Monday Reading

Current
The Dawnhounds, by Sasha Stronach
The Odyssey, by Homer, tr Emily Wilson
A Life in Questions, by Jeremy Paxman
Tintin au Pays de l’Or Noir, by Hergé

Last books finished
Three Plays, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
“Georgia on my Mind”, by Charles Sheffield

Next books
After Life, by Al Ewing et al
The Unsettled Dust, by Robert Aickman
Notes from the Burning Age, by Claire North

Monday reading

Current
Three Plays, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
The Dawnhounds, by Sasha Stronach

Last books finished
The Talons of Weng-Chiang, by Robert Holmes, edited by John McElroy
Murder in Mesopotamia, by Agatha Christie
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang, by Terrance Dicks
Strawberry and the Soul Reapers, by Tite Kubo
Babel, by R.F. Kuang
The Talons of Weng-Chiang, by Dale Smith
“The New Mother”, by Eugene Fischer

Next books
A Life in Questions, by Jeremy Paxman
“Georgia on my Mind”, by Charles Sheffield
Tintin au Pays de l’Or Noir, by Hergé

Monday reading

Current
The Talons of Weng-Chiang, by Robert Holmes, edited by John McElroy
Babel, by R.F. Kuang
Strawberry and the Soul Reapers, by Tite Kubo

Last books finished
The Dark Queens, by Shelley Puhak
Attack on Thebes, by M.D. Cooper (did not finish)
Blackpool Revisited, by John Collier
Vincent and the Doctor, by Paul Driscoll
Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne
Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang

Next books
Three Plays, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang, by Terrance Dicks
The Dawnhounds, by Sasha Stronach

Monday reading

A new year, and a new day for my weekly roundup – and in fact I will shift to Tuesdays from March.

Current
Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne
Blackpool Revisited, by John Collier

Last books finished
The Future, by Naomi Alderman
A Fairytale Life, by Lilah Sturges et al
Fatal Path, by Ronan Fanning
Rule of Law: A Memoir, by Glynnis Breytenbach
The Beautifull Cassandra, by Jane Austen
Anthro-Vision, by Gillian Tett

Next books
Attack on Thebes, by M.D. Cooper
Vincent and the Doctor, by Paul Driscoll
Strawberry and the Soul Reapers, by Tite Kubo

Sunday and December books

Sunday books

(This will shift to Mondays as of tomorrow week)

Last books finished
Bee Quest, by Dave Goulson
Lunar Descent, by Allen Steele
In Xanadu, by Lavie Tidhar
The New Machiavelli, by H. G. Wells
Emotional Chemistry, by Simon Forward
Marking Time, by Elizabeth Jane Howard
iLobby.eu, by Caroline de Cock

December Reading

Non-fiction 7 (YTD 86)
Recollections of Virginia Woolf by Her Contemporaries, by Joan Russell Noble
Invasion of the Dinosaurs, by Jon Arnold
Atlas of Irish History, by Ruth Dudley Edwards
Into the Unknown, eds. Laura Clarke and Patrick Gyger
The Haunting of Villa Diodati, by Philip Purser-Hallard
Bee Quest, by Dave Goulson
iLobby.eu, by Caroline de Cock

Non-genre 2 (YTD 29)
The New Machiavelli, by H. G. Wells
Marking Time, by Elizabeth Jane Howard

SF 5 (YTD 164)
Giants at the End of the World, eds. Johanna Sinisalo & Toni Jerrmann
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
A Long Day in Lychford, by Paul Cornell
Lunar Descent, by Allen Steele
In Xanadu, by Lavie Tidhar

Doctor Who 5 (YTD 37)
Doctor Who: The Star Beast, by Gary Russell
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion, by Malcolm Hulke
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder, by Mark Morris
Doctor Who: The Giggle, by James Goss
Emotional Chemistry, by Simon Forward

Comics 2 (YTD 28)
Facing Fate: The Good Companion, by Nick Abadzis et al
Jaren van de olifant, by Willy Linthout

