Shannon's Reading Log 2022

Hi, everyone! I didn't keep up with my reading log last year, but I hope to do better this year.

If you want to read my reviews and keep up with my challenge progress, head over to my challenge thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337191#

January
1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman (2013) - 5★ - reread off my shelves

Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Sussex, England
Reason to read: SF/F Book Club - February selection

2. The Good House - Tananarive Due (2003) - 3★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Washington, USA
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT--January theme: Haunted houses

3. The Last House on Needless Street - Catriona Ward (2021) - 5★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Washington, USA
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT--January theme: Haunted houses

4. Perihelion Summer - Greg Egan (2019) - 3★

Genre: Science fiction
Setting: the ocean mainly + Australia and Antarctica
Reason to read: Local SF/F book club's January selection (even though I missed the meeting!)

5. This Thing Between Us - Gus Moreno (2021) - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Chicago, Illinois, and Colorado, USA
Reason to read: Found on new books shelf in library

6. The Hollow Places - T. Kingfisher (2020) - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: North Carolina, USA
Reason to read: On ALA Reading List - Horror recommendations

7. Native Tongue - Suzette Haden Elgin (1984) - 4★

Genre: Science fiction
Setting: Future USA
Reason to read: Off my shelves + SFFKit -- January theme: A morally gray character

8. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science - Erika Engelhaupt (2021) - 3★

Genre: Nonfiction / Science
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT: February theme: Creepy crawlies

February
9. The Shape of Darkness - Laura Purcell (2021) - 4★

Genre: Gothic
Setting: Bath, England, 1850s
Reason to read: I enjoy this author

10. Empire Falls - Richard Russo (2001) - 5★

Genre: Literary fiction
Setting: Empire Falls, Maine, USA
Reason to read: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

11. Goodnight Stranger - Michiah Bay Gault (2019) - 3★

Genre: Thriller
Setting: Wolf Island, Massachusetts, USA
Reason to read: Shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award

12. The Hunting Party - Lucy Foley (2019) - 2★

Genre: Thriller
Setting: remote Highlands, Scotland, UK
Reason to read: Impulse buy

13. Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates (1961) - 5★

Genre: Literary Fiction
Setting: suburban Connecticut, USA
Reason to read: USA state-by-state reading challenge

March
14. Telephone - Percival Everett (2020) - 4★

Genre: Literary Fiction
Setting: California and New Mexico, USA; Mexico
Reason to read: Pulitzer Prize finalist

15. Bone China - Laura Purcell (2019) - 4★

Genre: Gothic
Setting: Cornwall, England
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT March theme - Switched

16. The Push - Ashley Audrain (2021) - 3★

Genre: Thriller
Setting: unnamed (but the author is Canadian)
Reason to read: Impulse buy

17. Wild Fell - Michael Rowe (2013) - 3★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Alvina, Ontario, Canada
Reason to read: Shirley Jackson Award finalist

18. Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015) - 5★

Genre: Nonfiction
Reason to read: Real-life book club

19. Death in her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh (2020) - 4★

Genre: Literary fiction
Setting: Levant (imaginary town)
Reason to read: Shirley Jackson Award finalist

20. Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach - Kelly Robson (2018) - 4★

Genre: Science fiction
Setting: post-apocalyptic Calgary, Canada; ancient Mesopotamia
Reason to read: SFFKit - Time Travel theme (for February, but late)

21. Miranda in Milan - Katharine Duckett (2019) - 3★

Genre: Historical fantasy
Setting: Milan, Italy
Reason to read: SFFKit - Historical fantasy (for March)

22. My Heart is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones (2021) - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Proofrock, Idaho
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT - Serial Killers (for April)

23. Reprieve - James Han Mattson - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Lincoln, Nebraska
Reason to read: Bookstore purchase

24. The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Mostly in and around Los Angeles, California
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT - Serial killers (for April)

25. Near the Bone - Christina Henry - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Unnamed mountain wilderness (probably Western US)
Reason to read: From ALA Reading List - Horror

26. Sundial - Catriona Ward - 5★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Mojave Desert, California
Reason to read: New fiction by a really great author

27. The Night Watchman - Louise Erdrich - 4★

Genre: Historical fiction
Setting: Chippewa reservation, North Dakota
Reason to read: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

28. Far From the Light of Heaven - Tade Thompson - 4★

Genre: Science fiction
Setting: Interstellar spaceship
Reason to read: Selection for SFFKit April - Lifespans theme

29. Close Range: Wyoming Stories - Annie Proulx - 4★

Genre: Short stories
Setting: Wyoming, USA
Reason to read: 50 state challenge

30. Ring Shout - P. Djeli Clark - 4★

Genre: Dark Fantasy / Novella
Setting, 1920s Macon, Georgia, USA
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT selection for May + 50 state challenge

