Wednesday reading

Current
Elidor, by Alan Garner
The Infinity Race, by Simon Messingham
Our Wonderful Selves, by Roland Pertwee

Last books finished
Winning Ugly: NATO’s War to Save Kosovo, by Ivo H. Daalder and Michael E. O’Hanlon
Adventures in Space, eds. Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun
Time Trials Volume 1: The Terror Beneath, by George Mann et al
Hallowe’en Party, by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, by Agatha Christie
Reeds in the Wind, by Grazia Deledda

Next books
Doctor Who: The Adventures After
Yet More Penguin Science Fiction
, ed. Brian Aldiss
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, by Samit Basu

Wednesday reading

Current
Winning Ugly: NATO’s War to Save Kosovo, by Ivo H. Daalder and Michael E. O’Hanlon 
Adventures in Space, eds. Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun, by Warren Pleece et al
Time Trials Volume 1: The Terror Beneath, by Warren Pleece et al

Last books finished 
Charlotte impératrice, Tome 1: La Princesse et l’Archiduc, by Fabien Nury and Matthieu Bonhomme
Vanishing Point, by Michaela Roessner
Spa 1906, by Patrick Weber and Olivier Wozniak
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller, by Italo Calvino

Next books
The Infinity Race, by Simon Messingham
Our Wonderful Selves, by Roland Pertwee
Reeds in the Wind, by Grazia Deledda

Wednesday reading

Current
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller, by Italo Calvino
Charlotte impératrice, Tome 1: La Princesse et l’Archiduc, by Fabien Nury and Matthieu Bonhomme
Vanishing Point, by Michaela Roessner

Last books finished
Amongst Our Weapons
, by Ben Aaronovitch
Metropolis, by Thea von Harbou
The Ray Bradbury Chronicles, Volume 3, by Ray Bradbury et al
Scotland, Épisode 1, by Rodolphe, Leo and Marchal
Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle
Ness: A Story from the Ulster Cycle, by Patrick Brown

Next books
Time Trials Volume 1: The Terror Beneath, by Warren Pleece et al
Winning Ugly, by Ivo Daalder
Spa 1906, by Drac

Wednesday reading

Current
Amongst Our Weapons, by Ben Aaronovitch 
Metropolis, by Thea von Harbou

Last books finished 
The Great Hunger, by Cecil Woodham-Smith
The Year Before Yesterday, by Brian W. Aldiss
The Decline of the English Murder, and other essays, by George Orwell
How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion, by David DeSteno
An Experiment with Time, by J. W Dunne

Next books
Vanishing Point, by Michaela Roessner
Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller, by Italo Calvino

Wednesday reading

Current
The Great Hunger, by Cecil Woodham-Smith
The Year Before Yesterday, by Brian W. Aldiss

Last books finished 
Time Zero, by Justin Richards
Madame Prosecutor, by Carla del Ponte
The Good Wife of Bath, by Karen Brooks (did not finish)
The Spark that Survived, by Myra Lewis Williams
Salvage, by Emily Tesh
Doctor Who: Empire of Death, by Scott Handcock
Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore

Next books
How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion, by David DeSteno
Amongst Our Weapons, by Ben Aaronovitch 
An Experiment with Time, by J. W Dunne

Wednesday reading

Current
Time Zero, by Justin Richards, by Justin Richards
Madame Prosecutor, by Carla del Ponte
The Great Hunger, by Cecil Woodham-Smith

Last books finished 
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, by Michael Chabon
Soundings, by A. Hamilton Gibbs
The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, by Storm Constantine
Sonic Boom, by Robbie Morrison et al
Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett

Next books
Doctor Who: Empire of Death, by Scott Handcock
The Good Wife of Bath, by Karen Brooks
Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore

Wednesday reading

Current
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
, by Michael Chabon
Soundings, by A. Hamilton Gibbs
The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, by Storm Constantine
Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett

Last books finished
East of Eden
, by John Steinbeck
Barracoon: the Story of the Last “Black Cargo”, by Zora Neale Hurston
Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow

