Ahoy there me hearties, seadogs, and fellow explorers . . .
In order to help ye peruse me Captain’s Logbook, here is the legend to help ye chart these unfamiliar waters and find the yarns of yer heart desires. May ye have fair winds in yer sails for all yer travels. Arrrrr!
The Haul – A Running Tally of Plundered Contraband and Booty (by category then author’s last name):
The Captain’s Log – Sci-Fi
- Allan, Nina – the race
- Ashton, Edward – three days in april
- Ayliff, John – belt three (Sailing to the Stars)
- Banks, Iain M. – player of games (Sailing to the Stars)
- Bruno, Rhett C. – from ice to ashes (Sailing to the Stars – eArc)
- Burke, Sue – semiosis (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Carey, M.R. – the girl with all the gifts – book 1
- Carey, M.R. – the boy on the bridge – book 2 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Cargill, C. Robert – the sea of rust
- Chambers, Becky – a long way to a small, angry planet – book 1 (Sailing to the Stars)
- Chambers, Becky – a closed and common orbit – book 2 (Sailing to the Stars)
- Crouch, Blake – dark matter
- Ctein – saturn run (Sailing to the Stars)
- Elison,Meg – the book of the unnamed midwife (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Exo Books – the last day of captain lincoln
- Gailey, Sarah – river of teeth – book 1 (Alternative History)
- Gailey, Sarah – taste of marrow – book 2 (Alternative History)
- Grant, Mira – into the drowning deep (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Green, Simon R. – something from the nightside
- Gregory, Daryl – afterparty
- Gregory, Daryl – spoonbenders
- Haldeman, Joe – the forever war
- Houghton, Jude – autonomy (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Jones, Holly Goddard – the salt line
- Kowal, Mary Robinette – the lady astronaut from mars (Sailing to the Stars)
- Lackey, Mercedes – shipscat collection
- Lafferty, Mur – six wakes (Sailing to the Stars)
- Leckie, Ann – provenance
- McCaffrey, Anne – the coelura
- McIntosh, Will – faller (On the Horizon – eArc)
- McIntosh, Will – soft apocalypse
- McIntyre, Vonda N. – the exile waiting (Sailing to the Stars)
- Morrall, Clare – when the floods came
- Nabhan, David – the pilots of borealis (Sailing to the Stars)
- Newitz, Annalee – autonomous (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Newman, Emma – planetfall – book 1 (Sailing to the Stars)
- Newman, Emma – after atlas – book 2
- Okorafor, Nnedi – binti – book 1 (Captain’s Log – Sci-Fi)
- Okorafor, Nnedi – home – book 2 (Captain’s Log – Sci-Fi)
- Parr, M.J.R. – kings of the wilderness – the 700th arc book one
- Rakunas, Adam – windswept – book 1 (Second Reflections)
- Rakunas, Adam – like a boss – book 2 (Abandoned Ship)
- Rohn, Jennifer – cat zero (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Sanford, John – saturn run (Sailing to the Stars)
- Scalzi, John – miniatures (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Scalzi, John – agent to the stars
- Schwehn, Kaethe – the rending and the nest (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Shea, Hunter – the jersey devil (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Silverberg, Robert – the emperor and the maula (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Sinisalo, Johanna – the core of the sun
- Sloan, Robin – sourdough (with Magical Realism)
- Steele, Allen – avengers of the moon (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Stone, Hayley – machinations – book 1 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Stone, Hayley – counterpart – book 2 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Walton, David – superposition
