Shelter-in-place continues through May in Illinois. Halfway through this month, I’m going to slowly start making a plan regarding employment and read these fine reads in the mean time. Things with a * are from last month’s TBR.

Hard Copies

• The Art of Fiction by John Gardner
• Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus*
• The Never-Tilting World by Rin Chupeco*
• Out of Body by Jeffrey Ford (ARC)
• Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke (ARC)*

Kindle

• The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant (ARC)
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (ARC)
• Flotsam (Peridot Shift #1) by R.J. Theodore*
• The Glass Magician by Caroline Stevermer (ARC)*
• Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (ARC)*
• The Fiery Crown by Jeffe Kennedy (ARC)
• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (ARC)
• The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore (ARC)
• Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story by Ursula K. Le Guin*

Audiobooks

• Blood Countess by Lana Popovic
• The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
• Highfire by Eoin Colfer
• Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

My own novel is still with alpha readers, so I’m returning the favor and also doing some beta reading this month.