This is a new series by Darynda Jones, and I love it!! The main character is a newly elected sheriff in her hometown of Del Sol, New Mexico. She was abducted and impregnated as a teen. Despite all that trauma she is an amazing funny woman who is bent on finding her abductor and bringing him to justice. But man oh man does she have a rough first day at work!!
37. Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold
Oh, wow!!! What a book!! So fairy tales are very interesting and they say something about society and culture but Little Red Riding Hood is the fairy tale that fascinates me. In particular it is the references or portrayals of this fairy tale in culture. Does Little Red Riding Hood get portrayed as a child? An adult? Innocent? Sexual? Violent? Empowered? Victimized? Because in the end this story is so much about how females interact with the world. This book is definitely about how females interact with the world.
38. A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell
This is a great YA science fiction and fantasy anthology featuring authors of color. You get all kinds of stories in this collection from the past to the future. And in everyone of them protagonist is a deeply relatable girl or woman, making her way through the world. I think I was a little older than the target audience but I really enjoyed it!! I love reading science fiction and fantasy by people-not-white men! So thank you for that!!!! And as an interesting side note, I think my favorite story in the book (though that's a tough call to make) is the one by the editor, Patrice Caldwell- hello vampire story!!!
39. The Sound of Stars by Alecia Dow and read by Joy Sunday and Christian Barillas
Listening to audiobooks is not my favorite way to read. I am a too easily distracted person. Actually sitting down with a book is the best way for me to still myself enough for a story. Still, when the library only has certain options... well, audio it is. This is a really nice YA sci-fi/romance book, and let's be honest, sci-fi could use a little more romance as well as authors/protagonists of color, especially of the non-male variety, which this book has!! So yay!!! And the fact that the main alien is purple didn't hurt at all!! No, semi-sentient hair though....
40. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying by Grady Hendrix
I love vampire books and Grady Hendrix so this was a no-brainer! Luckily my pandemic reading lethargy was not a factor in this book!! I devoured it!! Scared sure! But that's to be expected!!! Some moms in a little southern town- Old Village- form a not-really-a-book-club book club and read all the classic true crime books!! Then a stranger moves in and bad things start to happen. Are they going to be like one of the people in their true crime novels who ignore all the signs and say nothing bad could happen here? Or are they going to Miss Marple his ass?
I've read 40 books and 33 were by woman, 5 were by men, 1 was an anthology by both women and men, 1 was by a nonbinary author, and 3 were translations. My year of reading lots of women and at least 12 translations is going well in that I've read mostly female authors, but as the world is going through a pandemic, it's not going that well. I can't complain about my personal situation, but it is rough going out there. And I look forward to the day that people stop hoarding, but maybe that day won't come again. I don't know. I think of all the people in the US that have a fridge with a freezer and another fridge and how they are always full. It seems like a leftover of the Great Depression.What will this global health crisis leave us with? Only time will tell. But I hope it is a greater sense of community. I hope all of this isolation leaves us wanting to reach out more.
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