Reading Roundup Wrapup: January 2025

Pick of the month: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. No contest this month! Great, interesting little book.

All books read:

1. The Pelican History of England: 1. Roman Britain by I. A. Richmond, revised by Malcolm Todd
2. Toto of Oz by Gina Wickwar, illustrated by Anna-Maria Cool
3. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
4. Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood by David Fisher
5. The Pelican History of England: 2. The Beginnings of English Society by Dorothy Whitelock
6. Doctor Who Magazine: Special Edition #62: The 2023 Yearbook edited by Marcus Hearn
7. Blackhawk by William Rotsler
8. The Pelican History of England: 3. English Society in the Early Middle Ages (1066-1307) by Doris Mary Stenton

Another relatively light month in terms of total books read, but that's because I continue to chip away at two very long books. Only four installments of Dombey and Son to go!

All books acquired:

1. Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood by David Fisher
2. The Pelican History of England: 2. The Beginnings of English Society by Dorothy Whitelock
3. Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao 
4. Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara by David Fisher
5. Notes on Vermin by Caroline Hovanec

Currently reading:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 8 edited by Neil Clarke
• Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
• Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
• Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara by David Fisher
• The Pelican History of England: 4. England in the Late Middle Ages by A. R. Myers

Up next in my rotations:

1. The End of the World: Classic Tales of Apocalyptic Science Fiction compiled by Michael Kelahan 
2. Victorians and the Prehistoric: Tracks to a Lost World by Michael Freeman
3. Star Trek: Coda, Book I: Moments Asunder by Dayton Ward
4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 667 (down 3)