Reading Roundup Wrapup: May 2019

Pick of the month: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Quintessential Collection by Tom Scioli & John Barber. This month I read many Hugo nominees, so in theory the best sf writing of 2018. But somehow the best book I read was this. Truly the most sublime comic book of all time! Why wasn't this a Hugo nominee when the series wrapped up?

All books read:
1. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Quintessential Collection by Tom Scioli & John Barber
2. Star Trek Omnibus, Volume 1 by Marv Wolfman, Denny O’Neill, Mike W. Barr, Tom DeFalco, Martin Pasko, Michael Fleisher, Alan Brennert, and J. M. DeMatteis
3. Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
4. Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee
5. The Sixth World, Book One: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
6. The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
7. Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon
8. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
9. The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
10. Star Trek Archives, Volume 6: Best of Alternate Universes by Mike W. Barr
11. Monstress, Volume Three: Haven by Marjorie Liu
12. Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
13. An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 by Jo Walton
14. The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars by Michael Dante DiMartino
15. Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler
16. Star Trek Archives, Volume 3: The Gary Seven Collection by Howard Weinstein with Michael Jan Friedman
17. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming
18. Star Trek: Movie Classics Omnibus by Marv Wolfman, Andy Schmidt, Mike W. Barr, and Peter David
19. The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

Obviously reading for the Hugo Awards means I have to keep a pretty strict schedule and read a lot of books (ballots are due July 31), but now that the semester is over, I find I have so much reading time I'm reading all sorts of stuff. Seven of these were just for fun, outside of Hugo voting.

All books acquired:
1. Legion: Secret Origin by Paul Levitz
2. Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Early Years by Paul Levitz
3. Transformers: The Wreckers Saga by Nick Roche with James Roberts
4. The Undefeated by Una McCormack
5. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
6. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke
7. Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
8. Doctor Who: Shakedown: The Monster Collection Edition by Terrance Dicks

Books remaining on "to be read" list: 652 (up 1)
Books remaining on "to review" list: 11 (down 11)

I bought more books than normal this month, but counterbalanced it by reading a fair few off my list. I've been writing a book review every day since the semester ended, which has gone a long way to pushing down my review backlog.