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Carriger's Romancing the Inventor turned out to be darn good, so I reviewed it on Amazon. Now I'm starting Antonia Aquilante's Prince's Consort.

Just finished Aurelia Skye's Reluctant Companion and am starting Gail Carriger's Romancing the Inventor.

@K. Riehl , we have the same reading list! I haven't read Cold Welcome yet; I have to finish reading two others first: A Shifter, a Vampire, and a Fae Walk into a Bar by Thianna D., which I'm halfway through, and then a Gail Carriger novella.

Now reading and enjoying Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's The Gathering Edge.

@Vertigo and @Jo Zebedee : I read the first six books in Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St. Mary's series in rapid succession, but I haven't read the most recent ones. I liked the first six. Easy, humorous--just what I was in the mood for at the time. Just started All Our Wrong Todays by Elan...

Just finished Elizabeth Moon's Remnant Population. Loved it! It's an refreshing antidote to pains caused by misogyny and patriarchy.

I just finished reading a self-published science fiction romance that I quite liked, although it has a really awful title: Abducted, Auctioned, and Stolen by an Alien by Amanda Milo. It's an excellent novel, with a hot and wonderfully attentive alien hero (who has horns!) and a human heroine...

I am happy you liked the book, Parson (and survived with your manly equipment intact). Thank you for the review!

Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour --the main character is a female werewolf who hosts a paranormal-themed radio talk show.

Ursula K. LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness

A relatively new compilation that is entertaining and informative: Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World by Maria Tatar.

I'm a fan. I studied folklore in my doctoral program, and one of my committee members was Alan Dundes. My favorite folk tales are the variants of "Beauty and the Beast." Recently I ran across an interesting compilation by Maria Tatar -- Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales About Animal Brides...

Wow, you are industrious, Psik! I don't know about converting e-books into plain text files, but I've used Amazon and Lulu to convert Word and PDF files into various e-book formats.

All of them -- every single one -- would think I'm lazy. None of them spend as much time on the couch as I do!

The program you wrote, Psikeyhackr -- did you have to make a database of all the fantasy words and all the science words you could think of? And how do you make the program "read" a book to count the words? Does the program search e-books?

Thank you for asking such thought-provoking questions, Jo!

There's still hope for the future, Parson. :)

I enjoy the Parasol Protectorate books. If I'm not the one who recommended them to you, Teresa, I should have been. :)

That's an oldie but goodie and my favorite of her books. I just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. In some ways, it reminded me of Firefly: certain characterizations felt familiar, and the overall atmosphere is full of My Crew Is My Family sentiment and plotting...

Yes, I liked Ready Player One. It is jam-packed with fan service--full of references to video games and other aspects of the 1980s, an era I remember well, which tickled me no end!