4,900 pages (YTD 86,900)
7/21 (YTD 148/351) by non-male writers (Edwards, Clarke, de Cock, Howard, Sinisalo, St John Mandel, illustrators of The Good Companion)
None (YTD 42/351) by a non-white writer
3 rereads (Station Eleven, Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion, Emotional Chemistry)

312 books currently tagged unread – down 26 from last month after some reorganising

Reading now

The Future, by Naomi Alderman
Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne

Coming soon (perhaps)

After Life, by Al Ewing et al
Blackpool Revisited, by John Collier
Vincent and the Doctor, by Paul Driscoll
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang, by Terrance Dicks
The Talons of Weng-Chiang, by Dale Smith
Rule of Law, by Glynis Breitenbach
The Beautifull Cassandra, by Jane Austen
Attack on Thebes, by M.D. Cooper
Three Plays, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
A Life in Questions, by Jeremy Paxman
Strawberry and the Soul Reapers, by Tite Kubo
The Dawnhounds, by Sasha Stronach
Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang
“The New Mother”, by Eugene Fischer
“Georgia on my Mind”, by Charles Sheffield
Tintin au Pays de l’Or Noir, by Hergé
Notes from the Burning Age, by Claire North
The Wheels of Chance, by H.G. Wells
Confusion, by Elizabeth Jane Howard
How Democracies Die, by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Babel, by R.F. Kuancg
Foxglove Summer, by Ben Aaronovitch
The Pragmatic Programmer, by David thomas and Andrew Hunt
The Unsettled Dust, by Robert Aickman
Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak

Annual roundup to come shortly.

Weekly reading blog

Current
Marking Time, by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Bee Quest, by Dave Goulson
The New Machiavelli, by H. G. Wells
Lunar Descent, by Allen Steele

Last books finished
Into the Unknown, ed. Laura Clarke
The Haunting of Villa Diodati, by Philip Purser-Hallard
A Long Day in Lychford, by Paul Cornell

Next books
iLobby.eu, by Caroline De Cock
Our Share of Night, by Mariana Enriquez
Fevered Star, by Rebecca Roanhorse

Sunday reading

Current
Into the Unknown, ed. Laura Clarke
The Haunting of the Villa Diodati, by Philip Purser-Hallard
Marking Time, by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Last books finished
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder, by Mark Morris
Invasion of the Dinosaurs, by Jon Arnold
Atlas of Irish History, by Ruth Dudley Edwards
Jaren van de olifant, by Willy Linthout
Doctor Who: The Giggle, by James Goss

Next books
The Ides of Octember A Pictorial Bibliography of Roger Zelazny, by Christopher S. Kovacs
A Long Day in Lychford, by Paul Cornell
The New Machiavelli, by H. G. Wells

Sunday reading

Current
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder, by Mark Morris
Atlas of Irish History, by Ruth Dudley Edwards
Jaren van de olifant, by Willy Linthout

Last books finished
Giants at the End of the World, by Johanna Sinisalo
Doctor Who: The Star Beast, by Gary Russell
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion, by Malcolm Hulke
Recollections of Virginia Woolf by Her Contemporaries, by Joan Russell Noble
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel

Next books
Invasion of the Dinosaurs, by Jon Arnold
Into the Unknown, ed. Laura Clarke
Marking Time, by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Sunday reading

Current
Giants at the End of the World, by Johanna Sinisalo
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel

Last books finished
Under the Yoke, by Ivan Vazov
Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie
The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women, by Elizabeth Norton
Many Grains of Sand, by Liz Castro
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
Facing Fate: The Good Companion, by Nick Abadzis et al

Next books
Doctor Who: The Star Beast, by Gary Russell
Recollections of Virginia Woolf by Her Contemporaries, by Joan Russell Noble
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka

Sunday reading

Current
Under the Yoke, by Ivan Vazov
Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie
The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women, by Elizabeth Norton

