Reading Roundup Wrapup: December 2024

Pick of the month: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. This was a kind of random pick from my wife's shelf, but I ended up really liking it, a charming YA book that is the clear best of a somewhat shallow month, reading-wise. More later.

All books read:

1. Star Trek: Section 31: Control by David Mack
2. The Hidden Prince of Oz by Gina Wickwar, illustrated by Anna-Maria Cool
3. Cover B: The Titan Comics Covers by Will Brooks
4. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hearts and Minds by Dayton Ward
5. Doctor Who and the Ark in Space by Ian Marter
6. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
7. Doctor Who: The Essential Terrance Dicks, Volume Two by Terrance Dicks
8. Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

I've actually done some solid reading this month, but it's not reflected in the raw numbers; The Essential Terrance Dicks is an omnibus of five novels, and I've made a lot of progress through two large books I haven't finished yet (see below).

All books acquired:

1. DC Finest: Justice Society of America: For America and Democracy by by Gardner Fox, E. E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff, et al.
2. Doctor Who: The Essential Terrance Dicks, Volume Two by Terrance Dicks
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hearts and Minds by Dayton Ward
4. Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
5. Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
6. Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
7. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
8. DC Comics Classics: The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Life and Death of Ferro Lad by Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, and George Klein
9. Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio
10. Loki Modern Era Epic Collection, Vol. 1: Journey into Mystery by Kieron Gillen, Robert Rodi, Jamie McKelvie, Doug Braithwaite, Pasqual Ferry, Richard Elson, Whilce Portacio, Mitch Breitweiser, et al.
11. Loki Modern Era Epic Collection, Vol. 2: Everything Burns by Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, Matt Fraction, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Richard Elson, Alan Davis, Stephanie Hans, Joe Bennett, et al.
12. The Visitors from Oz by L. Frank Baum
13. All Wound Up: The Making of The Tik-Tok Man of Oz by Eric Shanower
14. Sleepless in Cincinnati: A Romance Anthology by Sarah Wilson Gregory, J. M. Clark, and the B2B Writing Group
15. Doctor Who and the Space War by Malcolm Hulke
16. The Pelican History of England: 1. Roman Britain by I. A. Richmond, revised by Malcolm Todd
    

Obvious Christmas always means a lot of books: #4 and 7 were gifts from SantaThing, #9-11 from my wife (and kids), and #12-14 from my sister. But even without that, it would have been a high-yield month, as I bought a lot of books for myself too!

Currently reading:

• Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 8 edited by Neil Clarke
• The Pelican History of England: 1. Roman Britain by I. A. Richmond, revised by Malcolm Todd

Up next in my rotations:

1. The Pelican History of England: 3. English Society in the Early Middle Ages (1066-1307) by Doris Mary Stenton
2. The End of the World: Classic Tales of Apocalyptic Science Fiction compiled by Michael Kelahan 
3. Victorians and the Prehistoric: Tracks to a Lost World by Michael Freeman
4. Star Trek: Coda, Book I: Moments Asunder by Dayton Ward
   

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 670 (up 8)