1. The Boy and the Bell by Heidi Heilig [Jump]


2. Three Cats at the End of the World by Aimee Ogden [Jump]


3. A Good Egg by Shawn Proctor [Jump]


4. Lava Cake for the Apocalypse by Wendy Nikel [Jump]


5. My Favourite Sentience by Marissa Lingen [Jump]


6. The You Train by N. K. Jemisin [Jump]


7. More Tomorrow by Premee Mohammed [Jump]


8. The Good Mother's Home for Wayward Girls by Izzy Wasserstein [Jump]


9. The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula Le Guin [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 116/180 (9 new this post) Prose: 71/90 (9 new this post, 50/107 short fiction) Nonfiction: 4/12 (0 new this post)
#getouttamydamnhouse: 24/50 (0 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 44/50 (3 new this post; The Boy and the Bell, A Good Egg, and The Day Before the Revolution)

1. Oh My God! Volumes 1 and 2 by Natsuho Shino [Jump]


2. When First I Met My King by Harper Fox [Jump]


3. Passing Strange by Ellen Klages [Jump]


4. The Scorpion by Gerri Hill [Jump]


5. And Then There Were N-One by Sarah Pinsker [Jump]


6. The Girl From The Other Side: Siúil, A Rún Volumes 1-3 by Nagabe, translated by Adrienne Beck [Jump]


7. Tomorrow by Jack Lothian and Garry Mac [Jump]


8. Follow Me In by Katriona Chapman [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 98/180 (8 new this post) Prose: 61/90 (4 new this post, 41/98 short stories) Nonfiction: 3/12 (1 new this post)
#getouttamydamnhouse: 24/50 (1 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 35/50 (5 new this post; Oh My God, When First I Met My King, Passing Strange, The Scorpion, And Then There Were N-One)

1. Murder With Lemon Tea Cakes by Karen Rose Smith [Jump]


2. The Wicked + The Divine Volume 3 by Kieron Gillen and James McKelvie [Jump]


3. Wild Wild Hex by Jordan L Hawk [Jump]


4. Devil's Rock by Gerri Hill [Jump]


5. To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Volume 1 by Maybe [Jump]


6. Gangsta: Cursed: EP_Marco Adriano Volume 4 by Kohske and Syuhei Kamo [Jump]


7. The Wicked + The Divine Volumes 4 and 5 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie [Jump]


8. When Anxiety Attacks by Terian Koscik [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 82/180 (8 new this post) Prose: 49/90 (3 new this post) Nonfiction: 2/12 (1 new this post! Finally!)
#getouttamydamnhouse: 23/50 (3 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 27/50 (5 new this post; The Wicked + The Divine, Wild Wild Hex, And Devil's Rock)

1. Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill [Jump]


2. The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope [Jump]


3. Stone Mad by Elizabeth Bear [Jump]


4. Behind the Scenes Volumes 1-5 by Bisco Hatori [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 74/180 (8 new this post) Prose: 40/90 (2 new this post) Short Fiction: 25/40 Nonfiction: 1/12
#getouttamydamnhouse: 24/50 (4 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 24/50 (2 new this post; Aquicorn Cove, Stone Mad)

1. It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian [Jump]


2. Flying Witch Volume 2 and Volume 3 by Chihiro Ishizuka [Jump]


3. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones [Jump]


4. Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge [Jump]


5. Angel City: Town Without Pity by Janet Harvey, Nick Filardi, and Megan Levans [Jump]


6. The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill [Jump]


7. Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 58/180 (8 new this post) Prose: 30/90 (3 new this post) Nonfiction: 1/12 (FINALLY!)
#getouttamydamnhouse: 20/50 (4 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 18/50 (3 new this post; It Takes Two to Tumble, The Tea Dragon Society, Princess Princess Ever After)

1. The Şiret Mask by Marie Brennan [Jump]


2. Staged to Death and Deadly Decor by Karen Rose Smith [Jump]


3. Full Metal Alchemist Volume Four by Hiromu Arakawa [Jump]


4. Check Please! Year Three by Ngozi Ukazu [Jump]


5. The Sins of the Cities Series (An Unseen Attraction, An Unnatural Vice, An Unsuitable Heir) by KJ Charles [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 50/180 (8 new this post) Prose: 27/90 (6 new this post) Nonfiction: 0/12
#getouttamydamnhouse: 16/80 (3 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 15/50 (4 new this post; Check Please! Year Three and the Sins of the Cities series. I was debating whether to include The Siret Mask, but I wasn't sure, so...

I would like it noted that going "Well it's Friday SOMEWHERE" from the Thursday side of Friday instead of the Saturday side is as weird for me as it is for everyone else. BUT I am going to Hamilton on Friday (!!!!!!!!), so I thought it would be best to yell slightly early than slightly late!