Last books finished
The Girl in the Road, by Monica Byrne
The J.R.R. Tolkien Miscellany, by Robert S. Blackham
One Foot in Laos, by Dervla Murphy 

Next books
Many Grains of Sand, by Liz Castro
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka

Sunday reading

Current
The Girl in the Road, by Monica Byrne
One Foot in Laos, by Dervla Murphy 
The J.R.R. Tolkien Miscellany, by Robert S. Blackham

Last books finished
Dalek, by Billy Sequire
All Things Made New, by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Next books
Three Plays, by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women, by Elizabeth Norton

Sunday reading

Current
All Things Made New, by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Last books finished
The Hand of Fear, by Simon Bucher-Jones
My Real Children, by Jo Walton 
Doctor Who: Dalek, by Rob Shearman
Eldrad Must Live! by Bob Baker, Stephen B. Scott,  Andrew Orton and Colin Brockhurst

Next books
The J.R.R. Tolkien Miscellany, by Robert S. Blackham
Dalek, by Billy Sequire
The Girl in the Road, by Monica Byrne

Sunday reading

Current
My Real Children, by Jo Walton 

Last books finished
Cart and Cwidder, by Diana Wynne Jones
Life Ceremony, by Sayaka Murata
Facing Fate: Vortex Butterflies, by Nick Abadzis et al
The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope
Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara, by Terrance Dicks
Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System, by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara, by David Fisher
The Road to Amber, by Roger Zelazny
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear, by Terrance Dicks

Next books
All Things Made New, by Diarmaid MacCulloch
The Girl in the Road, by Monica Byrne
The Hand of Fear, by Simon Bucher-Jones

Sunday reading

Current
Cart and Cwidder, by Diana Wynne Jones
Life Ceremony, by Sayaka Murata
The Road to Amber, by Roger Zelazny

Last books finished
No, But I Saw the Movie, ed. David Wheeler
Winter, by Ali Smith
Politics: Between The Extremes, by Nick Clegg
Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett
Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis

Next books
Facing Fate: Vortex Butterflies, by Nick Abadzis et al
All Things Made New, by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System, by Nick Montfort

Sunday reading

Current
No, But I Saw the Movie, ed. David Wheeler 
Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis 
Winter, by Ali Smith

Last books finished
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, by Adam Rutherford
Earthshock, by Brian J. Moss
“Even the Queen” by Connie Wilis
The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos, by James F. McGrath

Next books
Politics: Between The Extremes, by Nick Clegg 
Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett
Life Ceremony, by Sayaka Murata

Sunday reading

Current
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, by Adam Rutherford
No, But I Saw the Movie, ed. David Wheeler 

Last books finished
Fate, by Zhao Haohui
2024, by Robert Durward 
About Time 9, by Tat Wood and Dorothy Ail
Doctor Who: Earthshock, by Ian Marter

Next books
Earthshock, by Brian J. Moss
Politics: Between The Extremes, by Nick Clegg 
“Even the Queen” by Connie Wilis

Sunday reading

Current
About Time 9, by Tat Wood and Dorothy Ail
Fate, by Zhao Haohui
2024, by Robert Durward

Last books finished
Nine Black Doves – Volume 5: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny
Facing Fate: Breakfast at Tyranny’s, by Nick Abadzis et al
Locklands, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Living with the Gods, by Neil MacGregor
A Life of My Own, by Claire Tomalin

Next books
Doctor Who: Earthshock, by Ian Marter
No, But I Saw the Movie, ed. David Wheeler
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, by Adam Rutherford

Sunday reading

Current
Nine Black Doves – Volume 5: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny
Living with the Gods, by Neil MacGregor
A Life of My Own, by Claire Tomalin
Facing Fate: Breakfast at Tyranny’s, by Nick Abadzis et al
Locklands, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Last books finished
Shorefall, by Robert Jackson Bennett
What Not: A Prophetic Comedy, by Rose Macaulay
Leave Me Alone, by Murong Xuecun

Next books
About Time 9, by Tat Wood
2024, by Robert Durward
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, by Adam Rutherford

