For Otherworldly
Creature I read the anthology Those Who Fight Monsters. Each is a supernatural
detective story of sorts. Some are real detectives and others are just trying
to solve a mystery. All have “specialized knowledge and the courage to use it.”
It’s mostly urban
fantasy so the world building starts with the world as we know it and adds to
it rather than starting from scratch. I usually only read a few stories at a
time but it made going from one world to the other faster and easier. The fact
that they all had the same theme made it less demanding than the Steampunk
anthology.
My favorites were The
Spirit of the Thing, Defining Shadows, Impossible Love, Hell Bound, Under the
Hill and Far Away, See Me, and Deal Breaker. I might not look up some of the
larger series where these come from but I didn’t dislike any of the other
stories. It was a very good and entertaining collection.
1)
Fiction – A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King
2) Nonfiction –The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover
Bartlett
3) Sci-Fi –Redshirts by John Scalzi
4) Fantasy –The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
5) Mystery –Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
6) Horror –Call of the Jersey Devil by Aurelio Voltaire
7) Memoir/Biography –Data, A Love Story by Amy Webb
8) Chick Lit –Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
9) Feminist –Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
10) Teen –What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
11) Holiday
12) Essays –What Was I Thinking? ed. by Barbara Davilman & Liz
Dubelman
13) Short Stories –Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
14) Library
15) Animal
16) Book about Books –Judging a Book By Its Lover by Lauren Leto
17) New –Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin
18) Old –Dark and Stormy Knights edited by P. N. Elrod
19) Pop Science –Why Men Fake It by Abraham Morgentaler, MD
20) Near
21) Far
22) Graphic Novel – Love and Capes: Do You Want to Know a
Secret? by Thomas F. Zahler
23) Reread –Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
24) Wild Card
25) Otherworldly Creature –Those Who Fight Monsters edited by Justin Gustianis
26) Free –Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin
27) Noteworthy
28) Bestseller –How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
29) Themed Anthology –Red edited by Kris Goldsmith
30) Steampunk –The Immersion Book of Steampunk edited by Gareth Jones
and Carmelo Rafala
31) Movie-Book
32) Media –Doctor Who: Touched By an Angel by Jonathan Morris
33) Travel –Love with a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche
34) Food
35) Classic –Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
36) Humor –Sleep Talkin’ Man by Karen Slavick-Lennar
37) Poetry
38) Past –Stasiland by Anna Funde
39) Future
40) Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic
41) Zombie
42) Sports –Red Rising by Ted Starkey
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3) Sci-Fi –
4) Fantasy –
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6) Horror –
7) Memoir/Biography –
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9) Feminist –
10) Teen –
11) Holiday
12) Essays –
13) Short Stories –
14) Library
15) Animal
16) Book about Books –
17) New –
18) Old –
19) Pop Science –
20) Near
21) Far
22) Graphic
23) Reread –
24) Wild Card
25) Otherworldly Creature –
26) Free –
27) Noteworthy
28) Bestseller –
29) Themed Anthology –
30) Steampunk –
31) Movie-Book
32) Media –
33) Travel –
34) Food
35) Classic –
36) Humor –
38) Past –
40) Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic
41) Zombie
42) Sports –
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