Reading wrap-up, 2024

According to goodreads, I surpassed my goal of 40 books. I managed 42.

I might finish one more before New Year's Day. If I do, I'll count it toward 2025.

This year, I 'discovered' Simon R. Green. Clearly. 😆  I'd seen his name forever. Finally gave his urban fantasy tales a chance. Glad I did.

My top 10 favorite reads of the year;

• A KISS BEFORE THE APOCALYPSE by Thomas E. Sniegoski
  
  
• THE CHRONICLES OF SHAR-PEI by Thomas E. Sniegoski & Mark Masztal
  
  
• SOMETHING FROM THE NIGHTSIDE by Simon R. Green
  
  
• AGENTS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS by Simon R. Green
  
  
• THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN TORC by Simon R. Green
  
  
• JEKYLL & HYDE, INC. by Simon R. Green
  
  
• RIDERS OF THE DEAD by Dan Abnett
  
  
• AIN'T NO WITCH  by John Linwood Grant
  
  
• THE DEMONISTS by Thomas R. Sniegoski
  
  
• THE ICARUS HUNT by Timothy Zahn
  
  
• BLOOD EYE by Giles Kristian
  

The Simplification of 2025

“But that was civilization, so far as Logen could tell. People with nothing better to do, dreaming up ways to make easy things difficult.”

- Joe Abercrombie, THE BLADE ITSELF

 

I know better than to worry about things I can't control. A lot of the macro-level stuff cannot be steered by my rudder. Still, though. There feels like tsunami of late, in the news. Feels like a lot of people with power believe the rest of us are only worth our labor or our capital.

 

I think 2025 will be my year of simplification, where I can. Civilization is a maze. Maybe a few walls can be breached to make the navigation easier.

Time will tell. It always does.