Next books
Sonic Boom
, by Robbie Morrison et al
Madame Prosecutor
, by Carla del Ponte
The Great Famine, by Cecil Woodham-Smith

Wednesday reading

Current
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, by Michael Chabon

Last books finished 
The Man in the Brown Suit, by Agatha Christie
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet, by Terrance Dicks
The Mysterious Planet, by Jez Strickley (did not finish)
An Island Called Moreau, by Brian Aldiss
“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate”, by Ted Chiang
Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Dragon’s Teeth: Tales from North Kosovo, by Ian Bancroft

Next books
The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, by Storm Constantine
Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett 
The Great Hunger, by Cecil Woodham-Smith 

Wednesday reading

Current
Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

Last books finished 
Mean Streets, by Terrance Dicks 
Burning Brightly: 50 Years of Novacon, ed. Ian Whates
Our Song, by Anna Carey
Paradise Towers: Paradise Found, by Sean Mason and Silvano Beltramo 
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition
Het lijkt Washington wel: Hoe lobbyisten Brussel in hun greep hebben, by Peter Teffer
Wag the Dog: The Mobilization and Demobilization of the Kosovo Liberation Army, by Andreas Heinemann-Grüder and Wolf-Christian Paes
Doctor Who: The Well, by Gareth L. Powell

Next books
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet, by Terrance Dicks
An Island Called Moreau, by Brian Aldiss
“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate”, by Ted Chiang

Wednesday reading

Current
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition
Our Song
, by Anna Carey
Burning Brightly: 50 Years of Novacon, ed. Ian Whates
Mean Streets, by Terrance Dicks

Last books finished
The Twist
, by George Mann et al
The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925, by Charles Townshend

Next books
Paradise Towers
, by Sean Mason and Silvano Beltramo
Het lijkt Washington wel: Hoe lobbyisten Brussel in hun greep hebben, by Peter Teffer
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

Wednesday reading

Current
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition
The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925, by Charles Townshend

Last books finished 
Jerusalem, Part 1, by Selma Lagerlöf
Silence: A Christian History, by Diarmaid MacCulloch (did not finish)
The Casuarina Tree, by W. Somerset Maugham
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire, by Julie Kavanagh
The House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng 
The New Machiavelli, by Jonathan Powell

Next books
The Twist, by George Mann et al
Burning Brightly: 50 Years of Novacon, by Ian Whates
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

Wednesday reading

Current
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire, by Julie Kavanagh
The House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng 
Jerusalem, by Selma Lagerlöf

Last books finished 
“Two Hearts” by Peter S Beagle
Het Zoet Water door de eeuwen heen, by Jean Binon and Paul Coeckelbergh
Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon (did not finish)
American Prometheus: the Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Histoire de Jérusalem, by Vincent Lemire and Christophe Gaultier
The Years, by Annie Ernaux 
Howul: A Life’s Journey, by David Shannon
The Emperor of Portugallia, by Selma Lagerlöf
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, by Serhii Plokhy

(the amazing effect of an intercontinental plane flight with not much sleep)

Next books
The Twist, by George Mann et al
The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925, by Charles Townshend
Silence: A Christian History, by Diarmaid MacCulloch 

Wednesday reading

Current
Het Zoet Water door de eeuwen heen, by Jean Binon and Paul Coeckelbergh
Histoire de Jérusalem, by Vincent Lemire and Christophe Gaultier
American Prometheus: the Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Last books finished 
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies, by Rick Edwards & Dr Michael Brooks
Omega, by Mark Griffiths and John Ridgway
Final Cut, by Charles Burns 
Doctor Who: Lux, by James Goss
The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle (did not finish)
Behind Frenemy Lines, by Zen Cho
Mother Ross: An Irish Amazon, by G.R. Lloyd 
“Two Hearts”, by Peter S. Beagle

Next books
Howul: A Life’s Journey, by David Shannon
The Years, by Annie Ernaux 
The House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng 

Wednesday reading

Current
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies, by Rick Edwards & Dr Michael Brooks

Last books finished
Musings on Mothering, ed. Teika Bellamy
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 
Annie Bot, by Sierra Greer
Ghost Devices, by Simon Bucher-Jones
‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King 

