Reading Roundup Wrapup: May 2024

Pick of the month: Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed. As you might imagine from a month where I read a bunch of Hugo finalists, I read some pretty good stuff. But this was my favorite, a powerful graphic novel from a world where wishes are real.

All books read:

1. Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Gamma: Original Sin by David R. George III
3. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix
4. Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed
5. Saga, Volume Eleven by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
6. I AM AI by Ai Jiang
7. The Culture by Iain M. Banks
8. The Shaggy Man of Oz by Jack Snow, illustrated by Frank Kramer
9. Showcase Presents Blackhawk, Volume One by Dick Dillin, Charles Cuidera, et al.
10. Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
11. Legion of Super-Heroes: Five Years Later Omnibus, Volume 2 by Tom & Mary Bierbaum, Tom McCraw, Stuart Immonen, Chris Sprouse, et al.
12. Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer
13. Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo 

Most of my reading for the month was Hugo finalists, of course, but I have kept up a brisk enough pace that I've been able to slip in some other stuff, mostly bits of some long things. I dipped in and out of a Legion of Super-Heroes omnibus (#11), but also Ursula K. Le Guin's Collected Poems and Manjula Padmanabhan's collected science fiction stories (see below). Plus, my Oz book with my kid (#8) and my usual breakfast comics (#9).  

All books acquired:

1. Stormwatch, Volume 1: The Dark Side by Paul Cornell, Miguel Sepulveda, et al.
2. Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 1 by Otto Binder, Al Plastino, Jerry Siegel, John Forte, et al.
3. Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham
4. Translation State by Ann Leckie
5. Stolen Hours and Other Curiosities: The Collected Science Fiction Stories by Manjula Padmanabhan
6. Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold
7. Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold
8. The Hidden Prince of Oz by Gina Wickwar, illustrated by Anna-Maria Cool

Currently reading:

• A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller edited by Nina Allan
• Collected Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Stolen Hours and Other Curiosities: The Collected Science Fiction Stories by Manjula Padmanabhan
• Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold

Up next in my rotations:

1. Miracleman, Book One: A Dream of Flying by The Original Writer, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, et al.
   
2. The Periodic Table by Primo Levi 
3. The Dispossessed by Szilárd Borbély
4. Star Trek: Prey, Book 3: The Hall of Heroes by John Jackson Miller

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 664 (up 4)

I have held pretty steady for some months, but I did pick up quite a few things this month that went onto my list. My first increase since August 2023!