Books finished in 2024: mid November edition

[vivdunstan]

Finished loads more books, and just wrapped up my 50th book of the year. I'd set a very modest Goodreads reading goal of 25 books this year. I knew I was intending to read a lot of lengthy books. But I've more than doubled it.

Among the new books, Steeple Chasing was a fun glimpse into church architecture, history and people. Though probably overlong. It did feel like a slog after a while.

Of course I reread Roger Zelazny's Halloween delight! And enjoyed it as much as every year.

Clanlands, by two Outlander actors (one also a hobbit) was fun, and often really insightful into Scottish history. But overly blokey for me.

Mario's Butt was an entertaining perspective on video game characters and design. Though an easier read for those games I was familiar with, having played myself, or watched Martin play.

The Insomniacs After School manga series continues to be enchanting. I already have the next two volumes in hand, ready to continue reading.

Travis Baldree's followup (well more a prequel) to Legends & Lattes was fun, but didn't quite hit the high spots of his earlier book. But a charming fantasy setting, with added bookshop content.

1. Wenceslas: A Christmas Poem by Carol Ann Duffy
2. The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien
3. The Incomplete Framley Examiner
4. Once Upon A Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire
5. The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
6. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
7. What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama
8. The Ghost Cat: 12 decades, 9 lives, 1 cat by Alex Howard
9. Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You edited by Adam Kay
10. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
11. Delicious in Dungeon (manga) volume 1 by Ryoko Kui
12. 50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon by Aaron A. Reed
13. The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
14. Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine
15. The Path of Daggers (Wheel of Time book 8) by Robert Jordan
16. Grognard: Ruminations On 40 Years in Gaming by Loren Wiseman
17. A Blend Of Magic by Kate Kenzie
18. The Tale of Toxic Positivity: A Parody by Beatrix Pottymouth and Paul Magrs
19. Puss in Books: Our best-loved writers on their best-loved cats by Paul Magrs
20. Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying by George Mann and Dan Boultwood
21. Macbeth (Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
22. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
23. The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables by David Bellos
24. Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
25. Sigrid Rides: The Story of an Extraordinary Friendship and An Adventure on Two Wheels by Travis Nelson
26. Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
27. The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls Vol. 1 by Masanari Yuduka
28. London Tide: based on Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend by Ben Power
29. Bridgerton: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
30. Insomniacs After School (manga) volume 1 by Makoto Ojiro
31. The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness
32. Robyn Volume One - No One Above Another (graphic novel) by Simon Birks et al
33. Insomniacs After School (manga) volume 2 by Makoto Ojiro
34. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
35. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
36. Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid
37. Adapting Tolkien: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Seminar. Peter Roe Series XX edited by Will Sherwood
38. Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast’s Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth & the LOTR Fandom by Alan Sisto and Shawn Marchese
39. Insomniacs After School (manga) volume 3 by Makoto Ojiro
40. Fan Phenomena: Game of Thrones edited by Kavita Mudan Finn
41. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
42. Phantasmagoria Special Edition Series #3: M.R. James
43. Phantasmagoria Special Edition Series #2: The Lovecraft Squad
44. The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún (manga) volume 1 by Nagabe
45. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church by Peter Ross
46. A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
47. Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish
48. Things I Learned from Mario's Butt by Laura Kate Dale
49. Insomniacs After School (manga) volume 4 by Makoto Ojiro
50. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree