Reading Roundup Wrapup: December 2025

Pick of the month: BBC VFX by Mat Irvine and Mike Tucker. I read mostly tie-in fiction and comics this month, so nothing was terribly great, but I did find this a pretty effective piece of nonfiction squarely in my interests.

All books read:

1. Black Panther: All This and the World, Too by John Ridley and Germán Peralta
2. The Worthing Chronicle by Orson Scott Card
3. Star Trek Into Darkness by Alan Dean Foster
4. Wesley Dodds: The Sandman by Robert Venditti and Riley Rossmo
5. Milk for Gall by Natalie Louise Tombasco
6. The Lonely Computer and Other Internet Doctor Who Short Trips, 2004-21
7. Gabriel Gale’s Ages of Oz: A Fiery Friendship by Lisa Fiedler, illustrated by Sebastián Giacobino
8. Star Trek: Khan by Mike Johnson, Claudia Balboni, David Messina, et al.
9. Star Wars: Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller
10. Star Trek: The New Adventures, Volume 2 by Mike Johnson, Ryan Parrott, Stephen Molnar, Erfan Fajar, Claudia Balboni, et al.
11. Star Trek: The New Adventures, Volume 3 by Mike Johnson, Erfan Fajar, Yasmin Liang, Joe Corroney, et al.
12. Star Trek: The New Adventures, Volume 4 by Mike Johnson, Tony Shasteen, Cat Staggs, Rachael Stott, et al.
13. Black Panther: Reign at Dusk, Vol. 1 by Eve L. Ewing, Chris Allen, Mack Chater, and Craig Yeung
14. BBC VFX: The Story of the BBC Visual Effects Department, 1954-2003 by Mat Irvine and Mike Tucker
15. Baby Cat-Face by Barry Gifford
16. Wonder Woman and Justice League America, Volume 1 by Dan Vado, Kevin West, Rick Burchett, et al.
17. In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle
18. Black Panther: Reign at Dusk, Vol. 2 by Eve L. Ewing, Chris Allen, Craig Yeung, Mack Chater, et al.
19. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
20. Justice League Task Force, Volume 1: The Purification Plague by David Michelinie, Sal Velluto, et al.
21. Star Trek / Green Lantern: The Spectrum War by Mike Johnson and Angel Hernandez
22. First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Pat Harrigan
23. Ultimate Black Panther: Peace and War by Bryan Hill, Stefano Caselli, and Carlos Nieto
24. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds by Mary Shelley, edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert
25. Star Wars: Knight Errant, Volume One: Aflame by John Jackson Miller, Federico Dallocchio, Ivan Rodriguez, et al.
26. Star Wars: Knight Errant by John Jackson Miller
27. Star Wars: Knight Errant, Volume Two: Deluge by John Jackson Miller, Sergio Abad, Iban Coello, et al.

I have not had a month this productive since reading for Ph.D. exams, back in January 2013!

All books acquired:

1. Star Wars: Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller
2. Star Trek: The New Adventures, Volume 4 by Mike Johnson, Tony Shasteen, Cat Staggs, Rachael Stott, et al.
3. The Transformers: Til All Are One Compendium One
4. The Transformers: Til All Are One Compendium Two
5. The Transformers: Til All Are One Compendium Three
6. The Transformers: Til All Are One Compendium Four
7. Wonder Woman and Justice League America, Volume 1 by Dan Vado, Kevin West, Rick Burchett, et al.
8. Doctor Who: Dark Horizons by J. T. Colgan
9. Gabriel Gale’s Ages of Oz: A Dark Descent by Lisa Fiedler, illustrated by Sebastián Giacobino
10. Batman & Robin: Year One by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee
11. Star Trek / Green Lantern: The Spectrum War by Mike Johnson and Angel Hernandez
12. Three Californias by Kim Stanley Robinson
13. DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World by John Broome, Sid Gerson, Murphy Anderson, et al.
14. DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One by Marv Wolfman, Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, George Pérez, et al.
15. Victoria's Secret: Her Life by Lida Bell Lunt
16. The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall
17. Santa from Cincinnati by Judi Barrett and Kevin Hawkes
18. Wonder Woman and Justice League America, Volume 2 by Dan Vado, Mark Waid, Marck Campos, et al.
19. Star Wars: Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller
20. The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
21. The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman
22. Superman: Up in the Sky: The Deluxe Edition by Tom King, Andy Kubert, and Sandra Hope 
23. Novels & Stories: The Female Man / We Who Are About To... / On Strike Against God / The Complete Alyx Stories / Other Stories by Joanna Russ
24. Star Trek / Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds by Mike Johnson and Angel Hernandez

That was, of course, counterbalanced by all the books I got! I can't blame Christmas for this; presents (#12-17 and 20-23) weren't even a majority of what I acquired.

Currently reading:

• Star Trek: The New Adventures, Volume 5 by Mike Johnson and Tony Shasteen
• S. by J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst
• Ultimate Black Panther: Gods and Kings by Bryan Hill, Stefano Caselli, and Carlos Nieto
• Wonder Woman and Justice League America, Volume 2 by Dan Vado, Mark Waid, Marc Campos, et al.
• Justice League International Omnibus, Volume 3 by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, et al.
• Star Wars: Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller
• Star Wars: Knight Errant, Volume Three: Escape by John Jackson Miller, Marco Castiello, Vincenzo Acunzo, et al.
• Star Trek / Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds by Mike Johnson and Angel Hernandez

Up next in my rotations:

1. Formerly Known as the Justice League by Keith Giffen & J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Joe Rubinstein
2. Getting There by Manjula Padmanabhan 
3. Carpatho-Ukraine in the Twentieth Century: A Political and Legal History by Vincent Shandor 
4. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap by Mike W. Barr

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 672 (up 1)