I had some health stuff to deal with in January, which kinda skewed how I read over the month. Sharing "The Dark is Rising" with my partner was great; we listened to a radio play version during the height of the pandemic, and we both really appreciated getting the whole text.
Victoria Goddard's writing continues to entertain and "The Return of Fitzroy Angursell was great to read and made me happy. I really enjoy the way Fitzroy fully abandons himself to the adventure and so adventure embraces him back.
I also reread the first three of the Wayfarers books by Becky Chambers. I was thinking about the emotional intelligence that you find in "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" and that it would probably be soothing post health stuff. These books have excellent examples ways to approach the differences between people and cultures, but they are a little bit clunky to read and end up with a real "and then" structure where things feel disjointed between scenes and characters.
I'm on the mend so blogging should slowly start again now.
Stats for January
Reading Stats
| Books Read - 11 | Pages Read - 3533 |
The Books
January 2025 CoversAuthors
Unique Authors: 5
Author - books read - pages read
| Anna Lee Huber - 3 - 1140 | Becky Chambers - 3 - 1156 |
| Iona Whishaw - 1 - 409 | Susan Cooper - 1 - 363 |
| Victoria Goddard - 3 - 465 |
January 2025 Author CloudPublication Decade
| 1970s - 1 | 2010s - 6 |
| 2020s - 4 |
Source
| Audible - 3 | Kobo - 3 |
| Libby - 4 | Libro.fm - 1 |
Formats
| Audiobook - 5 | eBook - 6 |
