Dev’s Comments (group member since Sep 09, 2017)

Dev’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

@Jessi

ok i am AWFUL at narrowing down a list so i've got my 'actual recommendations' and then also a runner-up list lol. i figure you can never have too many book recs anyway ;) i tried to pick books that weren't super well known so hopefully there's at least a few that you haven't heard of before

my recs

urban fantasy / comedy

sci-fi / horror

mystery / thriller

and then the runner-up list because there's just so many great books out there. you can pick from the main list or from these if one of them sounds better to you. sorry if i over-whelmed you with choices lol i've obviously read way too many books ;)

runner up list

urban fantasy

horror

horror / comedy

also i just wanted to say that since you enjoy the october daye series, seanan's incryptid series - first book Discount Armageddon - is also urban fantasy and really good and so is Rolling in the Deep which is a sci-fi / horror story written under her mira grant pseudonym. not part of the 'official recs' but just thought i'd mention them since i saw all the october daye books on your shelf!

haha glad to know you're enjoying them! we sped up a little bit with the last few because the other people wanted to read them before christmas got here. we're starting on her incryptid series on january 1st if you're interested. first book is discount armageddon [the mods put up the thread earlier today] and there's only 7 out now so not such a huge number to read as the toby series

@Jessi I'm gonna work on picking my recs for you today but I just wanted say that I was going to rec the October Daye series and I went to your read books and saw you already rated all of them 4 or 5 stars lol definitely one of my favorite urban fantasy series though

haha wow that is BIG tbr. i think mine was somewhere around 650 at the beginning of this year and now it's just under 550 ...not counting the 46 books on my new releases shelf, but i can't actually read them if they aren't released yet so i like to think it's not cheating to keep them separate ;) for 2019 i'm hoping to get it under 500.

@claudia i mean the luidaeg definitely still has the potential to do terrible things and sometimes does, but also she's one of the few purebloods to think of humans/merlins/changelings as like ...people who should not be murdered / not expendable in general so she's pretty much always gonna be on my good side for that lol

yeah, the luidaeg is built up as like this big ~scary monster~ but i'd actually say she's the nicest of the firstborn we've met so far lol

@Mods can we get a buddy read for for 1/1/19?

for anyone who did any of the early buddy reads in the october daye series - this is a similar series by the same author but it's only got 7 books out now instead of 12 if you want to try something a bit easier to catch up on lol

i'm probably not going to finish it til next week at this rate - i'm still at 25% lol. just not motivated to read it again so soon i guess, but the flip side to that is that i remember most of it thankfully.

i agree it's so creepy that toby's grandma basically stole her ex boyfriend. like ...your grandma is literally banging the father of your child, what kind of redneck nonsense is this lol and it's so shitty that she blamed toby for being gone for 14 years because like she KNEW she was fae the whole time so she had at least an idea of what was up / it wasn't toby's fault. ugh.

i'll go request the thread for incryptid. maybe we can get some of the people from the earlier buddy reads in this series involved again lol

yeah a lot of the people in faerie seem to be very all or nothing about a lot of things

yeah i've read all her books lol i was actually going to suggest we start the incryptid series in january if you guys were interested. there's 7 out now and 8 is out in march so we could probably get through the whole series before then.

i agree that janet/miranda is just awful. it kind of almost makes sense how amandine is though because like (view spoiler)[they both seem to have a very manipulative attitude and like they deserve things where other people don't. also i wonder if amandine is so anti changeling because her mother is technically mortal so like ...i mean she's firstborn so it's different but she kind of is a changeling in a way. and it makes sense w/ their powers because they can manipulate the blood balance since they are both human and fae etc. (hide spoiler)]

haha thanks, it definitely took a lot of discipline to keep myself on track. think i'm gonna dial it back a bit next year ;)

