- Blood of Tyrants, Naomi Novik
- Number 8 in the Temeraire series, fantasy books about a dragon air force during the Napoleonic wars. Described by some critics as Patrick O'Brian meets Anne McCaffrey. A fair assessment.
- The Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Tazai), Nakaba Suzuki
- LOVED the anime, now I'm reading the manga. Interesting take on Arthurian themes. I'm getting ready to end Volume 2 and begin Vol. 3.
- Claymore, Norihiro Yagi
- Started reading this manga as part of my research on my Senior Capstone project for college. Part of my research was on strong women in speculative fiction. The Claymores, women warriors who battle demons called Yoma and who are half-yoma themselves fit the bill. I am currently reading Volume 20: Remains of the Dead Claws.
- The Strange Library, Haruki Murakami
- The first book I read by Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, did not impress me much. But I have friends who recommend him all the time. I'd really like to read his Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World sometime, but for now, Overdrive e-book library had this one and since it is a mere 96 pages (his books are usually whoppers!) I feel like I can get through it rather quickly.
- Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: Subversive Children's Literature, Alison Lurie
- I know I finished my Bachelors Degree and I'm just hanging around waiting to apply to graduate school, but I miss academic reading. I've taken an interest lately in the literature of revolt and thought this book was a good place to start. It deals with the subversive ideas within classic and modern children's literature.
- The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
- Started this book before my last semester at college. I'm halfway through it and keep meaning to start reading it again. One thing keeping me back is that I sense major feels are ahead.
- The Best American Poetry 2015, edited by Sherman Alexie (Editor), David Lehman (Series Editor)
- I picked up this light tome of the best poems from last year at the library. As someone who sometimes writes poems, I wanted to read some of the best recent poems and poets.
What are you reading right now?