What I read in November 2023

December again, is it? Soon be time to stuff as much reading into the holiday period as I can, and pick out my top reads of the year.

But first: it’s Emotional Madness tonight, and I’m the 20-minute headliner! I’m reading out a speculative fiction/non-fiction mash-up that I’m quite pleased with. Hopefully the audience will like it, too.

The Worm in Every Heart: Stories, by Gemma Files - 4*

Behold the Void, by Philip Fracassi - 4.5*

Under the Tamarind Tree, by Nigar Alam - 4*

Crow Face, Doll Face, by Carly Holmes - 5*

The Road Through the Wall, by Shirley Jackson - 4.5*

Pass the Cyanide, by Karmen Špiljak - 3.5*

Now She is Witch, by Kirsty Logan - 4.5*

Frankissstein, by Jeanette Winterson - 4*

Spread: Tales of Deadly Flora, edited by R.A. Clarke - 4*

Wild Seed, by Octavia Butler - 4*

Yule Island, by Johana Gustawsson - 4*

Let Them Float, by Katy Wimhurst - 5*

Looking ahead…

I’m on top of all my blog tour posts for the remainder of the year, so other than a handful of books that authors and publishers have directly asked me to review, this month I’m not planning what I read so much as seeing where the mood takes me.

While I’ll aim to get to some books (and zines!) I’ve had on my TBR pile for a while, I think we all know by now that it won’t actually get any smaller!