@claudia yeah there is a lot of weird plot holes with selkies and elf shot. like a few books ago it said it was always fatal to selkies as well bc they were basically humans w/o the skin but back when connor got shot they said it only killed him bc the arrow itself hit a fatal spot so i'm just like ???? i guess i'll give seanan a pass bc she's got a LOT going on but it's still kind of annoying. although i guess w/ gillian maybe the reason turning her into a selkie worked is bc shifting blood always seems to 'burn it out', like how october survived even though she is still part human ...lots to think about lol

hahaha omg

“Toby Daye took over the Silences just so she could fuck the King of Cats on the royal throne,”

i lost it there. also i feel like that's the kind of thing that tybalt would find hilarious but toby would be absolutely MORTIFIED

haha yeah, when i first read it i actually read it all in one day, but this time i'm gonna take my time with it. i still remember most of it from a few months ago though.

also omg do you have the link to that tumblr post because that sounds amazing and also way too accurate lol

i started Blood Oranges today, which is my 90th and last book! it's definitely been a little bit exhausting but i've officially read or deleted all my books from 2016 and it feels soooo good. my tbr is still way too long but i feel like i've made progress and gotten better at DNFing stuff that isn't working as well.

@Cathy haha that was my thought too re: gillian. i was like did she not JUST get kidnapped? i guess in reality it was at least 5 or 6 books ago but STILL. and yeah cliff and miranda are just the worst. why is everyone that toby knows the worst? also good point about her being legally an adult. like if she wanted to go see toby they wouldn't be able to stop her.

@Claudia yeah the whole thing is like ????????? although also kind of makes sense in a way with the way the dochas sidhe powers are. i'll wait til cathy catches up to you to get into it though lol

October
[001] Giant Days Vol. 11 by John Allison
[002] The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television by Koren Shadmi
[003] Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
[004] The Black Mage by Daniel Barnes
[005] The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 9: "Okay" by Kieron Gillen
[006] The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz
[007] Paper Girls, Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan
[008] Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen by Marjorie M. Liu
[009] Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers! by Justin Hall
[010] Monster of the Week by F.T. Lukens
[011] The Causality Loop by Wendy Nikel
[012] Salvaged by Madeleine Roux
[013] Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression by Iris Gottlieb
[014] Voracious: Appetite for Destruction by Markisan Naso
[015] Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997 by Alvin Orloff
[016] The Grave Digger by Rebecca Bischoff
[017] Shades of Magic Vol. 2: Night of Knives by V.E. Schwab
[018] The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
[019] Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
[020] Calamity Kate by Magdalene Visaggio
[021] Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
[022] Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
[023] Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 7: Date Night by Jeremy Whitley

November
[001] Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls by Anita Ganeri
[002] Princeless Volume 9: Love Yourself by Jeremy Whitley
[003] The Deep by Rivers Solomon
[004] Slashed and Mashed: Seven Gayly Subverted Stories by Andrew J. Peters
[005] Isabellae Volume 2 by Raule
[006] Made Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
[007] Supernova by Marissa Meyer

December
[001] Runemaker by Alex R. Kahler
[002] Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay
[003] The Time Invariance of Snow by E. Lily Yu
[004] Rick and Morty, Vol. 10 by Kyle Starks
[005] Come On Steal The Noise by Adam Maxwell
[006] Testament by Jose Nateras

July
[001] Lumberjanes, Vol. 12: Jackalope Springs Eternal by Shannon Watters
[002] Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
[003] Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro
[004] Dancing with the Lion: Becoming by Jeanne Reames
[005] Any Way the Wind Blows by Seanan McGuire
[006] Self/Made by Mat Groom
[007] Princeless Volume 8: Princesses by Jeremy Whitley
[008] Wilder Girls by Rory Power
[009] Ishtar's Legacy by Rachel Pudelek
[010] The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy
[011] Spellbound by Allie Therin
[012] Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells
[013] Null Faeries, Volume 1: Dust Pilot Down by Chad Cicconi
[014] House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided by Nalo Hopkinson
[015] The Hound of Justice by Claire O'Dell
[016] Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
[017] The Ascent to Godhood by J.Y. Yang
[018] Heathen: Volume 2 by Natasha Alterici

