Fourth Quarter Reading Review

I'm linking up with Janssen of Everyday Reading again to give a quick(ish) recap of last quarter's reading. There are 33 books on the list this quarter. 5 were audio books. You have already seen many of these books on this blog. Others are slotted for upcoming posts, and some you may never see on the blog again.

• Even in Paradise by Chelsey Philpot  (featured here)
The first in a streak of retellings.

• The Fall by Bethany Griffin (featured here)
  
A creep reimagining of " The Fall of the House of Usher."

• Only With You: A Modern Retelling of Emma by Cecilia Gray (featured here)
  Wherein all of Jane Austin's characters go to the same high school.

• Love, Lucy by April Linder (feature upcoming)
Love Room with a View. Love Love, Lucy. 

• Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff (audio) (feature upcoming)
A ghostly story that could be fun for Halloween or a sticky summer

• The Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde (featured here)
 Jasper Fforde is so incredibly weird in all the best possible ways.

• Stray by Elissa Sussman (featured here)
A sinister fairy-tale setting.

• Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond (audio) (featured here)
Romeo and Juliet as circus performers. 

• The Wonder by Colleen Oakes (featured here)
The Queen of Heart's back story. 

• The Rent Collector by Cameron Wright
  
A book club pick about a woman who lives in a dump in Cambodia.

• Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (featured here)
  
Huge Maggie fan here.

•  While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell (audio) (feature upcoming)
 I'm working on a Sleeping Beauty post.

• Six Feet Over It by Jennifer Longo (featured here)
  
The graveyard setting was too good to pass up.

• Famous Last Words by Katie Alender (feature upcoming)
This creepy ghost story surpassed expectations in the best of ways.

• Firebug by Lish McBride (featured here)
  
Girls with fire magic. Perhaps the prettiest group of covers ever.

• The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud (audio) 
I love Lucy, Lockwood, and George. More please. Tens stars for the audio version.

• Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater (featured here)
Wow. I liked this book so much more than I thought I would.

• The Fire Artist by Daisy Whitney (featured here)
 A mash-up of circus performing and professional sports with elemental magic and genies. 

• Empire of Shadows by Miriam Forster (featured here)
The Bhinian Empire is a great setting. 

• Ignite by Sara B. Larson (featured here)
Better than the first in the series. 

• A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray (featured here)
Love those parallel reality books.

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (audio)
My favorite book club pick of the year. 

• Top Ten Clues You're Clueless by Liz Czukas (featured here)
Darling Christmas Eve story. 

• No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown (featured here)
A real beauty.

• Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch (featured here)
Everyone else loved it, but I couldn't finish it.

• Get Happy by Mary Amato (featured here)
A cute story about a girl and a ukelele.

• Jackaby by William Ritter (audio) (feature upcoming)
Loved this quirky historical fantasy.

• Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay (featured here)
I was absolutely blown away by this Sleeping Beauty story.

• Twelfth Night by Deanna Raybourn (featured here)
I miss Lady Julia, so I was happy to get a little holiday novella.

• The Unhappening of Genesis Lee by Shallee McArthur (feature upcoming)
The storing and forgetting of memories. Such an interesting premise.

• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (feature upcoming)
  
A great recommendation from a dear friend.

• The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion (feature upcoming)
  
I also loved the sequel.

• The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (audio)
  
Fabulous conclusion to the Heroes of Olympus Series.