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61 books this time around.
13 January 2024: The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith. « Strike and Robin are great together! »
14 January 2024: Woken Furies by Richard Morgan. “Strong third novel.”
14 January 2024: A Promised Land by Barack Obama. “Autobiography of first two years of presidency. Good. »
16 January 2024: The Magnificent Nine. “Second Firefly book. Okay but predictable.”
17 January 2024: Blue Noon by Scott Westerfield. “Conclusion of the excellent Midnighters trilogy. Great concept with a lot of thought put into it.”
25 January 2024: Neuromancer by William Gibson. « Deserves classic label. »
28 January 2024: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass. « Sweet kids’ book. »
7 February 2024: One Day We’re All Going to Die by Elise Esthet Hearst. “Great cover, middling story.”
12 February 2024: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. “Man that first section is a hard slog! But worth it.”
4 March 2024: Kill Joy by Holly Jackson. « Prequel to Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. Good! »
9 April 2024: The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. « Second Strike novel, set in literary world. Excellent. »
21 April 2024: Dracula and Other Horror Classics by Bram Stoker. « Hardcover collection of Dracula, two other Stoker novels, and short stories. »
21 April 2024: Gardens of the Moon by Stephen Erickson. « First Malazan book. Pretty good, but I’m not hooked. »
25 April 2024: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman. « Very sad subplot, but well-written. »
28 April 2024: The Skull Throne. « Fourth book—things are really heating up! »
9 May 2024: Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad. “Excellent middle school book about WW2 program.”
12 May 2024: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton. “Original and great!”
19 May 2024: The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer. “Funny and very sweet.”
1 June 2024: The Ravening Deep by Tim Pratt. « Arkham book. Okay. »
3 June 2024: The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffatt by Kate Temple. « Fun, original, clever kids’ book. »
8 June 2024: The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-Bottomed Boat by Charlie Archbold. « Pretty good kids’ mystery book. »
9 June 2024: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith. « Third Strike novel: a real page-turner! »
10 June 2024: Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin. « Beautifully written. »
22 June 2024: The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands by Stephen King. “The first one of these I really enjoyed.”
22 June 2024: The Book of Wondrous Possibilities by Deborah Abela. “Sweet kids’ book.”
25 June 2024: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. « Interesting family tale. »
21 July 2024: Fulgrim by Graham McNeill. “Horus Heresy. Parallel stories means overall plot moves slowly.”
24 July 2024: Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan. “Book 1 of Rangers Apprentice. Great!”
31 July 2024: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan. “Book 2—exciting action scenes!”
1 August 2024. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. “Great characters but plot overly complex.”
5 August 2024: Killarney by Nikki Mottram. “Better than the first one, though anachronisms are annoying.”
6 August 2024: The Icebound Land by John Flanagan. “Third Ranger book. Good.”
11 Aug 2024: Lazarus Rising by John Howard. “Autobiography. Boring and rarely insightful.”
24 August 2024: On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver. “Too much of a hodgepodge, but interesting nonetheless.”
25 August 2024: Needful Things by Stephen King. “Overlong, but core premise is great.”
28 August 2024: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. “Classic, and some short horror stories too.”
31 August 2024: Alien Archive 3 by Various. “Starfinder collection.”
4 September 2024: Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd. “Ok kids book.”
4 September 2024: Being Jimmy Baxter by Fiona Lloyd. “Fantastic kids novel dealing with serious themes.”
5 September 2024: Running with Ivan by Suzanne Leal. “Strong writing.”
5 September 2024: Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle Williams. “Very funny and cool YA novel.”
12 September 2024: Religious Liberty in a Polarised Age by Thomas C Berg: “Well-written but hopelessly naïve in the age of MAGA.”
14 September 2024: Andoran, Birthplace of Freedom by Tim Hitchcock and Jason Nelson. « Strong sourcebook. »
15 September 2024: The Space Between Here and Now by Sarah Suk. « Sensory Time Warp Syndrome—what a fantastic YA book—the best one I’ve read all year! »
15 September 2024: Relight My Fire by CK McDonnell. “Fourth Stranger Times book. Always entertaining!”
24 September 2024: Excession by Iain M Banks. “Clearest and best, as the Culture finally meets its match!”
25 September 2024: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland. “Great book—should be a tv series!”
25 September 2024: Beyond the Pool of Stars by Howard Andrew Jones. “Pathfinder novel about salvager in Sargava—fantastic!”
11 October 2024: Ghost of the Neon God by T.R. Napper. “Cyberpunk novella set in near-future Australia. Good!”
5 November 2024: All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk. « Account by fan who has read every Marvel comic. Interesting and accessible. »
16 November 2024: Choose the Man You Want to Be! by Mark D F Byrne. “Glad my buddy got to write this.”
20 November 2024: Bleeding Kansas by Sarah Paretsky. “Family drama. Uneven.”
24 November 2024: Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith. “Wow, genuinely one of my most enjoyable reading experiences ever.”
27 November 2024: Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar. « Novel written in style of true crime; good. »
30 November 2024: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. « Amazing first novel! This author is one to watch. »
2 December 2024: The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston. « Interesting story of major archaeological discovery in Honduras. »
10 December 2024: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. “Well-written and researched, but borders on the hagiographical.”
12 December 2024: Games Wizards Play by Diane Duane. “Good characters and satisfying development.”
17 December 2024: Viewpoints Critical by L.E. Modesitt Jr. “Short story collection. Ok, but not great.”
27 December 2024: A Christmas Murder by Mary Grand. “Dialogue is a little clunky, but overall a solid mystery in the classic whodunit vein.”
28 December 2024: Relational Hermeneutics edited by Paul Fairfield and Saulius Geniusas. “Hard-slogging!”