- Weir, Andy – artemis (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Willis, Connie – crosstalk (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Wilson, Daniel H. – robopocalypse
The Captain’s Log – Fantasy
- Arden, Katherine – the bear and the nightingale – book 1 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Arden, Katherine – the girl in the tower – book 2 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Avery, Sarah – the imlen brat (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Bangs, J.S. – the wave speaker
- Beagle, Peter S. – in calabria (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Bear, Elizabeth – the stone in the skull (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Bell, E.S. – the dark of the moon (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Bracken, Alexandra – brightly woven
- Brennan, Marie – cold-forged flame – book 1 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Brennan, Marie – lightning in the blood – book 2 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Bujold, Lois McMaster – the curse of the chalion (Fantasy)
- Carosella, Amalia – tamer of horses (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Caskabel, C.A. – the sieve (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Charlton, Blake – spellwright – book 1
- Cheney, J. Kathleen – iron shoes
- Clayton, Jo – skeen’s leap (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Colby, Kate M. – the cogsmith’s daughter
- Davis, Sophie – the syndicate (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Duncan, Dave – irona 700
- Elliott, Kate – black wolves
- Fine, Sarah – reliquary
- Francis, Diana Pharoah – path of fate (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Gladstone, Max – three parts dead – book 1
- Gladstone, Max – two serpents rise – book 2
- Gladstone, Max – full fathom five – book 3
- Holmberg, Charlie N. – the fifth doll (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Itaranta, Emmi – memory of water
- Itaranta, Emmi – the weaver
- Johnston, E.K. – a thousand nights
- Khoury, Jessica – the forbidden wish
- Kowal, Mary Robinette – ghost talkers (Historical Fantasy)
- Larke, Glenda – the aware
- Lawrence, Mark – red sister
- Marks, Laurie J. – fire logic
- Newman, Emma – brother’s ruin – book 1 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Newman, Emma – weaver’s lament – book 2 (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Newman, Peter – the vagrant
- Parrish, Rhonda – equus (Abandoned Ship on the Horizon – short stories eArc)
- Patrick, Den – the boy with the porcelain blade
- Ryan, Anthony – the blood song
- Sullivan, Michael J. – age of myth (On the Horizon – Arc)
- Sullivan, Michael J. – age of swords (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Tregillis, Ian – the mechanical – book 1
- Tregillis, Ian – the rising – book 2
- Vaughn, Carrie – bannerless (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Weeks, Brett- the blood mirror – book 4
- Wilkins, Kim – daughters of the storm (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Yates, Jane – octopus pirate
The Captain’s Log – Young Adult
- Albert, Melissa – the hazel wood (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Anderson, Laurie Halse – fever 1793 – (Historical Fiction)
- Applegate, Katherine – crenshaw (Fantasy)
- Armstrong, Kelley – sea of shadows – book 1 (Fantasy)
- Armstrong, Kelley – empires of the night – book 2 (Fantasy)
- Armstrong, Kelley – forest of ruin – book 3 (Fantasy)
- Armstrong, Kelley – the masked truth (Thriller)
- Armstrong, Kelley – missing (On the Horizon – Thriller/Crime eArc)
- Ashton, Brodi – my lady jane (Historical Fantasy)
- Bashardoust, Melissa – girls made of snow and glass (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Belleza, Rhoda – empress of a thousand skies (Sailing to the Stars – Sci-Fi eArc)