August
[001] Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren
[002] Sparrowhawk by Delilah S. Dawson
[003] House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
[004] A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying by Kelley Armstrong
[005] The Forgotten Queen by Tini Howard
[006] To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
[007] Isabellae Volume 1 by Raule
[008] Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman
[009] Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark by Chronicle Books
[010] Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon

September
[001] The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O'Neill
[002] Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman
[003] Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni
[004] Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia C. Pérez
[005] Midnight Reynolds and the Phantom Circus by Catherine Holt
[006] Fairlady, Vol. 1 by Brian Schirmer
[007] Mythologica: An Encyclopedia of Gods, Monsters and Mortals from Ancient Greece by Stephen P. Kershaw
[008] Rebel Girls by Elizabeth Keenan
[009] The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire
[010] Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee
[011] Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff
[012] The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli
[013] Nemesis by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge
[014] Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab
[015] Legacy by Charlotte Greene
[016] Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, Vol. 2: The Impossible Year by Seanan McGuire
[017] Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki
[018] Infinite Dark, Vol. 2 by Ryan Cady
[019] No Good Men by Thea McAlistair
[020] Speaking of Feminism: Today's Activists on the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Women's Movement by Rachel F Seidman
[021] Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern
[022] Assassin Nation by Kyle Starks
[023] Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
[024] Lifted: Of Gods & Thieves Vol. 1 by Shawn Pryor
[025] The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
[026] Lumberjanes: Ghost Cabin by Mariko Tamaki
[027] Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide by Kelly Milner Halls
[028] The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
[029] Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids by Kimberly Brown Pellum
[030] Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
[031] Rules For Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
[032] Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger
[033] The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan
[034] Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
[035] Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes From Past and Present! by Arabelle Sicardi

April
[001] Lumberjanes, Vol. 11: Time After Crime by Shannon Watters
[002] Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History by Alison Matthews David
[003] Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito
[004] Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson
[005] The Only Living Girl #1: The Island at the Edge of Infinity by David Gallaher
[006] Exorsisters, Vol. 1 by Ian Boothby
[007] Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
[008] Royal Rescue by A. Alex Logan
[009] Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories by Kel McDonald
[010] Alien: Echo by Mira Grant
[011] Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes
[012] Saint Young Men, vol. 1 by Hikaru Nakamura
[013] American Gods, Volume 2: My Ainsel by Neil Gaiman
[014] A Lover’s Mercy by Fiona Zedde
[015] Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi
[016] I Know an Artist: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artists by Susie Hodge
[017] Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes by Gwen Benaway
[018] Demon Cursed by Ilana Waters
[019] Painless by Rich Larson
[020] Moth & Whisper Vol. 1 by Ted Anderson
[021] When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

May
[001] Pride: Photographs After Stonewall by Fred McDarrah
[002] Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator by Leighton Gray
[003] Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
[004] The Midas Flesh Vol. 1 by Ryan North
[005] The Midas Flesh Vol. 2 by Ryan North
[006] Carmilla by Kim Turrisi
[007] Rat Queens, Vol. 6: The Infernal Path by Kurtis J. Wiebe
[008] Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider, Vol. 1: Spider-Geddon by Seanan McGuire
[009] Rick and Morty Presents, Vol. 1 by Magdalene Visaggio
[010] The Cassandra Complex by Wendy Nikel
[011] Lady Mechanika, Vol. 5: La Belle Dame Sans Merci by M. M. Chen
[012] The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
[013] Des Dieux et des Hommes - tome 1 - La fin du Commencement by Jean-Pierre Dionnet
[014] Finale by Stephanie Garber
[015] The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire, Part One by Michael Dante DiMartino
[016] Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff
[017] Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures, Volume 3 by James Goss
[018] Bloodbath by Stephanie Ahn
[019] The Ogre Gods Vol. 2: Half-Blood by Hubert Boulard
[020] Lumberjanes: Somewhere That's Green #1 by Seanan McGuire
[021] Spectacle Vol. 2 by Megan Rose Gedris
[022] Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson

