read in bed. I just don't have time to make my way through books like I used to!

Also from Scalzi that you might like: Redshirts & Fuzzy Nation.

I need to work on the Old Man's War books too. I've only read the first two.

Top 5 New Books/Series:

If We Were Villains
The Six of Crows Duology Boxed Set
Love, Lies and Spies
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
A Darker Shade of Magic


Top 3 Part of Series:

Resurrection
Ghostly Echoes
The Dire King


Bottom 5:

Ladies at the Alamo
The Power: A Berkeley Blackfriars Novel
Death Watch
The Drowning Girl
Hyde


Biggest Disappointment:

The Three Musketeers


Most Overrated Series:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
Whip Hand by Dick Francis
700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
Those were my five-star reads (non-repeat) this year.

Whoops! Forgot two:
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan

As for why: Railroad was an interesting take on slavery and race relations, imagining the underground railroad was literal, and brilliantly written; Soldier was one of the best myth-based fantasies I've read; Whip Hand was a great mystery/thriller; 700 made me cry and laugh; Menagerie and Carnivorous were great story collections, vastly different but both intelligent and deconstructionist.

These are good!!!

I am trying to read more again. But I;ve been busy and unmotivated. :-(

Good luck on the reading, MrsJ!

Thank you! I need it. O_O

MrsJoseph wrote: "Thank you! I need it. O_O"

((( Hugs )))