Books read in January 2024
Feb. 23rd, 2024 01:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valoiseI've been tracking books that I've read since 2004, but rarely posting here about them. Thought I might keep lists and, perhaps, concise reviews here on a monthly basis. Only six books in January.
The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow
This takes place in a near future California beset by wide-scale climate catastrophes. Possibly one of my favorite things about it was the way it veered from violent conflict a solution.
Solarpunk Creatures
The best thing about this anthology was the international set of authors and editors that brought a truly international set of stories.
Erasmus by Michael Palin
I was familiar with the final voyage of the ships HMS Erasmus and HMS Terror, but Palin provides a deeper dive into the ships and their crews, fleshing out the story with historical research and his own travels to the places visited by these ships during their trips to Antarctica and the last doomed trip to the Arctic. I listened to this as an audiobook.
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
A pleasure to read with humor and great worldbuilding.
Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts
I got this for Christmas and plowed through it right away. Roberts does a good job of maintaining Adams quirkiness, bringing life to one my favorite incomplete DW stories.
Jame's Herriott's Animal Stories
Consumed this as an audiobook while in the car. Nice to visit some of the great stories from the books and tv series.
Michael Palin's Diaries: Travelling to Work, 1988-1998
The last in a series of Palin's published diaries, this time at a point in his career when he was moving away from acting and into more and more travel series. Enjoyed it a lot.
The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow
This takes place in a near future California beset by wide-scale climate catastrophes. Possibly one of my favorite things about it was the way it veered from violent conflict a solution.
Solarpunk Creatures
The best thing about this anthology was the international set of authors and editors that brought a truly international set of stories.
Erasmus by Michael Palin
I was familiar with the final voyage of the ships HMS Erasmus and HMS Terror, but Palin provides a deeper dive into the ships and their crews, fleshing out the story with historical research and his own travels to the places visited by these ships during their trips to Antarctica and the last doomed trip to the Arctic. I listened to this as an audiobook.
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
A pleasure to read with humor and great worldbuilding.
Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts
I got this for Christmas and plowed through it right away. Roberts does a good job of maintaining Adams quirkiness, bringing life to one my favorite incomplete DW stories.
Jame's Herriott's Animal Stories
Consumed this as an audiobook while in the car. Nice to visit some of the great stories from the books and tv series.
Michael Palin's Diaries: Travelling to Work, 1988-1998
The last in a series of Palin's published diaries, this time at a point in his career when he was moving away from acting and into more and more travel series. Enjoyed it a lot.
