Books and reading

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I did not finish my yearly challenge on goodreads. Work kinda did a number on that one, sigh.

And last night I read a graphical novel so that I could get to a prime number of books. No, I am not a nerd. Really. And it's just a coincidence that I've set this year's goal to... a different prime number.

My books for 2024.

Worst fiction book: Tie. I really couldn't chose. A Turn of Light which was gruesomely looooooong as well as dreadful, and Good Morning, Midnight which was stupidly awful. Dishonorable mention to The King-Killing Queen. I probably should have called this a three-way tie.

Worst nonfiction: Nah, not this year. Nothing qualified as "worst", there was some books that were mediocre, but nothing terrible.

Best fiction: not even going to bother trying to pick my fave, I read several excellent books this year and I'm not tired to sort them into good-better-best. So.
The Siverblood Promise(*), We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord, A Flame in the North and its sequel The Fall of Waterstone (*), A Sorceress Comes to Call and all of the several Penric and Desdemona books I read. Yeah, I know, a long list, but I just could not choose! (*) Eagerly awaiting the next books in these series!

Best non-fiction: another tie. Tony Fauci's On Call and Isaac's Storm which might not be a perfect book, but was interesting and captivated me.