This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Everything’s Archie 31, 72, & 132
JLA 16 & 17
Justice League America 44
Lady Mechanika 2
Nexus 4 – 10
Retief: The Giant Killer
Sad Sack Army Life Parade 41
Star Trek (IDW) 10
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha, & 1 – 5
Time Warp 4
Vision & Scarlet Witch #1
Windhaven OGN
Wonder Woman 274
 
BOOKS:
At Childhood’s End, by Sophie Aldred, COMPLETED.
The Demon Awakens, by R. A. Salvatore, pages 221 – 316.

The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 135 – 154.
Small Teaching, by James M. Lang, pages 28 – 62.
The Quantum Rose, by Catherine Asaro, pages 1 – 153.

SCI-FI MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 1979.

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Adventure Comics 418 & 419
Archie’s Pal Jughead 207 – 212  
Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye 1
Challengers of the Unknown 21, 82 – 87
Justice League of America 185
Magnus Robot Fighter 25
Sad Sack 280
Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes 1 – 6
Time Machine 2002 Collector’s Edition
The Twilight Zone 8
 
BOOKS:
Tarzan the Untamed, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, COMPLETED.
Undeading Bells, by Drew Hayes, COMPLETED.
At Childhood’s End, by Sophie Aldred, pages 188 – 251.
The Demon Awakens, by R. A. Salvatore, pages 165 – 221.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 125 – 135.
Small Teaching, by James M. Lang, pages 1 – 28.

SCI-FI MAGAINE COMPLETED:
Asimov’s Science Fiction, Mid-December 1992.

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie Giant Series 590
Classics Illustrated 105 & 133
Doom 2099 22 & 23
Flash Gordon 1 & 2     
Jughead’s Time Police 1 – 5 
Logan’s Run 1, 3, & 4
Mystery in Space 67
Robin 0, 8 – 11
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1 – 4
Underdog 9
Veronica 72
Weird Science-Fantasy 4
 

BOOKS:
The Demon Awakens, by R. A. Salvatore, pages 80 – 165.
At Childhood’s End, by Sophie Aldred, pages 85 – 188.
Tarzan the Untamed, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, pages 171 – 209.
Undeading Bells, by Drew Hayes, pages 1 – 203.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 110 – 125.

This Week in Reading

COMICS: 
Blade Runner 2029 1 – 10
Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf 1 & 2
House of Slaughter 3
Iron Man 111
Richie Rich Diamonds 12 & 48
Steampunk 1 – 5
Super Friends 45 & 46
Winter World 4 & 5
The X-Files 25 & 26, 35 & 36
 
BOOKS:
Pay Dirt, by Rita Mae Brown, COMPLETED.
The Demon Awakens, by R. A. Salvatore, pages 1 – 80.
At Childhood’s End, by Sophie Aldred, pages 1 – 85.
Tarzan the Untamed, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, pages 141 – 171.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 99 – 110.
 
SCI-FI MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Fantasy & Science Fiction: June 1977

Reading Analysis 2021

I have been keeping track of my annual reading for more than 10 years now. In 2021, I read 63 books, down from the 76 I read in 2020, but just about the same as the 65 from 2019. In 2018, I read 54, and in 2017, I read 56, which compares to 49 in 2016, 50 in 2015, 55 in 2014, 66 in 2013, 75 in 2012, 84 in 2011, 73 in 2010, 80 in 2009, 110 in 2008, and around 140-150 in the few years before that.

This decrease from the mid-2000s is because I listen to an absolute ton of podcasts, which cuts into my reading (and audiobook listening) time. I have also stopped counting graphic novels and comic book collections, after I started listed them weekly on this site, and preparing the monthly Comic Reading Journal episodes. I hope that I can again read 60+ books in 2022, which seems an achievable goal.


I have always been a fan of audio, and 30 of the 63 books I consumed this year were via unabridged audio. 25 were traditional dead-tree books, and another 8 were those newfangled digital e-books.

The 49 novels I read break down as follows: (note that the total exceeds 49, as many books fit into more than one category)
Science Fiction -- 22

Mystery/Thriller -- 13

Fantasy/Horror -- 11 

Religious/Christian -- 5

Historical -- 2 
Young Adult -- 1

The 14 non-fiction works I read break down as follows: (note that the total exceeds 16, as many books fit into more than one category)
Christian/Theology -- 10
Memoir/Biography -- 3

Church History -- 3
Sports/Entertainment -- 3

The Arts -- 1

Business -- 1