Whoops! The new month is almost a week old and I still haven’t put up a post of what I read in September? Bad Martin. Not much to report though, as most of my reading time has been taken up with the Fifty Essentials in Fifty Days project and comics don’t count. Which left me with only four five proper books read this month:
Ha’Penny — Jo Walton
Best way to describe this novel: how would the Mitford sisters fare in a world in which Germany and England made peace in 1941?
The Fuller Memorandum — Charlie Stross
The latest entry in Charlie’s spy thriller/horror story mashup series. As good as his earlier two novels.
The Steel Remains — Richard Morgan
Morgan is best know for his cynical take on hard sf space opera; here he branches out to fantasy. Slightly awkward to read as it felt like the middle part of a trilogy.
Three Hearts & Three Lions — Poul Anderson
Another type of fantasy altogether, this is something of a classic. In the midst of WWII, a Danish resistance member is transported to a magical world where he is the only thing standing between it and unending evil….
All You Need Is Kill — Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers (the novel) — in a good way.