Sunday reading

Current
Nine Black Doves – Volume 5: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny
Living with the Gods, by Neil MacGregor
Shorefall, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Last books finished
Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars, by Catherine Clinton
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, by Steven Moffat
Foundryside, by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Day of the Doctor, by Alasdair Stuart
Rupetta, by N.A. Sulway
Death Notice, by Zhou Haohui

Next books
Facing Fate: Breakfast at Tyranny’s, by Nick Abadzis et al
A Life of My Own, by Claire Tomalin
What Not: A Prophetic Comedy, by Rose Macaulay

Sunday reading

Current
Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars, by Catherine Clinton
Rupetta, by N.A. Sulway
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, by Steven Moffat

Last books finished
Letters from Klara, by Tove Jansson
Ocean’s Echo, by Everina Maxwell
The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd
Extraction Point, by MG Harris
The Night of the Doctor, by James Cooray Smith

Next books
The Day of the Doctor, by Alasdair Stuart
Nine Black Doves – Volume 5: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny
Living with the Gods, by Neil MacGregor

Sunday reading

Current
The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd
Extraction Point, by MG Harris
Ocean’s Echo, by Everina Maxwell
Letters from Klara, by Tove Jansson

Last books finished
Keats and Chapman Wryed Again, by Steven A. Jent
A Doctor in the House?, by Jody Houser et al
The Bruising of Qilwa, by Naseem Jamnia

Next books
The Night of the Doctor, by James Cooray Smith
A Brief History of The Hobbit, by John D. Rateliff
Rupetta, by N.A. Sulway

Sunday reading

Current
The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd
“Doctor Who: Doom’s Day”
Keats and Chapman Wryed Again, by Steven A. Jent

Last books finished
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
DALEKS, ed. Marcus Hearn
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey Through Virtual Reality, by Jaron Lanier
War of the Gods, by Nick Abadzis et al

Next books
Extraction Point, by MG Harris
Letters from Klara, by Tove Jansson
Rupetta, by N.A. Sulway

Sunday reading

Current
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey Through Virtual Reality, by Jaron Lanier

Last books finished
Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk
Arachnids in the UK, by Sam Maleski
Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman: Including the Brother, by Flann O’Brien
Monstress vol. 7: Devourer, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, by Kyle Buchanan (did not finish)
“Beggars in Spain”, by Nancy Kress
Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?, ed. Mick O’Hare
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, by Wil Wheaton
Major Matt Mason: Moon Mission, by George S. Elrick
The Return of Eva Perón with the Killings in Trinidad, by V. S. Naipaul
DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, and Zid

Next books
War of the Gods, by Nick Abadzis et al
Keats and Chapman Wryed Again, by Steven A. Jent
The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd

Sunday reading

Current
Autism Spectrum Disorders Through the Lifespan, by Digby Tantam 
The Man Who Died Twice, by Richard Osman
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, by Catherynne M. Valente
Doctor Who – The Stones of Blood, by David Fisher

Last books finished
Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn (did not finish)
Collision Course, by Robert Silverberg / Nemesis from Terra, by Leigh Brackett
Love and Mr Lewisham, by H.G. Wells
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, by Charlie Jane Anders
Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion, by Peter Harness
Gifted Amateurs and Other Essays, by David Bratman
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood, by Terrance Dicks
Nettle and Bone, by “T. Kingfisher”

Next books
The Stones of Blood, by Katrin Thier
A Rumor of Angels, by Dale Bailey
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver

Sunday reading

Boosted by 24 hours on a boat with little else to do…

Current
Collision Course, by Robert Silverberg / Nemesis from Terra, by Leigh Brackett
Gifted Amateurs and Other Essays, by David Bratman
Love and Mr Lewisham, by H.G. Wells

