October Reads

It's October Reads time!! I started the month with a few titles I didn't enjoy tons, but I've also read a bunch I really liked, so definitely a mixed bag. :D And of course, lots of short stories (and a novella!) for editing work. :D

1. sweet static by Cedar D. McCafferty-Svec
2. The Ending Line of Casablanca by Lucy K. R.
3. Going Dark by Max Jason Peterson
4. The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison (The Cemetaries of Amalo vol. 2)
5. Deadendia: The Divine Order by Hamish Steele (Deadendia vol. 3/last vol.)
6. Seaside Stranger by Ki Karna
7. My Hero Academia vol. 19 and 20 by Kohei Horikoshi
8. Young Hag and the Witches' Quest by Isabel Greenberg
9. Haikyu! vol. 11 - 13 by Haruichi Furudate
10. Spring Rain: A Graphic Novel of Love, Madness, and Revolutions by Andy Warner
11. Delivery for You by Teku Rin
12. Flung Out of Space: The Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer
13. AWM: PUBG by Mu Su Li
14. Scrap Metal Angel by Nicola Kapron
15. The Benefits of Consequences by Dei Walker
16. Goals by R. L. Houck
17. The Cage is Not Yet Broken by Nicola Kapron
18. Rose and Renaissance vol. 1 and 2 by Zhi Chu
19. Indiginerds, edited by Aline Pete
20. Delicious in Dungeon/Dungeon Meshi vol. 2 by Ryoko Kui
21. Patience and Esther: An Edwardian Romance by S. W. Searle
22. Unsafe Haven by Cedar D. McCafferty-Svec
23. Running Mates by boneturtle (not pictured - author requested we not add this story to SG or GR)
24. Barda by Ngozi Ukazu

As a note on the work ones, I usually have read the titles for work weeks, if not months, before they actually make it onto my list. I read Scrap Metal Angel in, like. July. Something like that. But they don't make it onto my "read" list until I add them to Goodreads and/or Storygraph, which skews things. That said, I actually DID read Scrap Metal Angel in October (...for the third time...) but only one of those times makes it into my reading list, and only at the end. Basically, tracking reading as a professional editor is weird.

Whatcha'll been reading?

Cover Reveal for A Truth Universally Acknowledged

HAPPY COVER REVEAL DAY! Duck Prints Press’s next anthology, A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, will be crowdfunding starting November 20th, 2024. We’ve been hard at work on this collection for a loooong time and we are thrilled to finally be making it available for y’all. The gorgeous cover art, made by artist Aceriee, was inspired by the classic 1898 “peacock edition of Pride and Prejudice – but of course, we made it queerer. The spectacular full cover is wrap around.

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