Reading Roundup Wrapup: July 2024

Pick of the month: Merry Go Round in Oz by by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw. This was a tough month to make this choice; it had some serious competition. But this was an Oz book I really enjoyed. I didn't really remember it at all from childhood but it became my favorite member of the post-Baum Famous Forty!

All books read:

1. The Wicked Witch of Oz by Rachel Cosgrove Payes, illustrated by Eric Shanower
2. The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
3. Translation State by Ann Leckie
4. Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold
5. Doctor Who in an exciting adventure with the Daleks by David Whitaker
6. The Wizards on Walnut Street by Sam Swicegood
7. Witch King by Martha Wells
8. Doctor Who and the Zarbi by Bill Strutton
9. Doctor Who and the Crusaders by David Whitaker
10. Merry Go Round in Oz by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw, illustrated by Dick Martin
11. Adventures in Space: An Anthology of Short Stories by Chinese and English-language Science Fiction Writers edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun
12. The Return of the Daleks: The Complete Doctor Who Back-Up Tales, Volume 1 by Steve Dillon, David Lloyd, Steve Moore, and Paul Neary
13. Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet by Gerry Davis
14. American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966: The High Crusade / Way Station / Flowers for Algernon / …And Call Me Conrad [This Immortal] edited by Gary K. Wolfe
15. Miracleman, Book One: A Dream of Flying by The Original Writer, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, et al.
16. Miracleman, Book Two: The Red King Syndrome by The Original Writer, Alan Davis, John Ridgway, Chuck Austen, Rick Veitch, et al.

July is always a good month, thanks to going on vacation, and I have kept up my momentum from Hugo reading pretty well!

All books acquired:

1. Tomorrow Never Knows by Eddie Robson
2. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
3. Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Short Story Collection by James S.A. Corey
4. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Stories by Ann Leckie
5. The Rundelstone of Oz by Eloise McGraw, illustrated by Eric Shanower
6. The Scarecrow and the Tin-Man of Oz by W. W. Denslow
7. Witch King by Martha Wells
8. The Return of the Daleks: The Complete Doctor Who Back-Up Tales, Volume 1 by Steve Dillon, David Lloyd, Steve Moore, and Paul Neary
9. Yankee in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illustrated by Dick Martin
10. The Forbidden Fountain of Oz by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw, illustrated by Dick Martin
11. Cover B: The Titan Comics Covers by Will Brooks
12. The Mervyn Stone Mysteries #1: Geek Tragedy by Nev Fountain
13. The Mervyn Stone Mysteries #2: DVD Extras Include: Murder by Nev Fountain
14. The Mervyn Stone Mysteries #3: Cursed among Sequels by Nev Fountain

#1-6 were all birthday presents, but overall, it was a somewhat high acquisition month for a variety of reasons. (#8 and 11 were preorders that came in; #12-14 were on sale.)

Currently reading:

• The Ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual by Roland Jackson
• Miracleman, Book Three: Olympus by The Original Writer, John Totleben, et al.

Up next in my rotations:

1. Miracleman: The Golden Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham
   
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: 667 (up 1)

Despite getting a lot of books this month, I made a lot of good progress on my list, so I largely held steady.