This month I managed to read 17 books including one audio-book and two novellas.    Here's the breakdown for the month:

A Hero for the People: Stories of the Brazilian Backlands by Arthur Powers: A surprising collection of short stories ranging from thrillers to heart-warming episodes. Review.

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyme:  Part fairy tale retelling, part historical fiction, part racial relations, but not all that I was hoping for.  Review.

La Belle Creole by Alina Garcia LaPuerta:  Non-fiction about the life of Comtesse Merlin, a Cuban Countess in France in the 19th century..  Review. 

Chronicle of Steele: Raven Episodes Two and Three by Pauline Creeden: An episodic steam-punk novella about a female assassin.  Reviews. 

Edwin: High King of Britain by Edoardo Albert: Historical fiction about the first Kings of Britain in the 600's. Review.

Coral and Bone by Tiffany Daune:  YA Fantasy with mermaids and sirens.  Review.

The Story of Land and Sea by Katy Simpson Smith:  Historical fiction during the Revolutionary War that focuses on grief and loss.  Review.

Mrs. Lincoln's Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini:  Historical Fiction about Kate Chase, daughter of Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's US Treasury Secretary.  Review. 

I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe: Civil War era historical fiction about a women who fights side by side with her husband dressed as a man.  Review. 

Oogy by Lary Levin: A memoir about a family and their adopted dog, a previously abused Dogo Argentino.  Review. 

Spy Island by Sophie Schiller: WWI spy thriller set in the Danish West Indies. Review. 

Mistress of Fortune and Mistress of Lies by Holly West: Historical mysteries, Lady Isabelle Wilde is one of King Charles' many mistresses and is privy to many secrets.  Review book one, Review book two. 

The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzo Hunter:  Magic, adventure and a lost princess in an alternate England.  Review. 

Dark Aemilia by Sally O'Reilly: Historical Fiction about Shakespeare's supposed Dark Lady...Review. 

Stranger at Sunset by Eden Baylee: Psychological thriller at a Jamaican hotel resort.  Review.  

Another great month of reading for me!

My favorite reads were I Shall be Near to You and The Story of Land and Sea. 

Not so favorite read was Mrs. Lincoln's Rival.  

Have you read any of these or are you planning on reading any of these? 

Next month I have a few good horror/ thriller reads lined up including: Fissure Free, The Girl Who Came Back to Life, and School of Deaths.