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I've been working half-heartedly on book logging. Under the cut is the audiobooks I've managed to write up. I don't have detailed comments on all of them, but I have Opinions on at least a few. Eventually, I'll get more logging written up and ready to post; I just don't want to keep waiting with the idea that I should have everything done now.

( Audiobook logging )

( Andrews, Ilona. Blood Heir )

( Bishop, Anne. The Weapons of the Queen )

( Charles, KJ. The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting )

( Cooper, Isabel. Highland Dragon Rebel )

( Cooper, Isabel. No Proper Lady )

( de Bodard, Aliette. The Citadel of Weeping Pearls )

( Estep, Jennifer. First 4 volumes in the Elemental Assassin Series )

( James, Anna. The Map of Stories )

( Martine, Arkady. A Desolation Called Peace )

( My Neighbor, Hayao )

( Pandian, Gigi. The Masquerading Magician; The Elusive Elixir; The Lost Gargoyle of Paris )

( Pape, Cindy Spencer. Ashes & Alchemy )

( Pape, Cindy Spencer. Dragons & Dirigibles )

( Raybourn, Deanna. An Unexpected Peril )

( Thomas, Sherry. The Immortal Heights )

( Tidbeck, Karin. The Memory Theater )

Started but not finished:
( Aveela, Ronesa. A Study of Household Spirits of Eastern Europe )

( Bardugo, Leigh. Six of Crows )

( Berne, Lisa. The Worst Duke in the World )

( Hodder, Mark. The Return of the Discontinued Man )

( Jones, Darynda. First Grave on the Right )

( Lowe, Natasha. The Power of Poppy Pendle )

( Oakes, Cory Putman. The 2nd Best Haunted Hotel on Mercer St. )

( Simak, Clifford. Time Is the Simplest Thing )

( Tsang, Katie. Dragon Mountain )

I'm no longer trying to write notes on all of the books of poetry that I've read. I keep not recording any details and then having the books blur together so that I no longer remember which books were which. Even a few days after I finish a book of poetry, I likely won't remember much about it.

Some of the books below are things that need content warnings for people who might read them. Consider that a 'here be dragons' for the cut texts.

Acton, Harold. Aquarium - Project Gutenberg. DNF. I got about 20 pages in and found what I read tedious.

( Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1914 )

( Asghar, Fatimah. If They Come for Us )

( Bambrick, Taneum. Vantage )

( Beresford, C.E. de la Poer. A Happy New Year and Other Verses )

Biber, Rebecca G. Technical Solace - Library book.

Cather, Willa. April Twilights and Other Poems - Project Gutenberg.

( Cawein, Madison J. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems )

( Child Maidelvold and Other Ballads )

( Euwer, Anthony. By Scarlet Torch and Blade )

Felix, Camonghne. Build Yourself a Boat - Library book.

( Fessenden, Thomas Green. Terrible Tractoration, and Other Poems )

( Fletcher, John Gould. Japanese Prints )

( Ford, Katie. Blood Lyrics )

( Gluck, Louise. Faithful and Virtuous Night )

( Green, Leah Naomi. The More Extravagant Feast )

( Grey, Kimberly. The Opposite of Light )

( Hours of Childhood, and Other Poems )

Howe, Marie. The Good Thief - Library book. DNF. I read about 9 pages out of 52 and simply didn't enjoy the poems.

( Juster, A.M. Wonder & Wrath )

Lampman, Archibald. Lyrics of Earth - Project Gutenberg. A seasonal cycle of poems. Not deep or striking but also not unpleasant. Readable and clear.

( Leigh, Larry. The True Grecian Bend )

( Lyra Celtica (Edited by E.A. Sharp and J. Matthay) )

( Martin, George. Marguerite; or, The Isle of Demons and Other Poems )

( McKay, Claude. Harlem Shadows )

( McKillen, Arch Alfred. The Death of the Scharnhorst )

( Murphy, Ethel Allen. The Angel of Thought, and Other Poems: Impressions from Old Masters )

( Owen, Wilfred. Poems )

Phillips, Xandria. Hull - Library book.

Rafferty, Charles. The Smoke of Horses - Library book. These were paragraphs more than poems while still using poetic idioms and rhythms.