June
[001] Giant Days, Vol. 10 by John Allison
[002] Rick and Morty Vol. 9 by Kyle Starks
[003] In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Mira Grant
[004] Kim Reaper, Vol. 2: Vampire Island by Sarah Graley
[005] Die Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen
[006] Hotel Dare by Terry Blas
[007] Lucifer Vol. 1: The Infernal Comedy by Dan Watters
[008] Blood Is Forever by Asta Idonea
[009] Not Your Backup by C.B. Lee
[010] Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
[011] The Dreaming Vol. 1: Pathways and Emanations by Simon Spurrier
[012] A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski
[013] Darkwood by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
[014] Man-Eaters, Vol. 2 by Chelsea Cain
[015] The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind by Jackson Ford
[016] Heart of Stone by Lisa Edmonds
[017] DEV1AT3 by Jay Kristoff
[018] Craven Street by E.J. Stevens
[019] Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

woo! i've had stuff i needed to post here for months lol

January
[001] The New World Volume 1 by Aleš Kot
[002] Firestarter by Tara Sim
[003] Coyotes, Vol. 2 by Sean Lewis
[004] The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
[005] In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
[006] Comet Rising by MarcyKate Connolly
[007] King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
[008] The Lost City Explorers, Vol 1 by Zack Kaplan
[009] Her Infernal Descent Vol. 1: Contrapasso by Zac Thompson
[010] One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
[011] Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
[012] Kim & Kim Vol 3: Oh S#!t It's Kim & Kim by Magdalene Visaggio
[013] Le Royaume d'Azur by Xavier Dorison

February
[001] Plus+ by Bethany Rutter
[002] The Long Con by Dylan Meconis
[003] Shanghai Red by Christopher Sebela
[004] Giant Days, Vol. 9 by John Allison
[005] She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World by Kathy MacMillan
[006] Ripley's Believe It or Not by Tony Isabella
[007] Chronin by Alison Wilgus
[008] Fog Season: A Tale of Port Saint Frey by Patrice Sarath
[009] Prince of Air and Darkness by M.A. Grant
[010] Super Scientists: 40 inspiring icons by Anne Blanchard
[011] Women Warriors: An Unexpected History by Pamela D. Toler
[012] Submerged Vol. 1 by Vita Ayala
[013] Arale by Tristan Roulot
[014] Voices of Powerful Women: 40 Inspirational Interviews by Zoe Sallis
[015] Vagrant Queen TPB Vol. 1 by Magdalene Visaggio
[016] Empire of Light by Alex Harrow
[017] Immoral Code by Lillian Clark
[018] The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[019] Game of Stars by Sayantani DasGupta
[020] Lilith's Children by Rachel Pudelek
[021] Old Media by Annalee Newitz
[021] The Night Fair by Pax Asteriae
[022] The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
[023] Euthanauts: Ground Control by Tini Howard

March
[001] What Makes Girls Sick and Tired by Lucile de Pesloüan
[002] Man-Eaters Volume 1 by Chelsea Cain
[003] Faith: Dreamside # 1- 4 by Jody Houser
[004] Haphaven by Norm Harper
[005] Gang of Fools by James Otis Smith
[006] The Ballad of Sang by Ed Brisson
[007] The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly by Rebecca Ansari
[008] The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace
[009] Crowded, Vol. 1 by Christopher Sebela
[010] Infinite Dark, Vol. 1 by Ryan Cady
[011] New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl
[012] Moonstruck, Vol. 2: Some Enchanted Evening by Grace Ellis
[013] She the People: A Graphic History of Uprisings, Breakdowns, Setbacks, Revolts, and Enduring Hope on the Unfinished Road to Women's Equality by Jen Deaderick
[014] Shades of Magic Vol. 1: The Steel Prince by V.E. Schwab
[015] By Night, Vol. 1 by John Allison
[016] The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 8: Old Is the New New by Kieron Gillen
[017] Curse Words, Vol. 4: Queen Margaret by Charles Soule
[018] Rekindled by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge
[019] Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Pena
[020] That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire
[021] Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta
[022] Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons by Patrick Rothfuss
[023] Princeless Volume 7: Find Yourself by Jeremy Whitley
[024] Dark Alleys by Lola Andrews
[025] The North Star by Kat Shepherd