Art
Guston in Time by Ross Feld - I might have enjoyed this morning if I had actually known who Guston was before reading (NYRB Book of the Month)
Comics
Enter the House of Slaughter FCBD- interesting tie in.
History
The Salton Sea by Charles River Editors - a bit good short history.
Beavers and Plumes by Charles River Editors -this focuses on the use of beaver fur and plumes in fashion. There is detail about the fur industry as well as how the items were used in fashion.
Sedona: Beautiful Woman, Beautiful Woman by Julie McDonald - very general biography of the woman that Sedona is named for. Short but not bad.
The Order of Assassins by Charles River Editors - this is a really good short history.
The Queens of England by Barbara Blake - it isn't that Blake is wrong, its just that her word choices are really off.
Fantasy
Moon Witch Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy 2) by Marlon James - the second book retells parts of the first book in the series from a different point of view. I enjoyed it better than the first installment, though it is not as consuming as A Brief History of Seven Killings.
The Many Daughters of Afong May by Jamie Ford - Seriously good.
Folklore/Myth
African Mythology and Folklore by Charles River Editors - this a pretty good overview/introduction.
Tezcatilpoca by Charles River Editors - A bit too repetitive.
The Underworld in Ancient MesoAmerica by Charles River Editors - This was extremely well done.
Mystery
The Likness (Dublin Murder Squad 2) by Tana French - French can write; she makes you want to continue with the story despite the unlikability of everyone involved and the rather stupid idea.
Lady Joker Vol 1 by Kaoru Takamura - slow, but if you can deal with that, this first part is riveting.
Broken by Karin Fossum - interesting mystery that is really about the writing process.
Nature
The Deep by Alex Rogers - this is more of memoir about protecting the oceans than about the creatures in the ocean, but Rogers is a good writer.
Poetry
Two Brown Dots by Danni Quintos - an excellent collection of poetry.
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