( Rand, Theodore H. Song-Waves )

Robinson, Roger. A Portable Paradise - Library book. DNF. This is not a collection to read when already depressed.

Ryan, Kay. The Niagara River - Library book.

( Schmuhl, Elizabeth. Premonitions )

( Sealey, Nicole. Ordinary Beasts )

( Smith Carmen Gimenez. Be Recorder )

( Steele, Edward S. Armenia Immolata )

( Van Doren, Mark. Mortal Summer )

I'm no longer trying to write notes on all of the books of poetry that I've read. I keep not recording any details and then having the books blur together so that I no longer remember which books were which. Even a few days after I finish a book of poetry, I likely won't remember much about it.

( A.L.O.E. (aka Charlotte Maria Tucker). Hymns and Poems )

( Bartlett, Elizabeth. Behold this Dreamer; The House of Sleep; It Takes Practice Not to Die; poems of yes and no )

( Bodenheim, Maxwell. Advice: A Book of Poems; Against This Age; The Sardonic Arm )

Call, F. O. Acanthus and Wild Grape - Project Gutenberg.

( Coleman, Jamie Harris. Poems )

( Colton, Arthur. Harps Hung up in Babylon )

( Crane, Nathalia. The Janitor's Boy )

H.D. Heliodora, and Other Poems - Project Gutenberg.

( Dimond, Mrs. Elizabeth. Christmas Offering )

( Doyle, Edward. Freedom, Truth and Beauty )

Gale, Zona. The Secret Way - Project Gutenberg.

Gordon, Adam Lindsay. Poems - Project Gutenberg. DNF. Boring. Nineteenth century Australian poet.

Gurney, Ivor. Severn & Somme; War Embers - Project Gutenberg. WWI poetry. There's grief and horror shadowing even the poems that aren't obviously about the war.

( Hartmann, Sadakichi. My Rubaiyat )

( The Haunted Hour )

Hughes, Richard. ( Title cut for racial slur ) - Project Gutenberg. The author's forward states that the poems are a reaction against specific assertions by Robert Graves regarding what poems are supposed to be. Hughes seems to have specifically set out to write poems about hunger, poverty, homelessness, etc. Not all of them succeed, and he uses the G-word multiple times.

Jones, Edward Smyth. The Sylvan Cabin: A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln and Other Verse - Project Gutenberg. DNF. These were purest treacle. Sticky sweet and hard to get through.

( Marks, Jeannette. Willow Pollen )

( McGee, Perry Honce. My Valued Ruby: Poems )

( McGirt, James E. For Your Sweet Sake )

Meredith, George. Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - Project Gutenberg.

Meynell, Alice. The Poems of Alice Meynell - Project Gutenberg. This book continues a strong tradition of me finding the poets more interesting than their poetry. Meynell sounds fascinating. She was English, a Catholic, and a Sufferagist.

( Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems )

Nicholson, Meredith. Short Flights - Project Gutenberg.

Noyes, Alfred. A Tale of Old Japan - Project Gutenberg. This is one long poem and not really great. I probably should have connected the poet to his best known work which is a long poem I hate.

Pessoa, Fernando. 35 Sonnets - Project Gutenberg. DNF.

Pound, Ezra. Lustra - Project Gutenberg. Arrogant. Negging. Some lovely turns of phrase, but I really wanted to spit in his coffee.

Procter, Adelaide Anne. Legends and Lyrics, part 2 - Project Gutenberg. Quietly desperate. Every good thing taken. Every bad thing beyond mitigation. Bleak. I feel zero desire to look for more of Procter's work.

Queen, Kadijah. Anodyne - Library book.

Riley, James Whitcombe. Armazindy - Project Gutenberg. Partial read. Deliberately skipped everything in phonetic dialect.

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Poems from The Book of Hours (translated by Babette Deutsch) - Library book. I read this less than four hours ago and remember almost nothing.

( Shores, Robert J. Gay Gods and Merry Mortals )

( Smith, Clark Ashton. Ebony and Crystal )

( Sterling, George. The House of Orchids and Other Poems )

( Story-Telling Ballads )

( Venable, William H. Saga of the Oak )

Wheelock, John Hall. The Black Panther - Project Gutenberg.

( Widdemer, Margaret. A Tree with a Bird in It )

Williams, William Carlos. Al Que Quiere! - Project Gutenberg. 1917.