31. The Seep - Chana Porter - 3★

Genre: Science fiction
Setting: Post-alien invasion USA
Reason to read: SFFKit selection for May - Invasions theme

32. Black Widows - Cate Quinn - 3★

Genre: Thriller
Setting: Utah, USA
Reason to read: 50 state challenge

33. Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw - 3★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Japan
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT May theme - Short stories and novellas

34. If, Then - Kate Hope Day - 3★

Genre: Speculative fiction
Setting: Clearing, Oregon, USA
Reason to read: 50 State Reading Challenge

35. The Shining - Stephen King - 5★ - reread

Genre: Horror
Setting: Overlook Hotel, Sidewinder, Colorado
Reason to read: wanted to

36. Better Luck Next Time - Julia Claiborne Johnson - 3★

Genre: Historical fiction
Setting: 1930s Reno, Nevada, USA
Reason to read: 50 state reading challenge + real-life book club

37. Palace of the Drowned - Christine Mangan - 4★

Genre: Historical thriller
Setting: 1960s Venice, Italy
Reason to read: Shiny and new!

38. Empire of Wild - Cherie Dimaline - 3★

Genre: Horror
Setting: small town in Canada
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT - June theme - Into the Wild

39. The Bluest Eye - Tony Morrison - 4★

Genre: Literary fiction
Setting: Loraine, Ohio, USA
Reason to read: 50 state reading challenge

40. Devil House - John Darnielle - 4★

Genre: ??? (I guess, literary fiction)
Setting: Milpitas, California, USA
Reason to read: New book by an author I like

41. Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel - 4★

Genre: Science fiction
Setting: far too many, including the Moon
Reason to read: New book by a wonderful author

42. A Good Marriage - Kimberly McCreight - 3★

Genre: Thriller
Setting: New York City
Reason to read: Off the ALA Reading List

43. Sleepwalk - Dan Chaon - 4★

Genre: Science fiction
Setting: Roadtrip across USA
Reason to read: New by an author I like

44. The Lesser Dead - Christopher Buehlman - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: 1970s New York City
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT - July theme - Undead

45. This Dark Earth - John Hornor Jacobs - 3★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Postapocalyptic Arkansas
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT - July theme - Undead

46. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain - George Saunders - 5★

Genre: Nonfiction - Literature
Reason to read: For that creative spark

47. Black Wings Has My Angel - Elliott Chaze - 4★

Genre: Crime Noir
Setting: Mostly Colorado, but also New Orleans and Mississippi, during the 1950s
Reason to read: I keep going back to these NRYB Classics noir books. They're usually good reads.

48. The Optimist's Daughter - Eudora Welty - 3★

Genre: Literary Fiction
Setting: Mississippi, USA
Reason to read: Pulitzer Prize winner/USA road trip

49. Down a Dark Hall - Lois Duncan - 3★

Genre: YA Horror
Setting: Isolated boarding school somewhere in the U.S.
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT theme for August

50. Commonwealth - Ann Patchett - 4★

Genre: Literary fiction
Setting: US: Virginia; Torrance and Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; New York City; Switzerland
Reason to read: USA road trip

51. Hide - Kiersten White - 4★

Genre: Horror
Setting: Abandoned amusement park in unknown location
Reason to read: Found on new books shelf in library

52. Weep, Woman, Weep - Maria DeBlassie - 3★

Genre: Dark Fantasy
Setting: Small town in New Mexico, USA
Reason to read: Book club selection + ScaredyKIT theme for October: Witches

53. Fairy Tale - Stephen King - 4★

Genre: Dark Fantasy
Setting: Small town in Illinois, USA, + fantasy world of Empis
Reason to read: ScaredyKIT theme for November: Stephen King and family

54. Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh - 4★

Genre: Horror, maybe
Setting: fictional village of Lapvona
Reason to read: I enjoy this author

55. Convenience Store Woman -Sayaka Murata - 4★

Genre: Literary fiction
Setting: Japan
Reason to read: Book club selection

56. Hummingbird Salamander - Jeff VanderMeer - 3.5★

Genre: Science fiction - Noir
Setting: Pacific Northwest
Reason to read: Shirley Jackson Award finalist

57. All the Murmuring Bones - A. G. Slatter - 3★

Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Fantasy country with no name
Reason to read: Shirley Jackson Award finalist

58. No Gods, No Monsters - Cadwell Turnbull - 3.5★

Genre: Urban fantasy
Setting: Boston, Massachusetts; St. Thomas
Reason to read: Shirley Jackson Award finalist