Reading Roundup Wrapup: February 2026

Pick of the month: Alan Scott: The Green Lantern by Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey, et al. I have not yet gotten around to writing this up, but this was a really good queer superhero comic. Hits all the notes you want it to hit.

All books read:

1. Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville by Joanne Starer and Natacha Bustos
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Smuggler’s Code by Justin Aclin and Eduardo Ferrara
3. The Doctor Who Chronicles, 1963–64 edited by Marcus Hearn
4. Alan Scott: The Green Lantern by Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey, et al.
5. DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World by John Broome, Sid Gerson, Murphy Anderson, et al.
6. Star Trek: Boldly Go, Volume 1 by Mike Johnson, Tony Shasteen, Ryan Parrott, and Chris Mooneyham
7. Star Trek: Boldly Go, Volume 2 by Mike Johnson, Ryan Parrott, Megan Levens, and Tony Shasteen
8. Star Trek: Boldly Go, Volume 3 by Mike Johnson, Josh Hood, Megan Levens, Tana Ford, Marcus To, Angel Hernandez, et al.
9. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tales: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism edited by James McIntosh
10. Love and Monsters: The Doctor Who Experience, 1979 to the Present by Miles Booy
11. Oz-story Magazine, Number Two edited by David Maxine
12. The All New! Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Help Wanted by Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, Dan Davis et al.
13. Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over by Joanne Starer and Stephen Byrne
14. Supergirl, Vol. 1: Reign of the Cyborg Supermen by Steve Orlando, Brian Ching, Emanuela Lupacchino, et al.
15. The End of This Day’s Business by Eleta Preloc
16. Supergirl, Vol. 2: Escape from the Phantom Zone by Steve Orlando, Brian Ching, Matias Bergara, et al.
17. Supergirl, Vol. 3: Girl of No Tomorrow by Steve Orlando, Robson Rocha, Daniel Henriques, Steve Pugh, et al.
18. Dreamweaver’s Dilemma: Short Stories and Essays by Lois McMaster Bujold
19. Supergirl, Vol. 4: Plain Sight by Steve Orlando, Jody Houser, Vita Ayala, Robson Rocha, Daniel Henriques, et al.

Reading lots of comics continues to be the secret to my success! But this month I finished of all three comics project I've been working on since late last year: Justice League International, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Star Trek: The New Adventures. Will my numbers go down now that I have to read longer books?

My five-month moving average is 22, which is the second highest only to January 2013, the month I took my Ph.D. exams.

All books acquired:

1. Star Trek: Boldly Go, Volume 1 by Mike Johnson, Tony Shasteen, Ryan Parrott, and Chris Mooneyham
2. Oz-story Magazine, Number Two edited by David Maxine
3. Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over by Joanne Starer and Stephen Byrne
4. The Flash by Mark Waid Omnibus, Vol. 3 by Mark Waid et al.
5. Dreamweaver’s Dilemma: Short Stories and Essays by Lois McMaster Bujold
6. The Twinkle Tales by L. Frank Baum 
7. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë 

A positively tiny list! 

Currently reading:

• Getting There by Manjula Padmanabhan

Up next in my rotations:

1. Carpatho-Ukraine in the Twentieth Century: A Political and Legal History by Vincent Shandor 
2. Timelink: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Exploration of Doctor Who Continuity, Volume One by Jon Preddle
3. Interfaces edited by Ursula K. Le Guin and Virginia Kidd
4. Best of American Splendor by Harvey Pekar et al. 

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 663 (down 2)

Creeping downward bit by bit!