I'm running into more and more comics that I can't read due to tiny type. I'm mostly logging those as a reminder to myself that that title didn't work for in that format.

( Alice in the Country of Hearts 1-2 )

( Castle in the Stars 4: A Frenchman on Mars )

( The Castoffs 1: Mage Against the Machine )

( The Cloud )

( DC Super Hero Girls: Summer Olympus )

( The Devil Is a Part-Timer 1-6 )

( Dewdrop )

( Fantasy Sports no. 1 )

( Geis 1: A Matter of Life & Death )

( Guardians of the Louvre )

( Husbands )

( Kim Reaper 1: Grim Beginnings )

( Lafcadio Hearn's The Faceless Ghost and Other Macabre Tales fromJapan )

( Mal and Chad 1: The Biggest, Bestest Time Ever! )

( Nightlights )

( Pandora Hearts 1-3 )

( Princeless 9: Love Yourself )

( Puella Magi Madoka Magica 1 )

( Spell on Wheels )

( The Story of Saiunkoku 1-6 )

( Three Feathers )

( Twin Spica 1-12 )

( What Did You Eat Yesterday? 14 )


Started but not finished:
( The Altered History of Willow Sparks )

( The Baker Street Four )

( Check Please 2 )

( Dead Weight )

( The Ghost Script )

( The Hasty Pastry )

( I Am a Number )

( Juana and the Dragonewts' Seven Kingdoms 1 )

( The Many Deaths of Scott Koblish )

( More Notes on a Thesis )

( On a Sunbeam )

( Piper )

( Plutona )

( Wonderland 1 )

I was cranky and stressed while I was writing up some of these, and it probably shows. I decided not to try to edit for that, but it is a thing to be aware of.

( Dahl, Roald. Matilda )

( Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery )

( Henry, Emily. Beach Read )

( Hiaasen, Carl. Squirm )

( The Inferno of Dante )

( Jenner, Greg. A Million Words in a Day )

( Klune, TJ. The House in the Cerulean Sea )

( Mass, Wendy & Rebecca Stead. Bob )

( Turner, Megan Whalen. The Queen of Attolia )

( Turner, Megan Whalen. The King of Attolia )

( Wodehouse, P.G. Jeeves and the Mating Season )


Started but not finished: 
( Almond, David. Skellig )

( Armstrong, K.L. and M.A. Marr. Loki's Wolves )

( Carter, Ally. All Fall Down )

( Hammer, Joshua. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu )

( Oshiro, Mark. Each of Us a Desert )

I genuinely can't tell which of my grumbles about these books are due to me having been migrainy and/or cranky for other reasons and which are due to the writing/plotting/characterization. So take my negatives here with a grain of salt.

( Alexander, Zeno. Rebel in the Library of Ever )

( Andrews, Donna. Owl Be Home for Christmas )

( Andrews, Ilona. Burn for Me )

( Andrews, Ilona. Iron and Magic )

( Babson, Marian. No Cooperation from the Cat )

( Babson, Marian. Please Do Feed the Cat )

( Bourne, Joanna. Beauty Like the Night )

( Bourne, Joanna. The Forbidden Rose )

( Bujold, Lois McMaster. Knife Children )

( Bujold, Lois McMaster. The Orphans of Raspay )

( Carter, Ally. Uncommon Criminals )

( Charles, KJ. An Unsuitable Heir )

( Farrant, Natasha. A Talent for Trouble )

( Gannon, Nicholas. The Doldrums )

( Harper, Molly. Fledgling )

( La Sala, Ryan. Reverie )

( Lackey, Mercedes. Spy, Spy Again )

( Milford, Kate. Ghosts of Greenglass House )

( Milford, Kate. The Left-Handed Fate )

( Quick, Amanda. Close Up )

( Roberts, Nora. Born in Fire )

( Valente, Dominique. Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day )

( Vo, Nghi. Empress of Salt and Fortune )

( Wells, Martha. Network Effect )


Started but not finished:
( Hastings, Samantha. The Invention of Sophie Carter )

( Johnston, E.K. The Afterward )

( Levy, Joshua S. Seventh Grade vs. the Galaxy )

( Stewart, Paul & Chris Riddell. Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf )

( Albert, Melissa. The Hazel Wood )

