Top Three Reads in January 2018

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

What were your top three reads in January? :)

Also, sorry this post is incredibly late. 😬😁

[J.J.]

The First Law trilogy by Joe Ambercrombie
Blood Song trilogy
Lies of Locke Lamora, only read the first 2 books read book 3 later this month

Reading Iron Gold by Pierc Brown right now.

[Silvana]

Easy peasy!

Raven Stratagem (Yoon Ha Lee) - as fantastic as Ninefox Gambit
World of Trouble (Ben Winters) - excellent conclusion to great pre-apocalyptic trilogy
Paladin of Souls (Lois Bujold) - as good as the first one but with a mature female lead.

[Sha]

Counting books I started in January only~

1. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
2. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volumes 1-3.
3. Nice Dragons Finish Last

Honorable Mentions; Inda, Blood Song, Bloody Scotland, Lord of the White Hell, Hamilton's Battallion

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

1. The Mirror’s Truth
2. Deadhouse Landing
3. Skin Game

[Virginie]

Without hesitation:

1. Last Argument of Kings
2. His Majesty's Dragon
3. Death Masks

[Olivia]

Inda by Sherwood Smith. Other than that my January was a reading slump.

[Tammie]

I enjoyed these books the most in January:

No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished
One Fell Sweep
A Song Unheard non-fantasy

[Bill]

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter by Michael J. Sullivan
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

[Ahdam]

I had a terrible January as I only read 2 but fortunately hey were good books

Legend
Stone of Farewell

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erickson

A little variety there....

[C.P.]

I'm going to go with

The Field Guide by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi (the entire Spiderwick Chronicles series)
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

I also really enjoyed Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. Deciding between that, Blood Song, and Between Shades of Gray is difficult.

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

I'm only going to go with one, as it was my only 5-star read.

Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Mine are:
Menagerie - Rachel Vincent
Persepolis Rising - James S.A. Corey
Magic Binds - Ilona Andrews

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

A re-read of GotM was my only 5*.

[EchoBaz(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader)]

Man, it blows my mind that people can actually read enough books in a month to have a top three, wish I could do that. Me, I just aim for 20 books in a year.

[EchoBaz(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader)]

Bill wrote: "Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter by Michael J. Sullivan
[book:The Geek Feminist Revolution|2611..."

Oh wow,,,that last book. I didn't know that there were books on thie website that didn't have a description. I wonder why.

[Bill]

That’s funny I didn’t even notice. I knew what the book was going in so didn’t have any cause to look at the description.

[Em Lost In Books]

Oathbringer and Hidden Legacy Trilogy.

[J.J.]

I can't wait to read Oathbringer. I'll read after I'm done with Iron Gold by Pierce Brown.

[Mayim]

For the sake of simplicity let us assume that this year each month the first place goes to the Malazan novel. January is sponsored by Gardens of the Moon.

Honourable mentions:

1. Paladin of Souls - exquisite and refined. The World of the Five Gods is a superb fantasy, but I believe this series is for a mature and well-versed reader.

2. Inda is one of the best hidden gems under the radar of Goodreads hype I have ever discovered. Inda brings the best of traditional high fantasy laced with a slight YA flavour: the best tropes and arcs reworked in a very imaginative way, magnificent world-building and several fresh ideas that some contemporary celebrated authors pretend to have just discovered themselves.

3. Blood Song seeped into my veins with this heady mixture of ingredients like the best of drugs. I read it with an increasing exhilaration and overwhelming sensation of being overindulged with all the fantasy guilty pleasures. But with the last page, when the drug wore off, I was left with the lingering side effects.

[Miche]

5 stars:
1. Reaper's Gale

4 stars:
2. Warbreaker
3. Age of Swords

Honorable mention goes to The Heartstrikers series. It was such a good surprise, as I normally don't enjoy Urban Fantasy. In January I read 3 of the 4 books already published:

Nice Dragons Finish Last
One Good Dragon Deserves Another
No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished

[Mayim]

I don't usually like UF either but if you say it's good Miche, I'll perhaps this series.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Last Argument of Kings
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Living Dead in Dallas/Club Dead

All 4 I rated 4 stars. Haven't read many 5 star books lately.

[Miche]

Mayim wrote: "I don't usually like UF either but if you say it's good Miche, I'll perhaps this series."

I trully enjoyed it, Mayim. If I had to describe this series in one word it would be fun.

[jess]

My tops were

Gardens of the Moon
Legend
Iron Gold

We will see how Feb goes!

[Delitealex]

Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Ahsoka
Future Threat

[[deleted user]]

I only read three books in January

Monster by Michael Grant

Rampage

Hungry Heart