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Posted 2021-12-07 10:34 AM (#23575 - in reply to #23523)
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dustydigger - 2021-11-06 7:35 AM

Well,I managed to finish the Pick N' Mix challenge last month. Real life has been a pain (literally) this year. Dogged by illhealth,including pernicious anaemia which induces brain fog,lethargy and a host of other symptoms,and crippling arthritis I have done only a minimum of online typing,and so apart from the What Are We Reading In... thread I totally neglected this thread to my shame. Much time had to be spent too on looking after my 81 yr old husband,and coping with the isolation of sheltering from covid.I had to adjust my reading,reading a lot more short fiction than usual,and that was actually very enjoyable. I followed many recommendations from our excellent WWEnd.


I'm sorry about your troubles with health. I hope next year will be lot better.

But it was great to hear that your reading was good.

This year I've read less than before and tried to focus on reading my own books which I put in the Mount TBR challenge instead of here.

I enjoyed most of the books I read for Pick N' Mix this year.

T. Kingfisher's Swordheart is a stand-alone humorous fantasy adventure/romance book. Just the right type of book for me this year.
Kowal's Relentless Moon is the third book in the Lady Astronaut of Mars, focusing on Earth after the disaster in the first book. I enjoyed it a lot.
Cogman's the Secret Chapter was a good continuation to the series. This time the plot is a heist in an alternative world.
Bujold's Masquarede in Lodi is a Penric and Desdemona novella, which I also enjoyed a lot.
Muir Lafferty's Six Wakes was a fascinating stand-alone book about clones.
Wilson's Clockwork Dynasty merges historical fiction with steampunk and fantasy elements. I liked it a lot.
Chakraborty's The Empire of Gold is the third book in her Middle-Eastern inspired Daevabad trilogy. Sadly, it wasn't as good as the previous books.
I've greatly enjoyed Martha Wells' Murderbot SF series and tried out her fantasy. The City of Bones is a stand-alone fantasy book set in a post-apocalyptic world. It wasn't as good as the Murderbots but I still enjoyed it.
James Lovegrove's the Ghost Machine is the third book based on the SF tv-show Firefly. Sadly, I didn't really care for it.
The Mythic Dream collects fantasy and SF retellings of myths from around the world. It's a mixed bag but I enjoyed most of the stories.

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