Last books finished
The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik
Sins of the Father, by Nick Abadzis et al
Akata Woman, by Nnedi Okorafor
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely and Matheus Lopes
A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L’Engle
Representatives of the People?: Parliamentarians and Constituents in Modern Democracies, ed. Vernon Bogdanor
The Outcast, by Louise Cooper
Falling to Earth, by Al Worden
The Shadow Man, by Sharon Bidwell

Next books
Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion, by Peter Harness
Autism Spectrum Disorders Through the Life Span, by Digby Tantam
The Man Who Died Twice, by Richard Osman

Sunday reading

Current
The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik
Representatives of the People?: Parliamentarians and Constituents in Modern Democracies, ed. Vernon Bogdanor
The Outcast, by Louise Cooper
Falling to Earth, by Al Worden

Last books finished
The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran
Tofu Brains: Life on Zeeta 21, by Lars Koch
There Will Be War Volume X, ed. Jerry Pournelle (did not finish)
Doctor Who – The Awakening, by Eric Pringle
Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora and Tamara Bonvillain
The Awakening, by David Evans-Powell
One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies, by S.E. Gillingham
Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut
Knights of God, by Richard Cooper

Next books
Sins of the Father, by Nick Abadzis et al
Autism Spectrum Disorders Through the Life Span,by Digby Tantam
Love and Mr Lewisham, by H.G. Wells

Sunday reading

Current
Tofu Brains: Life on Zeeta 21, by Lars Koch
One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies, by S.E. Gillingham
There Will Be War Volume X, ed. Jerry Pournelle
Doctor Who – The Awakening, by Eric Pringle

Last books finished
Nant Olchfa, by Amy Dillwyn
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin, by Terrance Dicks
Drawing Boundaries, eds John C. Courtney, Peter MacKinnon and David E. Smith (did not finish)
The Drowning Girl, by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Partitions irlandaises, by Vincent Baily and Kris
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
The Deadly Assassin, by Andrew Orton
Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie
Whose Body?, by Dorothy L. Sayers

Next books
The Awakening, by David Evans-Powell
Representatives of the People?: Parliamentarians and Constituents in Modern Democracies, by Vernon Bogdanor
Falling to Earth, by Al Worden

Sunday reading

Current
The Drowning Girl, by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Last books finished
In the Serpent’s Wake, by Rachel Hartman
Ancient, Ancient, by Kiini Ibura Salaam
Jill, by Amy Dillwyn
The Popes and Sixty Years of European Integration
How to End Russia’s War on Ukraine, by Timothy Ash et al
Jill and Jack, by Amy Dillwyn
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep, ed. Paula Guran
Blackpool Remembered, by John Collier
Saga, Vol. 10 by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan

Next books
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin, by Terrance Dicks
Drawing Boundaries: Legislature, Court and Electoral Values, eds. John C. Courtney, Peter MacKinnon, David E. Smith 
Partitions irlandaises, by Vincent Baily and Kris

Sunday reading

Current
Ancient, Ancient, by Kiini Ibura Salaam
In the Serpent’s Wake, by Rachel Hartman
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep, ed. Paula Guran
Blackpool Remembered, by John Collier

Last books finished
Amy Dillwyn, by David Painting
The Memory Librarian, ed. Janelle Monáe
After the War: How to Keep Europe Safe, by Paul Taylor
Atlantis Fallen, by C.E. Murphy
The Cider House Rules, by John Irving
Arena of Fear, by Nick Abadzis et al
A Burglary, or, Unconscious Influence, by Amy Dillwyn

Next books
The Shadow Man, by Sharon Bidwell
Electoral Laws and Their Political Consequences, by Bernard Grofman (if I can find it)
Partitions irlandaises, by Vincent Baily and Kris

Sunday reading

Current
The Cider House Rules, by John Irving
The Memory Librarian, by Janelle Monáe
Atlantis Fallen, by C.E. Murphy

Last books finished
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, by Jessica Bruder
Chloe Arguelle, by Amy Dillwyn

Next books
Arena of Fear, by Nick Abadis et al
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep, by Elizabeth Bear
Ancient, Ancient, by Kiini Ibura Salaam