Reading Roundup Wrapup: November 2016

Pick of the month: More than Meets the Eye, Volume 1 by James Roberts, Nick Roche, Alex Milne, and John Barber. The best Transformers comic I've read? So far, anyway. If nothing else, the jokes were on point, and sometimes, that's all I care about.

All books read:
1. The Transformers: Devastation by Simon Furman
2. DC Comics: The New 52 Villains Omnibus by Greg Pak, Marguerite Bennett, China Miéville, Geoff Johns, Sterling Gates, Matt Kindt, Tom DeFalco, Ann Nocenti, Dan DiDio, Tony Bedard, Paul Levitz, Brian Buccellato, Francis Manapul, Jeff Lemire, Charles Soule, Marv Wolfman, Corey May & Dooma Wendschuh, John Ostrander, Brian Azzarello, Michael Alan Nelson, Sholly Fisch, Scott Lobdell, Aaron Kuder, Robert Venditti, Jim Starlin, Howard Porter, Andy Kubert, Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri, Peter J. Tomasi, James Tynion IV, Tim Seeley, Gail Simone, Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti, John Layman, and Derek Fridolfs
3. The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, Volume 1 by James Roberts with John Barber
4. A Lady and Her Husband by Amber Reeves
5. Talkback: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Doctor Who Interview Book, Volume Two: The Seventies edited by Stephen James Walker
6. Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler
7. The New 52: Futures End: Five Years Later Omnibus by Daniel H. Wilson, Dan Jurgens, Robert Venditti & Van Jensen, Jeff Lemire, Paul Levitz, Ray Fawkes, Dan DiDio & Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis & Len Wein, Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti, Charles Soule, Justin Jordan, Cullen Bunn, Tom King & Tim Seeley, Sholly Fisch, Scott Lobdell, Christy Marx, Gail Simone, Marc Andreyko, Amanda Conner, Brian Buccellato, Scott Snyder, Sean Ryan, Will Pfeifer, and Frank J. Barbiere
8. Doctor Who Magazine: Special Edition #16: In Their Own Words, Volume Three: 1977-81 compiled by Benjamin Cook
9. Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 3 by Edmond Hamilton and Jerry Siegel
10. The Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Volume 1 by John Barber
11. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Book Four: 1992-1995 by Bill Watterson
12. Doctor Who Magazine: Special Edition #18: In Their Own Words, Volume Four: 1982-86 compiled by Benjamin Cook
13. Manhunter: Street Justice by Marc Andreyko

All books acquired:
1. Superman: The Black Ring, volume one by Paul Cornell
2. Holes by Louis Sachar
3. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
4. Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Volume 3: Endurance by Yoshiki Tanaka
5. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
6. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
7. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
8. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
9. The Dispossessed by Szilárd Borbély
10. Talkback: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Doctor Who Interview Book, Volume Three: The Eighties edited by Stephen James Walker
11. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
12. Black Canary, Volume 2: New Killer Star by Brendan Fletcher with Matthew Rosenberg and Julie Benson & Shawna Benson
13. Chime by Franny Billingsley

#2-3, 5-8, 11, 13 were all complimentary desk copies for a class I'm teaching this spring on young adult literature.

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 631 (down 2)
Books remaining on "To review" list: 66 (down 8)