- Bigelow, Susan Jane – the demon girl’s song (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Black, Holly – white cat (Urban Fantasy)
- Bobet, Leah – an inheritance of ashes (Fantasy)
- Bodeen, S.A. – compound – book 1 (Fantasy)
- Bodeen, S.A. – the fallout – book 2 (Fantasy)
- Boroson, M.H. – the girl with the ghost eyes (Fantasy)
- Brown, Peter – the wild robot (Sci-Fi)
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson – a little princess (Second Reflections – Classic)
- Castroman, Nicole – blackhearts – book 1 (Historical Fiction)
- Castroman, Nicole – blacksouls – book 2 (On the Horizon – Historical Fiction eArc)
- Charbonneau, Joelle – need (Thriller)
- Chbosky, Stephen – the perks of being a wallflower (Epistolary)
- Chupeco, Rin – the bone witch (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Clarke, Alessandra – rider’s revenge (Fantasy)
- Clarke, Cassandra Rose – star’s end (Sailing to the Stars)
- Connolly, Kate – no good deed (On the Horizon – Historical Fantasy eArc)
- Cordova, Zoraida – labyrinth lost (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Cornwell, Betsy – mechanica (Fantasy)
- Creech, Sharon – the wanderer (Sea Yarn)
- Crewe, Megan – a mortal song (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Cypess, Leah – death sworn – book 1 (Fantasy)
- Cypess, Leah – death marked – book 2 (Fantasy)
- Dahl, Roald – the witches (Second Reflections – Fantasy)
- Dennard, Susan – truthwitch (Fantasy)
- Durst, Sarah Beth – vessel (Fantasy)
- Elwood, Tessa – inherit the stars (Sailing to the Stars)
- Ember, Julia – the tiger’s watch (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Farizan, Sara – if you could be mine (Contemporary)
- Fforde, Jasper – the last dragonslayer – book 1 (Second Reflections – Fantasy)
- Fforde, Jasper – the song of the quarkbeast – book 2 (Second Reflections – Fantasy)
- Fforde, Jasper – the eye of zoltar – book 3 (Fantasy)
- Forde, Patricia – the list (On the Horizon – Dystopian eArc)
- Gaiman, Neil – fortunately, the milk (Fantasy)
- George, Jessica Day – silver in the blood (Fantasy)
- Grant, Michael – front lines (Historical Fiction)
- Hand, Cynthia – my lady jane (Historical Fantasy)
- Heilig, Heidi – the girl from everywhere – book 1 (Tidings from the Crew – Fantasy)
- Heilig, Heidi – the ship beyond time – book 2 (Fantasy)
- Hinton, S.E. – the outsiders (Classic)
- Jonell, Lynne – the sign of the cat (Fantasy)
- Juster, Norton – the phantom tollbooth (Fantasy)
- Kaufman, Amie – illuminae (Sailing to the Stars)
- Kaufman, Amie – these broken stars (Sailing to the Stars)
- Kristoff, Jay – illuminae (Sailing to the Stars)
- Lackey, Mercedes – hunter (Second Reflections – Fantasy)
- Landers, Melissa – starflight (Sailing to the Stars)
- Levithan, David – everyday (Literary)
- Lundquist, Jenny – the princess in the opal mask (Fantasy)
- Marsden, K.S. – the lost soul (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Mead, Richelle – soundless (Fantasy)
- Meadows, Jodi – my lady jane (Historical Fantasy)
- McGuire, Seanan – every heart a doorway -book 1 (Fantasy)
- McGuire, Seanan – down among the sticks and bones – book 2 (Fantasy)
- McIntosh, Will – burning midnight (Fantasy)
- McLemore, Anna Marie – when the moon was ours (Fantasy)
- McQuein, Josin L. – arclight (Fantasy)
- McQuein, Josin L. – premeditated (Thriller)
- Morris, Jim – feel me fall (On the Horizon – Thriller eArc)
- Neithercott, Tracey – gray wolf island (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Nix, Garth – Goldenhand – book 5 (Fantasy)
- Nix, Garth – frogkisser! (Fantasy)
- Pinborough, Sarah – 13 minutes (On the Horizon – Thriller eArc)
- Redgate, Riley – seven ways we lie (Contemporary)