Next books
Omega, by Mark Griffiths and John Ridgway
Mother Ross: An Irish Amazon, by G.R. Lloyd 
Final Cut, by Charles Burns 

Wednesday reading

Current
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 
Ghost Devices, by Simon Bucher-Jones
Musings on Mothering, ed. Teika Bellamy
‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King 

Last books finished
Old Babes in the Wood, by Margaret Atwood
Black Mountain and other stories, by Gerry Adams (did not finish)
Irish Conflict in Comics, by James Bacon
The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
@Wouters Wondere Wereld, by Guy Gilias
Thirst, by Amelie Nothomb
The School of Death, by Robbie Morrison et al

Next books
Omega, by Mark Griffiths and John Ridgway
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies, by Rick Edwards
Annie Bot, by Sierra Greer

Wednesday reading

Current
The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Old Babes in the Wood, by Margaret Atwood
Irish Conflict in Comics, by James Bacon

Last books finished
My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion, by Michel Barnier
The Women Could Fly, by Megan Giddings 
London Centric: Tales of Future London, ed. Ian Whates
Somna: a bedtime story, by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay
The Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy L. Sayers
A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians, by Harry Pearson

Next books
The School of Death, by Robbie Morrison et al
Black Mountain, by Gerry Adams
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 

Wednesday reading

Current
The Women Could Fly, by Megan Giddings 
London Centric: Tales of Future London, ed. Ian Whates
The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

Last books finished
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, by Clea Koff 
Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, by Paul Kincaid
Agent of Death: Memoirs of an Executioner, by Robert Greene Elliott
Inferno, by Gary Russell and John Ridgway
Three Eight One, by Aliya Whiteley 
Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett 
False Value, by Ben Aaronovitch 
The Dream House, by Lee Berridge
The Last Song of Penelope, by Claire North

There’s nothing like 24 hours on a ferry with patchy WiFi to boost your reading tally for the week. (And the month, come to that.)

Next books
Black Mountain, by Gerry Adams
Old Babes in the Wood, by Margaret Atwood
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 

Wednesday reading

Current
Colourfields, by Paul Kincaid
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, by Clea Koff

Last books finished
Deadfall, by Gary Russell
Light in My Blood, by Jean Gilbert & William Dresden
The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh
Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution, by Una McCormack
The Crawling Wood, by Casey Lucas (did not finish)
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
The Devil’s Chord, by Dale Smith

Next books
The Dream House, by Lee Berridge
Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett
False Value, by Ben Aaronovitch

Wednesday reading

Current
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
Deadfall, by Gary Russell
Light in My Blood, by Jean Gilbert & William Dresden
The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh

Last books finished
Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped
, by Felicity Williams (did not finish)
Hyperion, by Robbie Morrison et al
Who Killed Nessie?, by Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith

Next books
Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution
, by Una McCormack
Into the Mire: The Collected Works, by Casey Lucas
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis

Wednesday reading

Current
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson

Last books finished
Tyrelia, by S R Manssen (did not finish)
Dragon Rift, by Eileen Mueller (did not finish)
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who, by John Higgs
Dark Winds Over Wellington: Chilling Tales of the Weird & the Strange, by TL Wood
The Master, by Louise Cooper
House of Odysseus, by Claire North
Inspector French and Sir John Magill’s Last Journey, by Freeman Wills Crofts

Next books
Hyperion, by Robbie Morrison et al
Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped, by Felicity Williams
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis

Wednesday reading

Current
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who, by John Higgs
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
House of Odysseus, by Claire North

Last books finished
Ventiforms, by Sean Monaghan
The Blacksmith, by Barbara Howe (did not finish)
Apostate, by Forrest Reid
Spirits Abroad, by Zen Cho
From a Shadow Grave, by Andi C. Buchanan
Private Road, by Forrest Reid
We All Fall, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher

Next books
Tyrelia, by S R Manssen
The Master, by Louise Cooper
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis

Wednesday reading

Current
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
Spirits Abroad, by Zen Cho

