I had something big written up here regarding the situation with my
life for this. But I could not bring myself to press the “Publish”
button…That way drama lies.
This particular range of thoughts will, end up being thrown into my
little black book. You know the one…The one that will never be seen by
anyone.
It’s been so long since I’ve sat down and read a damn book. So in the
last four months, I have read forty-three books. So I’ve read the
fifty listed below:
My “Currently reading” list is going to be where I start 2025:
I’m
actively reading The Horns of Ruin (Not pictured. I forgot to mark it
as in progress), Storm Front, Midnight in Chernobyl, Reed of God and
Wrath of Poseidon. I need to finish The Shadow, Mike Nelson’s Mind Over
Matters, Church of Cowards and The Citadel of Forgotten Myths. I’m
going to treat those as stand alone books. After that, I’ll finish
Prelude to Foundation.
Once I get through Wizard and Glass, I may switch over to audio for
the last five Dark Tower books. The Fargo series by Clive Cussler is
something I will be done with, after Wrath of Poseidon, so that clears
those up.
The Horns of Ruin is a book I snagged once because the cover looked
cool. I did the same thing with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Which I
actually enjoyed. This one, however, I’ve started a couple of times
but still haven’t been able to get it. I just moved it to my Kobo, so
now that Storm Front is done, I guess I’ll get through it.
Upcoming for 2025, I would like to get through the following 30-ish books:
Finish the Dark Tower – Stephen King
Garrrett, PI – Glenn Cook
The Martian – Andy Weir
The Warrior of Mars trilogy – Michael Moorcock
Relic – Alan Dean Foster
The rest of the Derrick Storm/Nikki Heat books by Richard Castle
Make Room Make Room – Harry Harrison
Those
are what I want to read, There will be plenty more random, spur of the
moment books. As much as I didn’t like the Havana Mysteries books, I
might go ahead and read the last few of them. Wheel of time? Eh. I
lost interest about halfway through the sixth book a few years ago.
That series might be relegated to Audio for the next year.
I don’t know about Foundation. I have eyed the series off and on
over the last thirty years, but…Man. I don’t know. I understand that
it is supposed to be some sort of sci-fi masterpiece, but do I have that
kind of dedication? Meh. Seems unlikely.
I’m tempted to write an elementary school level book report for each
book I read in 2025, but I don’t know. That seems like more work than I
want to put into this project. I think I’ll give it a go for Midnight
in Chernobyl. That sounds like an interesting challenge.