- Rees, Celia – witch child (Historical Fiction)
- Reese, Jenn – above world – book 1 (Fantasy)
- Reese, Jenn – mirage – book 2 (Fantasy)
- Reintgen, Scott – nyxia (On the Horizon – Sci-Fi eArc)
- Riordan, Rick – the percy jackson series (Fantasy)
- Sachar, Louis – holes (Fantasy)
- Sanchez, Dianna – a witch’s kitchen (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Shepherd, Megan – the secret horses of briar hill (On the Horizon – Middle Grade Fantasy eArc)
- Shusterman, Neal – scythe – book 1 (Fantasy)
- Shusterman, Neal – thunderhead – book 2 (Fantasy)
- Spears, Elizabeth George – the witch of blackbird pond (Second Reflections – Historical Fiction)
- Spooner, Meagan – these broken stars (Sailing to the Stars)
- Stroud, Jonathan – the screaming staircase – book 1 (Fantasy)
- Stroud, Jonathan – the whispering skull – book 2 (Fantasy)
- Stroud, Jonathan – the hollow boy – book 3 (Fantasy)
- Stroud, Jonathan – the creeping shadow – book 4 (Fantasy)
- Stroud, Jonathan – the empty grave – book 5 (Fantasy)
- Suma, Nova Ren – the walls around us (Fantasy)
- Vaughn, Carrie – martians abroad (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Weisenberg, Marit – select (On the Horizon – Sci-Fi eArc)
- Wilde, Fran – updraft (Fantasy)
- Yolen, Jane – a plague of unicorns (Fantasy)
- Zahler, Diane – the thirteenth princess (Fantasy)
- Zentner, Jeff – the serpent king (Contemporary)
There do be some more specialized categories in me log:
Curiosities of the Deep
books whose story of acquisition is unusual
- Auxier, Jonathan – the night gardener (Young Adult Fantasy)
- Boroson, M.H. – ride a mule (Young Adult Fantasy)
- Parr, M.J.R. – kings of the wilderness – the 700th arc book one (Sci-Fi)
- Patrick, Den – the boy with the porcelain blade (Fantasy)
Here Be Dragons
must have at least one dragon in it . . . preferably more
- Gardner, Erika – the dragon in the garden (On the Horizon – Urban Fantasy eArc)
- Hartman, Rachel – seraphina
- Novik, Naomi – golden age and other stories (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Power, Stephen S. – the dragon round (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Rosenberg, Joel – the sleeping dragon
- Ryan, Anthony – the waking fire (On the Horizon – eArc)
- Williams, Jen – the copper promise
Dead Men Tell No Tales
stories containing the undead and other unsavories
- Andrews, Ilona – magic bites (Urban Fantasy)
- Boone, Ezekiel – the hatching – book 1 (Sci-Fi Horror)
- Boone, Ezekiel – skitter – book 2 (Sci-Fi Horror)
- McIntosh, Will – hitchers (Sci-Fi)
- Robinson, Jeremy – xom-b (Sci-Fi)
- Tintera, Amy – reboot (Young Adult – Sci-Fi)
Dry Dock
westerns with a sci-fi or fantasy twist
- Bowen, Lila – conspiracy of ravens – book 2
- Carson, Rae – walk on earth a stranger – book 1
- Gilman, Laura Ann – silver on the road – book 1
- Hamilton, Alwyn – rebel of the sands – book 1
Walk the Plank
yarns that made this Captain angry so overboard they go
- Bobet, Leah – above (Young Adult)
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- Corlett, Anne – the space between the stars (Sci-Fi)
- Holt, K.A. – red moon rising (Young Adult Sci-Fi)
- Lee, Mackenzie – a gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue (Young Adult Historical Fiction)
- Lindsey, Erin – bloodbound (Fantasy)
- Miéville, China – railsea (Sci-Fi)
- Miller, Lindsey – mask of shadows (On the Horizon – Young Adult Fantasy eArc)
Abandoned Ship
novels that I just could not finish
- Brown, Jeremy K. – zero limit (On the Horizon – Sci-Fi eArc)
- Cameron, Miles – the red knight (Fantasy)
- Chee, Traci – the reader (Young Adult Fantasy)
- Clark, D. Nolan – forsaken skies (On The Horizon – Sailing to the Stars eArc)
