Books I have read in 2016
Slightly fewer than in 2015, but I easily managed my self-imposed target of two books a month last year, even if I discount graphic novels and non-fiction. I also continued my "one new Pratchett a month" marathon, which sadly I will run out of material for some time this coming year.
I'm not going to write reviews of everything I read, as it would take too long, but the list (for my own record) is as follows:
Tigerman was also very good - Nick Harkaway continues to be one of my favourite authors. I read Bleak House following Dickensian on the telly, and re-read The BFG following the new film. Wars of the Roses was solid Conn Iggulden writing, and The Aeronaut's Windlass was solid Jim Butcher writing - both on form.
Buffy & Angel Season 10's writers are clearly having fun playing in the altered world set up by the end of Season 9, but it seems a bit directionless by comparison. I've not quite got to the end yet though.
I bookended the year with a Star Wars novel. Don't bother with The Force Awakens novelisation; it adds nothing to the film. Allegiance was much better. I read it to satisfy my need for Star Wars while waiting to watch Rogue One, and was very amused to find that the new film uses exactly the same "I have a bad feeling about this" gag! :o)
I'm not going to write reviews of everything I read, as it would take too long, but the list (for my own record) is as follows:
- The Force Awakens (Alan Dean Foster)
- Dragons at Crumbling Castle, Shada, The Dark Side of the Sun, the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy, Dodger's Guide to London, Where's My Cow?, Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (Terry Pratchett)
- Time and Time Again (Ben Elton)
- Tigerman (Nick Harkaway)
- Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
- 1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless (John Lloyd and the QI Elves)
- Angel - The End (Bill Willingham et al)
- Buffy / Angel & Faith Season 10 (Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, Victor Gischler, Will Conrad et al)
- Transformers - ongoing IDW comics (James Roberts, Nick Roche, John Barber et al)
- The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Phil Szostak)
- The Art of Inside Out (Pete Docter et al)
- Wars of the Roses - Stormbird / Trinity / Bloodline (Conn Iggulden)
- The BFG (Roald Dahl)
- The Long Earth / War / Mars / Utopia (Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter)
- Hitman Anders And The Meaning Of It All (Jonas Jonasson)
- The Buffer Girls (Margaret Dickinson)
- The Aeronaut's Windlass (Jim Butcher)
- Star Wars: Allegiance (Timothy Zahn)
Tigerman was also very good - Nick Harkaway continues to be one of my favourite authors. I read Bleak House following Dickensian on the telly, and re-read The BFG following the new film. Wars of the Roses was solid Conn Iggulden writing, and The Aeronaut's Windlass was solid Jim Butcher writing - both on form.
Buffy & Angel Season 10's writers are clearly having fun playing in the altered world set up by the end of Season 9, but it seems a bit directionless by comparison. I've not quite got to the end yet though.
I bookended the year with a Star Wars novel. Don't bother with The Force Awakens novelisation; it adds nothing to the film. Allegiance was much better. I read it to satisfy my need for Star Wars while waiting to watch Rogue One, and was very amused to find that the new film uses exactly the same "I have a bad feeling about this" gag! :o)