This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Batman & the Outsiders 5
Clone Conspiracy 1 – 5, & Omega
Dead End Kids #1
Flintstones 23
Forgotten Realms 14 – 25  
Giant-Size Avengers 5
Jughead 170, 177, 188, 192, & 237
Justice League United 1
Marvel Team-Up 43 & 50
Planet Comics #1
Silk 14 – 17
Wonder Woman 232 & 241
Wonder Woman (vol 2) 9
 
BOOKS:
Red, White, & Blood, by Christopher Farnsworth, pages 1 – 115. 
Doctor Who: Hunter’s Moon, by Paul Finch, pages 1 – 54.  
The Story of Christianity, volume 1, by Justo González, pages 225 – 233.

Reading Analysis 2020

I have been keeping track of my annual reading for more than 10 years now. In 2020, I read 76 books, up from the  65 from last year. 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 2021, which seems an achievable goal.

I have always been a fan of audio, and 42 of the 76 books I consumed this year were via unabridged audio. 26 were traditional dead-tree books, and another 8 were those newfangled digital e-books.

The 60 novels I read break down as follows: (note that the total exceeds 60, as many books fit into more than one category)
Mystery/Thriller -- 23
SF -- 20

Religious/Christian -- 10

Young Adult -- 10

Fantasy -- 4
Historical -- 3

The 16 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 -- 7
Memoir/Biography -- 6
The Arts -- 4

Business -- 3

History/Politics -- 2
Sports/Entertainment -- 2

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Amazing Spider-Man 14, 16, 224, 225, & 479
Archie’s Girls Betty & Veronica 7, 15, 17, 18, 21, & 68
Going to the Chapel #1
Lad: The Homecoming #1
Marvel Tales 45
The Prowler 1 – 5
The Spirit: The New Adventures 1 – 3
Star Trek: New Visions 15 – 17 
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes 235
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck 278
Wonder Woman 9 (volume 1)
Wonder Woman 75 – 83, Annual 3
 
BOOKS:
The Stochastic Man, by Robert Silverberg, COMPLETED.
Quarry’s Ex, by Max Allan Collins, COMPLETED.
The Holy Bible, English Standard and World English Versions, COMPLETED.
The Story of Christianity, volume 1, by Justo González, pages 214 – 225.

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie Giant Magazine 249, 251, 521, & 630
Archie’s Pal Jughead Comics 203
Blood Realm 3
Garfield’s Cheesy Holiday Special
Impulse 21
Jughead & Archie Winter Annual 18
Justice League Europe 12
Kill Shakespeare: The Mask of Night 1 – 4
Legion of Super-Heroes 100
Pep Digital 176: Archie’s Christmas Tree Trauma
Power & Glory Holiday Special
Superman: Up in the Sky 4 – 6
US 1 # 10
Vessels 1 – 3   
Wonder Woman 218, 226, 249, & 296
X-Men Legacy 1 – 3, 5 – 8
 
BOOKS:
Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds, by Matt Betts, COMPLETED.
The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. Clarke, COMPLETED.
The Stochastic Man, by Robert Silverberg, pages 116 – 173.
Quarry’s Ex, by Max Allan Collins, pages 1 – 37. 

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Batman 467 – 469
Binky #79
Champion Sports #2
Jonah’s Voyage to Atlantis
Judge Dredd 22 – 30
Klaus & the Crisis in Xmasville
Marvel Comics Presents 74
The O.Z. Books 1 & 2
The Ray 20
Slapstick 1 & 2
Super Goof 8, 13, 23, 27, 29, 31, & 47
Void Walker 4
White Ash 1 – 5
World’s Best Comics: Golden Age Sampler, Silver Age Sampler
 
BOOKS:
Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon, by James Lovegrove, COMPLETED.
Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds, by Matt Betts, pages 1 – 166.
The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. Clarke, pages 1 – 62.
The Story of Christianity, volume 1, by Justo González, pages 199 – 214.
The Stochastic Man, by Robert Silverberg, pages 76 – 116.    

This Week in Reading

COMICS:   
Adventure Comics 462
Banjax #1
Batman & the Outsiders 4
Can’t Kill Cade #1
Chip & Dale 22
Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series 121, 145, & 160
Gangrel the Vampire Warrior
Gangster-Ass Barista #1
Halcyon 1 – 5   
Killtopia 1 & 2
Klaus and the Crying Snowman
Marvel Team-Up #1
Necromancer’s Map #1
Pep Digital 122
Spectacular Spider-Man 168 – 173
V #9
The XII #7
Zorro Year One: Trail of the Fox 1 – 8 
 
BOOKS:
Leave it to Psmith, by P. G. Wodehouse, COMPLETED.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy, COMPLETED.
Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon, by James Lovegrove, pages 36 – 188.
The Stochastic Man, by Robert Silverberg, pages 51 – 76.    

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie Giant Magazine 575
Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists #1
Bete Noir #1
Doctor Doom 9
It Came Out on a Wednesday 13
Green Lantern 119
Ichabod Jones, Monster Hunter #1
Judge Dredd 13 – 21
Justice League of America 171 & 172
Kill Shakespeare: The Tide of Blood 1 – 5
Kona #4
Lobo the Duck #1
The Punisher 53 – 59
Secret Society of Super-Villains 9 & 12
Uncle Scrooge 141, 143, & 147
Wild C.A.T.S Adventures 2, Sourcebook
Zorro #0

BOOKS:
Robotech: The Macross Saga: Force of Arms, by Jack McKinney, COMPLETED.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy, pages 227 – 300.
Leave it to Psmith, by P. G. Wodehouse, pages 77 – 212.
Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon, by James Lovegrove, pages 1 – 36.
The Stochastic Man, by Robert Silverberg, pages 33 – 51.