- Hannibal, James R. – the lost property office (Young Adult Fantasy)
- Hurley, Kameron – stars are legion (Sci-Fi)
- Jae-Jones, S. – wintersong (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- James, Vic – gilded cage (On the Horizon – Fantasy e-Arc)
- King, Emily R. – the hundredth queen (Fantasy)
- Lee, Fonda – jade city (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Miller, Rowenna – torn (On the Horizon – Fantasy eArc)
- Myer, Ilana C. – last song before night (Fantasy)
- Palmgren, Tristan – quietus (On the Horizon – Sci-Fi eArc)
- Rakunas, Adam – like a boss – book two (Sci-fi)
- Secchia, Marc – the pygmy dragon (Fantasy)
- Shreffler, t.L. – sora’s quest (Fantasy)
- Simmons, Kristen – metaltown (Young Adult Dystopian)
- Taylor, Dennis E. – we are legion we are bob (Sailing to the Stars)
- Valente, Catherynne M. – radiance (Sailing to the Stars)
- Wrede, Patricia C. – shadow magic (Fantasy)
3 Bells
3 days straight, 3 books in a row, showcasing a trilogy:
- Carson, Rae – the girl of fire and thorns (Book 1)
- Carson, Rae – the crown of embers (Book 2)
- Carson, Rae – the bitter kingdom (Book 3)
- Charbonneau, Joelle – the testing (Book 1)
- Charbonneau, Joelle – independent study (Book 2)
- Charbonneau, Joelle – graduation day (Book 3)
- Kennedy, Jeffe – the mark of the tala (Book 1)
- Kennedy, Jeffe – the tears of the rose (Book 2)
- Kennedy, Jeffe – the talon of the hawk (Book 3 / Abandon Ship)
- Wheeler, Jeff – the queen’s poisoner (Book 1 / Tidings of the Crew)
- Wheeler, Jeff – the thief’s daughter (Book 2 / Tidings of the Crew)
- Wheeler, Jeff – the king’s traitor (Book 3 / Tidings of the Crew)
Broadside
a highlight of a favorite specific author and their work
Parley with an Author
an author communique
Tidings from the Crew
reviews from yer Captain and one of her crew, usually the First Mate
- Correia, Larry – son of the black sword (Fantasy)
- Darnielle, John – wolf in white van (Literary)
- Heilig, Heidi – the girl from everywhere (Young Adult Fantasy)
- Howey, Hugh – the wool trilogy (Tidings from the Crew – Sci-Fi)
- Scalzi, John – the dispatcher (Sci-Fi)
- Weekes, Patrick – rogues of the republic series (Fantasy)
Off the Charts
a non sci-fi, fantasy, or young adult novel
- Armstrong, Kelley – city of the lost – book 1 (Thriller/Crime Novel)
- Armstrong, Kelly – a darkness absolute – book 2 (On the Horizon – Thriller/Crime Novel Arc)
- Armstrong, Kelley – this fallen prey – book 3 (On the Horizon – Thriller/Crime Arc)
- Bailey, Elisabeth Tova – the sound of a wild snail eating (Non-Fiction/Memoir/Natural History)
- Crouch, Blake – run (Thriller)
- Gortner, C.W. – the vatican princess: a novel of lucrezia borgia (Historical Fiction)
- Huckelbridge, Dane – castle of water (Literary eArc)
- Kang, Han – the vegetarian (Literary Arc)
- Kindle, Patrice – keeping the castle (Historical Fiction)
- Krasnostein, Sarah – the trauma cleaner (On the Horizon – Biography eArc)
- Lawson, Jenny – furiously happy (Memoir)
- Mattern, Joann – the cat encyclopedia for kids (On the Horizon – Non-Fiction eArc)
- Morris, Heather – the tattooist of auschwitz (On the Horizon – Historical Non-Fiction eArc)
- Otsuka, Julie – when the emperor was divine (Historical Fiction)
- Roach, Mary – gulp (Off the Charts – Non-Fiction)
- Shapiro, Laurie Gwen – the stowaway (On the Horizon – Historical Non-Fiction eArc)
- Tudor, C.J. – the chalk man (On the Horizon – Thriller eArc)
- Underdown, Beth – the witchfinder’s sister (Historical Fiction)
- Wirestone, Max – the unfortunate decisions of dahlia moss – book 1 (Contemporary Humor)
- Wirestone, Max – the astonishing mistakes of dahlia moss – book 2 (Contemporary Humor)
- Wirestone, Max – the questionable behavior of dahlia moss – book 3 (Contemporary Humor)