This is the post where I’ll gather up the reviews I’ll write this year.
Challenges:
Sci-Fi Experience (1) 12
Just for Fun (12) 9
Graphic novel challenge (12) 30
Women (7) 16
once upon a time (5+1) 5+2
rip (4) 4
January
1, Alfred Bester: The Stars My Destination (experience)
2, Ursula LeGuin: The Planet of Exile (women, experience)
3, C. S. Friedman: Black Sun Rising (fun, women, exprience)
4, John Scalzi: The Android’s Dream (experience)
Comics
1, Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War Omnibus
2, Battlestar Galactica Complete Omnibus vol. 1
TV
1, Orphan Black: season 1
2, Stargate Universe: season 1
February
5, C. J. Cherryh: The Cuckoo’s Egg (women)
6, Seanan McGuire: Discount Armageddon (women)
7, Arthur Byron Cover: Night of the Living Rerun (fun)
Comics
3, Superman/Batman: World’s Finest
4, Project Superpowers Chapter 1, vol 1
March
8, Andy Weir: The Martian
9, Donald Westlake: Hot Rock
10, Kris Nelscott: A Dangerous Road (women)
11, Peter Clines: Ex-Communication (fun)
12, John Scalzi: Redshirts
13, Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars
14, Naomi Novik: Crucible of Gold (women)
15, Peter Clines: Ex-Purgatory
April
16, Cherie Priest: Bloodshot
17, Lois McMaster Bujold: A Civil Campaign
18, A. M. Dellamonica: Blue Magic
Comics
5, John Carter of Mars: Warlord of Mars omnibus
6, Watchmen
7, Before Watchmen: The Comedian
May
19, A. Lee Martinez: Too Many Curses (once)
20, Lois McMaster Bujold: Winterfair Gifts
21, Edgar Rice Burroughs: the Gods of Mars (fun)
22, Tanya Huff: Blood Bank (once)
23, Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Five Diverse Detectives (once, women)
24, A. Lee Martinez: Monster once
Comics
8, Before Watchmen: Ozymandias/Crimson Pirate
9, Before Watchmen: Rorschach
TV
1, Robin of Sherwood: season 1 (Once)
June
25, Terry Pratchett: Night Watch (once)
26, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Warlord of Mars<
27, Nick Drake: Nefertiti: the Book of the Dead (fun)
28, Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly: Shadow unit book 1
29, Tanya Huff: Blood Debt
30, Lois McMaster Bujold: Diplomatic Immunity
31, Fritz Leiber: Swords Against Wizardry
Comics
10, Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/ Dr. Manhattan
11, Ms Marvel: Vol. 1: Best of the Best
TV
Robin of Sherwood: season 2
July
32, Elizabeth Bear: Carnival (women)
33, Edgar Rice Burroughs: Thuvia, Maid of Mars (fun)
Comics:
12, House of M
13, House of M: Fantastic Four / Iron Man
14, Ms Marvel: Vol. 2: Operation Lighting Storm
15, Ms Marvel: Vol. 3: Civil War
16, Ms Marvel: Vol. 4: Monster Mash
17, Ms Marvel: Vol. 5: Secret Invasion
18, Ms Marvel: Vol. 6: Ascension
August
34,Elizabeth Bear: Scardown (Women)
35, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Chessmen of Mars (fun)
36, Fiction River: Moonscapes
Comics
19, Avengers – Kang: Time and Time Again
20, Ms Marvel: Vol. 7: Dark Reign
21, Fables: Legends in exile
22, Ms Marvel: Vol. 8: War of the Marvels
September
37, Kerry Greenwood: Trick or Treat (women)
38, Nancy Kress: Beggars in Spain (women)
39, Elizabeth Bear: Worldwired (women)
40, Terry Pratchett: Making Money
41, Crime spells, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Loren L. Coleman (rip)
42, Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (rip)
43, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Master Mind of Mars (fun)
Comics
23, Ms Marvel: Vol. 9: Best You Can Be
24, New Avengers: Illuminati
October
44, Seanan McGuire: The Winter Long (rip, women)
45, Carol Goodman: The Lake of Dead Languages (women, rip)
46, Kristine Kathryn Rusch ed.: Fiction River special edition: Crime (rip)
47, Donna Leon: Death in a Strange Country (rip, women)
48, Agatha Christie: A Pocket Full of Rye (rip, women)
49, Peter O’Donnell: Modesty Blaise (rip)
50, Kerrie L. Hughes ed.: Fiction River: Hex in the City (rip)
51, Agatha Christie: The Body in the Library
Comics
25, Batman: Detective No. 27
26, Fables vol. 2: Animal Farm
27, Fables vol 3: Storybook Love
November
52, Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Fighting Man of Mars (fun)
53, Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith: The Greyfriar
54, Fiction River: Time Streams
55, Edgar Rice Burroughs: Swords of Mars (fun)
56, Fiction River: Unnatural Worlds
57, Keith R. A. DeCandido: House of Cards
Comics
28, Farscape: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
29, Farscape vol. 2: Strange Detractors
30, Farscape vol. 2: Gone and Back
31, Farscape vol. 4: Tangled Roots
December
58, Agatha Christie: 4:50 from Paddington
59, Steven Brust: Hawk (fun)
60, Liu Cixin: The Three Body Problem
61, Cherie Priest: The Inexplicables (women)
Comics
32, Essential X-Men vol. 7