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75 books this year--a little above average! (I started strong in January and finished strong in December)
2 January 2022: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman. “Second Thursday Murder Club book. Okay.”
2 January 2022: Love & Virtue by Diana Reid. “Amazing first novel.”
4 January 2022: Pathfinder Gazetteer by Erik Mona and Jason Buhlman. “First real overview of the campaign setting. Better thought out than ‘kitchen sink’ detractors realise.”
12 January 2022: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. “A classic for a reason!”
24 January 2022: Wolf Girl 6 by Anh Do. “Some really fun train adventure.”
29 January 2022: The Case of George Pell by Melissa Davey. “Excellent book by a journalist who sat through every day of every proceeding.”
29 January 2022: Something to Hide by Elizabeth George. “FGM theme. Solid novel.”
30 January 2022: Un coeur a prendre by Jeff Kinney. “7th Wimpy Kid book in French, Valentine’s Day themed.”
18 February 2022: Assault at Selonia by Roger MacBride Allen. “Second in the Corellian Trilogy. Solid.”
26 February 2022: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford. “An unreliable narrator telling a tale out of sequence makes for a masterpiece of literary impressionism.”
1 March 2022: City of Good Death by Chris Lloyd. “Mystery set in Catalan. Interesting setting, but bland characters”
9 March 2022: Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally. “What an amazing story!”
17 March 2022: Paul Keating, The Big-Picture Leader by Troy Bramston. “The only person more enamoured with Paul Keating than Troy Bramston is Paul Keating.”
18 March 2022: Road Tripping with Pearl Nash by Poppy Nwosu. “Lovely story.”
20 March 2022: Sourcery by Terry Pratchett. “Enjoyable Rincewind tale. Love the design of the Unseen University Collection.”
20 March 2022: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. “Sad but good!”
23 March 2022: Law and Religion in the Liberal State edited by Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Darryn Jensen. “Excellent collection of strong essays.”
25 March 2022: Living with the Gods by Neil MacGregor. “Fascinating account of religious objects from around the world. Proselytising in final chapter is annoying.”
3 April 2022: Lonely Planet Pocket Rome. “Hope it helps!”
9 April 2022: And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave. “Read at Spicer’s. Deep!”
11 April 2022: Deltora Quest 2 by Emily Rodda. “Okay.”
18 April 2022. What is Called Thinking? by Martin Heidegger. “What is Called a Waste of My Time?”
22 April 2022: Firesoul by Gary Klostman. “Very satisfying Pathfinder novel about a fire shaman in the Mwangi Expanse.”
23 April 2022: Bestiary 3 by Various. “A lot of creatures inspired by real-world myth in this one.”
26 April 2022: The Twelve Caesars by Matthew Dennison. “Confusingly structured.”
28 April 2022: The Horus Heresy by Dan Abnett. “Really thought-provoking.”
30 April 2022: Son of a Rock by Jack Deighton. «Truly original and memorable novel about aging. »
2 May 2022: Drops of Corruption by Jason M. Hardy. « Shadowrun novel involving rival mob gangs. Ok. »
3 May 2022: Codex Born by Jim C. Hines. « Second book in the libriomancer series. Good. »
3 May 2022: Kitty’s Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn. « Adventure in SF with new creatures from Asian legend. Ok. »
6 May 2022: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. « Global blindness and man-eating plants! »
20 May 2022: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. “I never thought midwest family drama would be a page-turner!”
5 June 2022: The Legend of Drizzt Collector’s Edition Book III by R.A. Salvatore. « Four novels. Pretty good! »
12 June 2022: Night Ride Into Danger by Jackie French. « Great novel about the night mail to Goulburn ».
25 June 2022: My Brother Ben by Peter Carnavas. “Tries to hard to be poignant and fails.”
27 June 2022: Ting Ting the Ghost Hunter by Gabrielle Wang. « Original, well-written kids novel. »
3 July 2022: The Boy Who Stepped Through Time by Anna Ciddor. « Fun kids book about a boy time-travelling to Roman Empire. Scrupulous accuracy. »
4 July 2022: Sugar by Carly Nugent. « What a beautiful book from start to finish ».
16 July 2022: The Right Way to Rock by Nat Amoore. « Maybe tries a bit too hard, but still fun »
18 July 2022: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling. « Sad but good! »
25 July 2022: Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman. “Middle school book about Indian boy born in prison and then trying to get his mother out.”
26 July 2022: Middlemarch by George Eliot. “Victorian multiplot novel. Dreadfully boring.”
1 August 2022: As You Like It by William Shakespeare. “Norton Critical Edition. Some really fun things to discuss!”
6 August 2022: False Gods by Graham McNeill. “Second Horus Heresy book. I don’t like the turn for Horus. Needs to be less evil.”
2 September 2022: Forge of Ashes by Josh Vogt. « Dwarf-focused Pathfinder novel; good representation of oreads and duergar. »
2 September 2022: Wolf Girl 7 by Anh Do. « Story isn’t moving much, and not sure about cross-promotion. »
3 September 2022: Darklands Revisited by Thurston Hillman. « Excellent overview of major threats in the Darklands. »
10 September 2022: The Dark Half by Stephen King. « Solid. »
11 September 2022: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. « Well-drawn characters and a strong story. »
18 September 2022: Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr. « Unconvincing plot. »
22 September 2022: The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman. “Third in The Invisible Library series. Good!”
23 September 2022: Retromancer by Robert Rankin. “Hard to describe, but really funny.”
25 September 2022: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. « Mediocre main story but I liked increasingly creepy e-mails from fan »
3 October 2022: Starfinder Character Operations Manual by Various. « Good additions to the game. »
8 October 2022: Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. « Beautifully-written interweaving short stories. »
16 October 2022: Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps by J Gregory Keyes. « Babylon 5 novel. Very good. »
31 October 2022: The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye. « Well-written and persuasive argument for embracing trans rights as part of global social and economic justice. »
4 November 2022: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. « Impressive research, but almost fawning. »
27 November 2022: I Hate Running and You Can Too by Brendan Leonard. “Funny, and a good way of thinking about it.”
29 November 2022: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. « Read to Lan. »
11 December 2022: The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff. « Ok one-volume overview. »
16 December 2022: The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell. « Audio version really helps the humor pop. »
17 December 2022: A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. « Great tale, and I liked the classic illustrations. »
18 December 2022: Murder for Christmas by Jean Goodhind. « Kinda dumb but ok. »
18 December 2022: Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney. « Interesting characters, but left me shrugging. »
19 December 2022: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. « Great! »
20 December 2022: The Midnighters: Secret Hour by Scott Westerfield. « Wonderfully original concept. »
21 December 2022: Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter. « Horus Heresy book. Ok. »
22 December 2022: Lord of Runes by Dave Gross. « Another fantastic Varian/Radovan novel—this one set in Korvosa and environs! »
24 December 2022: La Carte Des Jours by Ransom Riggs. « Fourth in the Peculiar Children series. Good, and like break with Peregrine. »
25 December 2022: Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove. « First Firefly novel, set right after end of tv series. Good insight into Mal’s past. »
26 December 2022: Bester Ascendant by J. Gregory Keyes. « B5 book giving that creep Bester’s origin story. Well-written, though. »
28 December 2022: The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman. “Light mystery, but entertaining.”
28 December 2022: Firefly: Still Flying. “Nice mix of features, interviews, and new fiction.”
29 December 2022: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. “Hilarious and great characters.”
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