02 January 2018

Reading Roundup Wrapup: December 2017

Pick of the month: Otherworld Barbara Vol. 1 by Moto Hagio. This is one of those months where I didn't read any one standout book, so I'm forced to pick from a number of pretty good ones-- in this case, my selection felt like a toss-up between this, More than Meets the Eye, Volume 9 and Goth Opera. I ended up deciding to award originality, so intriguing manga defeats well-executed tie-in fiction.

All books read:
1. Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, Volume 9 by James Roberts
2. Transformers: Redemption by John Barber
3. St. Bernard’s: The Romance of a Medical Student by Æsculapius Scalpel
4. Terra Ignota, Book II: Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
5. The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe
6. Otherworld Barbara Vol. 1 by Moto Hagio
7. Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
8. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game by David Mack
9. Doctor Who: Frozen Beauty by Justin Richards
10. Ambiguity Machines & Other Stories by Vandana Singh
11. Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 6 by Jim Shooter with E. Nelson Bridwell and Otto Binder
12. Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures: Goth Opera by Paul Cornell
13. Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, Mike Tucker, Gary Russell, and Scott Handcock

All books acquired:
1. Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
2. The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance by Ann Radcliffe
3. The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe
4. William Shakespeare Punches a Friggin' Shark and/or Other Stories by Ryan North
5. Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures: Goth Opera by Paul Cornell
6. Justice League: The Detroit Era Omnibus by Gerry Conway, J. M. DeMatteis, Steve Englehart, and Roy Thomas with Dann Thomas
7. Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, Mike Tucker, Gary Russell, and Scott Handcock
8. Staring: How We Look by Rosemarie Garland-Thomas
9. Scarlet Traces, Volume One by Ian Edginton
10. Scarlet Traces, Volume Two by Ian Edginton
11. Collected Twelfth Doctor Comic Strips, Volume 3: Doorway to Hell: Collected Comic Strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Mark Wright
12. Collected Seventh Doctor Comic Strips, Volume 4: Evening’s Empire: Collected Comic Strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Andrew Cartmel, Dan Abnett, Warwick Gray, Marc Platt, and Andy Lane
13. Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith
14. Almost Missed You by Jessica Strawser
15. Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose
16. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
17. Ulysses by James Joyce
18. Secret History of Ireland: “Invasions” by C. Thomas Smith

#8-15 were Christmas gifts from family; #16-18 were from the SantaThing program.

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 657 (up 13)
Books remaining on "To review" list: 25 (up 5)

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