( Andrews, Ilona. Sweep with Me )

( Andrews, Ilona. Clean Sweep; Sweep in Peace; One Fell Sweep; Sweep of the Blade )

( Andrews, Ilona. Alphas: Origins )

( Bouchet, Amanda. Nightchaser )

( Bouchet, Amanda. A Promise of Fire; Breath of Fire; Heart on Fire )

( Carter, Ally. Heist Society )

( Danker, Sean. Free Space )

( Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell. An Old Chester Secret )

( Gray, Joslyn. Elsie Marley, Honey )

( Gunter, Jennifer. The Vagina Bible )

( Kingfisher, T. Paladin's Grace )

( Lord, Karen. Unraveling )

( Moriarty, Jaclyn. The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone )

( Nylund, Eric. The Resisters, book 1 )

( Older, Daniel Jose. Ghost Girl in the Corner )

( Pape, Cindy Spencer. Kilts & Kraken; Moonlight & Mechanicals; Photographs & Phantoms; Steam & Sorcery )

( Polk, C.L. Stormsong )

( Raybourn, Deanna. A Curious Beginning; A Perilous Undertaking; A Treacherous Curse; A Dangerous Collaboration )

( Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories )


Started but not finished:
( Cherry, Alison. The Classy Crooks Club )

( Danker, Sean. The Glory of the Empress )

( de Lint, Charles. The Cats of Tanglewood Forest )

( Farrey, Brian. The Vengekeep Prophecies )

( Older, Daniel Jose. Dactyl Hill Squad )

( Sim, Tara. Timekeeper. )

( Starmer, Aaron. The Only Ones )

( Barnhart, Edwin. Ancient Civilizations of North America )

( Beasley, Cassie. Circus Mirandus )

( Brennan, Sarah Rees. In Other Lands )

( Chambers, Becky. Closed and Common Orbit )

( Cline, Eric H. Archaeology and the Iliad )

( Danker, Sean. Admiral )

( Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford )

( Hernandez, Carlos. Sal and Gabi Break the Universe )

( King, Laurie R. Beekeeping for Beginners )

( Nussbaum, Emily. I Like to Watch )

( Peters, Elizabeth. Crocodile on the Sandbank )

( Pogue, David. Abby Carnelia's One & Only Magical Power )

( Sanderson, Brandon. Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians )

( Wilson, Andrew R. Art of War )

( Wilson, C.L. The Lord of the Fading Lands )

( Wilson, C.L. The Lady of Light and Shadows )

( Wodehouse, P.G. The Man with Two Left Feet )


Started but not finished:
( Burgis, Stephanie. The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart )

( Cervantes, J.C. The Storm Runner )

( Forester, Victoria. The Girl Who Could Fly )

( McManus, Karen M. One of Us Is Next )

( Milton, John. Paradise Lost )

( Nix, Garth. Angel Mage )

( Ruby, Laura. The Shadow Cipher )

( Welford, Ross. Time Traveling with a Hamster )

D-M titles.

( Dawn Land )

( DC Super Hero Girls: Date with Disaster )

( DC Super Hero Girls: Out of the Bottle )

( DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis )

( Death Wins a Goldfish )

( The Deep & Dark Blue )

( Edison Beaker, Creature Seeker 1: The Night Door )

( The ElseWhere Chronicles Book One: The Shadow Door )

( Estranged )

( 5 Worlds, book 3: The Red Maze )

( Flight 1 )

( Flight Explorer 1 )

( Glen Baxter Returns to Normal )

( Golden Kamuy 1-3 )

( Hasib and the Queen of Serpents )

( Hex Vet: Witches in Training )

( Hilda and the Mountain King )

( Hilo 1-5 )

( House of Five Leaves 1 )

( Jane, the Fox & Me )

( Kakuriyo Bed & Breakfast for Spirits 1-5 )

( Lucy & Andy Neanderthal: Bad to the Bones )

( Lumberjanes, 6 books )

( Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl )

( Modesty Blaise, 5 different collections )

( My Hero Academia 11-16 )

( My Hero Academia: Vigilantes 2-6 )

Started but not finished:
( Durarara 1 )

( Four Sisters v.1: Enid )

( Lowriders Blast from the Past )

( Making Friends )

( Moomins )