Last books finished
Little Wars and Floor Games, by H.G. Wells
Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume I, ed Marie Hodgkinson
Down, by Laurence Miles
Around the World in 80 Games, by Marcus du Sautoy
Tides of the Titans, by Thoraiya Dyer
Spectral Scream, by Hannah Fergesen

Next books
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who, by by John Higgs
Ventiforms, by Sean Monaghan
The Master, by Louise Cooper

Wednesday reading

Current
Down, by Laurence Miles
Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume I, ed Marie Hodgkinson
Around the World in 80 Games, by Marcus du Sautoy

Last books finished
Fractures, by Robbie Morrison et al
Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
The Revenant Express, by George Mann (did not finish)
Raven Heart, by Murphy Lawless
A Small Semblance of Home, by Paul Phipps
The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future, by Mustafa Suleyman 

Next books
Spectral Scream, by Hannah Fergesen
Tides of the Titans, by Thoraiya Dyer
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson

Wednesday reading (late)

Forgot about this last night!

Current
Fractures, by Robbie Morrison et al
Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future, by Mustafa Suleyman

Last books finished
The Green Man’s Quarry, by Juliet E. McKenna
Spent, by Alison Bechdel
The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Inspiration, by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays
The Wren, The Wren, by Anne Enright
The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex
F**k Work, Let’s Play: Do What You Love and Get Paid for It, by John Williams

Next books
Down, by Lawrence Miles
The Revenant Express, by George Mann
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson

Wednesday reading

Current
The Wren, The Wren, by Anne Enright
Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
The Green Man’s Quarry, by Juliet E. McKenna 
The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex

Last books finished
Panter, by Brecht Evens
The Impossible Contract, by K. A. Doore
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past, by Christopher Hadley

Next books
Fractures, by Robbie Morrison et al
The Revenant Express, by George Mann
The Coming Wave, by Mustafa Suleyman

Wednesday reading

Current
The Impossible Contract, by K. A. Doore

Last books finished
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster (did not finish)
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
Castrovalva, by Andrew Orton
1913: The Year Before the Storm, by Florian Illies
The Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb (did not finish)
“The Faery Handbag”, by Kelly Link
Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Next books
The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex
The Green Man’s Quarry, by Juliet E. McKenna 
Métal Hurlant Vol. 1: Le Futur c’est déjà demain, by Mathieu Bablet et al

Wednesday reading

Current
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo
Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster

Last books finished
Ship of Fools, by Dave Stone
Not So Quiet…, by Helen Zenna Smith
Ireland in the Renaissance, 1540-1660, eds. Thomas Herron and Michael Potterton
Fear Death By Water, by Emily Cook
Doctor Who: Castrovalva, by Christopher H. Bidmead

Next books
Castrovalva, by Andrew Orton
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb

Wednesday reading

Current
Ship of Fools, by Dave Stone
Not So Quiet…, by Helen Zenna Smith
Ireland in the Renaissance, 1540-1660, ed. Thomas Herron and Michael Potterton

Last books finished
The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, eds. Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
Irish Unity: Time to Prepare, by Ben Collins
Dislocation Space, by Garth Nix
Improbable History, ed. Michael Dobson (did not finish)
Terrorformer, by Robbie Morrison et al
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske

Next books
Fear Death by Water, by Emily Cook
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Wednesday reading

Current
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, eds. Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans

Last books finished
Sunbringer, by Hannah Kaner (did not finish)
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
The Return of the Soldier, by Rebecca West
Countdown for Cindy, by Eloise Engle
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi

Next books
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Wednesday reading

Current
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi
Sunbringer, by Hannah Kaner

Last books finished
These Burning Stars, by Bethany Jacobs (excerpt only)
Knowledgeable Creatures, by Christopher Rowe
On Vicious Worlds, by Bethany Jacobs (excerpt only)
Doctor Who: Warrior’s Gate and beyond, by Stephen Gallagher
Doctor Who: Logopolis, by Christopher H. Bidmead
The West Passage, by Jared Pechaček
Logopolis, by Jonathan Hay
The Politics and Culture of Honour in Britain and Ireland, 1541-1641, by Brendan Kane

Next books
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske