I love Phryne!! I love Phryne!!! This was a wonderful Phryne story! Made me so happy!
62. The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
I loved this story about a woman's journey exploring a series of caves for an employer that has dubious reasons for sending people into these caves. I really had no idea where this story was going or why the employer was motivated to send explorer after explorer into these dangerous caves. This book was described as claustrophobic and atmospheric. And I would say for the first half of the book, I couldn't understand why it was claustrophobic. Atmospheric- yes, claustrophobic- no. Then there was a shift, and I was like, "Yeah, okay. Got it."
63. Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal
I am reading a bunch of books right now but they are large tomes that, while interesting, aren't grabbing me. So off I went in search of some Tor.com novellas. This is the first one that I landed on, and it's amazing. No surprises there since Mary Robinette Kowal is amazing!!! This is an abduction tale that takes place in the near future. Technology and nature mingle in interesting ways and there's a central mystery that is not completely resolved, which I loved!! Oh, this is neither here nor there, but she wrote the story with intentional typos, which I loved!!
64. Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You by Scotto Moore
My next Tor.com novella was Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You. It was a little bit horror, a little bit humor, and a whole lot of obsession with music. It scratched the itch that I thought We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix would. Don't get me wrong- I really enjoyed We Sold Our Souls.
Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You is just the book that I thought We Sold Our Souls was going to be- that's all.
65. The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
I saw this book on Tor.com a lot when it was new (2017), but the cover and title creeped me out. I had no intentions of reading this novella. Then last week while I was in Canada Tor.com gave it away for free. Oh, boy I hesitated!! But the problem is I read Rosewater and loved it, so now I know I enjoy Tade Thompson's writing! I downloaded and read it because I'm in the middle of a Tor.com-novella-reading-fest I had to do it! It is exactly as creepy and bloody as I imagined but mysterious and captivating too!! What does it mean that Molly's life is the way it is? What is happening in this world that seems like ours but might not be?
I've read 65 books so far and 44 were by women, 18 by men, and 3 anthologies with both female and male authors two of which were mostly female authors. My year of reading lots of women is still going strong!!
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