1. Gangsta: Cursed: Ep_Marco Adriano Volume Three by Kohske and Syuhei Kamo [Jump]


2. Packing by T. Kingfisher [Jump]


3. Herding Cats by Sarah C. Andersen [Jump]


4. Piper Deez and the Case of the Winter Planet by M. Fenn [Jump]


5. Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir and Steenz [Jump]


6. Everyone From Themis Sends Letters Home by Genevieve Valentine [Jump]


7. Full Metal Alchemist Volume Three by Hiromu Arakawa [Jump]


8. Light, Like a Candle Flame by Iona Sharma [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 34/180 (8 new this post) Prose: 13/90 Nonfiction: 0/12
#getouttamydamnhouse: 13/80 (1 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 11/34 (2 new this post; Piper Deez and the Case of the Winter Planet and Light, Like a Candle Flame)

Hello my darlings! We're back to posts of a sensible length, containing a sensible number of opinions, and it is both really nice and really weird. (How long will it last? WE SHALL SEE.) This installment has a lot of short stories, because that's pretty much what I had the brain for at the start of the year, so full credit to forestofglory, our OTHER excellent source of short stories, for all of her recs!

1. The Course of Honor by Aviolet [Jump]


2. Fandom for Robots by Vina Jie-Min Prasad [Jump]


3. Taiya by Vanessa Fogg [Jump]


4. Sun, Moon, Dust by Ursula Vernon [Jump]


5. The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer [Jump]


6. Angel of the Blockade by Alex Wells [Jump]


7. Fearless by Shira Glassman [Jump]


8. Flutter by Momoko Tenzen [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 8/180 (8 new this post) Prose: 7/90 Nonfiction: 0/12
#getouttamydamnhouse: 0/80 (0 gone this post)
#killyourtbr: 8/8 (Looking, clearing out tabs counts, I swear.)
#unofficialqueerafbookclub: 6/8 (6 new this post: Course of Honor; Fandom For Robots; Sun, Moon Dust; Angel of the Blockade; Fearless; Flutter)

Darlings: WE DID IT! With this post, we've wrapped up Eight Book Minimum for 2017! (Only like four weeks late, shhhhh.) I think this means that I've talked about every book and at least some of the short stories that I read in 2017! THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME! :D *party hats and blowers for everyone!*

(... Seriously, I am tempted to bake myself a cake for this, because even if some of these reviews were only a sentence, that's still a lot of sentences, and I was CONVINCED I wasn't gonna do it.)

So, to wrap up:

1. A Charm of Magpies Books 1-3 by KJ Charles (The Magpie Lord, A Case of Possession, and A Flight of Magpies) [Jump]


2. An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles [Jump]


3. A Queer Trade by KJ Charles [Jump]


4. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Volume Three [Jump]


5. Pandora Hearts Volume Twenty by Jun Mochizuki [Jump]


6. Pandora Hearts Volume Twenty-One by Jun Mochizuki [Jump]


7. Pandora Hearts Volume Twenty-Two by Jun Mochizuki [Jump]


8. Pandora Hearts Volume Twenty-Thee by Jun Mochizuki [Jump]


9. Pandora Hearts Twenty-Four by Jun Mochizuki [Jump]


10. Check Please Volumes One and Two by Ngozi Ukazu [Jump]


11. On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard [Jump]


12. Bitch Planet Volume Two: President Bitch by [Jump]


13. Space Battle Lunchtime Volume Two: A Recipe For Disaster by Natalie Reiss [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 196/150 (16 new this post) Prose: 103/50 (6 new this post)
New-to-me female authors: 51/50 (Aliette de Bodard)
#getouttamydamnhouse: 58/80 (5 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerasfuckbookclub: 72/180 (A Charm of Magpies, An Unseen Attraction, A Queer Trade, Check Please, Bitch Planet Volume Two, and Space Battle Lunchtime Volume Two)

WE DID IT! Now: what are you reading in 2018?

OKAY, I have started my 2018 reading, but to be honest I've not finished writing up my 2017 reading and for once I am actually close enough to being done that I can taste it. So please excuse this and the next post as me wrapping up last year a little late, and then we can get on with the new on a sensible schedule!

1. Sunshine by Robin McKinley [Jump]


2. Pandora Hearts Volume Twelve by Jun Mochizuki [Jump]


3. Think of England by KJ Charles [Jump]


4. Song For a Viking by KJ Charles [Jump]


5. A Fashionable Indulgence by KJ Charles [Jump]


6. The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley [Jump]


7. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi [Jump]


8. The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian [Jump]


9. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [Jump] *


10. Jackdaw by KJ Charles [Jump] *


11. Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live by Sacha Lamb [Jump]


12. When We Die On Mars by Cassandra Khaw [Jump]


13. My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi [Jump]


14. The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian [Jump]

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Reading Goals

Reading goal: 168/150 (13 new this post) Prose: 94/50 (12 new this post)
New-to-me female authors: 47/50 (Helen Oyeyemi, Cat Sebastian, Nagata Kabi; also it turns out that Kamo Syuhei is actually a female mangaka, so my count is one higher than I thought!)
#getouttamydamnhouse: 46/80 (4 gone this post)
#unofficialqueerasfuckbookclub: 60/168