Reading Roundup Wrapup: April 2022

Pick of the month: True Believer by Abraham Riesman. I was dithering over this, wondering what I would pick just a couple days ago. Then I sped through this book and knew right away. It was my first Hugo Award for Best Related Work finalist, and I found this Stan Lee biography compelling, insightful, sad reading. We'll see how things go, but I feel like it's the one to beat in Related Work.

All books read:

1. The James Bond Omnibus, Volume 002 by Jim Lawrence, Yaroslav Horak, et al.
2. Ground Zero: Collected Comic Strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Scott Gray, Martin Geraghty, Alan Barnes, Gareth Roberts, Adrian Salmon, et al. 
3. JSA by Geoff Johns, Book One by Geoff Johns, David Goyer, Stephen Sadowski, Michael Bair, et al. 
4. Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill 
5. Once & Future, Volume Three: The Parliament of Magpies by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora 
6. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers 
7. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 
8. True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman 

A bit of a slow beginning had me worried, but you can see my Hugo reading taking off with #5 had me regaining lost ground.

All books acquired:

1. Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill
   
2. Transformers: Way of the Warrior by Simon Furman, Simon Coleby, Staz Johnson, et al.
3. Terra Ignota, Book IV: Perhaps the Stars: A Narrative of Events begun in the year 2454 by Ada Palmer
4. Aspects by John M. Ford
5. Monstress, Volume Six: The Vow by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
6. Strange Adventures by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Evan "Doc" Shaner
7. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
8. A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
9. Far Sector by N. K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell
   
10. The Lonely Computer and Other Internet Doctor Who Short Trips, 2004-21
11. The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill
12. The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill
13. The Magic of Oz: A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap'n Bill, in their successful search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill

A lot! #5-9 were all Hugo finalists, with more to come.

All books on "To be read" list: 685 (down 1)