{"id":15654,"date":"2023-01-01T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=15654"},"modified":"2024-12-31T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:57:16","slug":"books-2022-missed-it-by-that-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=15654","title":{"rendered":"Books 2022: Missed it by \u2018that\u2019 much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year&#8217;s title:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Books 2021\u2014The Last Year of the Covid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;maybe not. &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These were the words I opened last year&#8217;s book count. Tempting fate much? Just before Xmas this year I caught a wicked cold&#8230; or did I?\u00a0 Ya, it was probably Covid. Or else the wickedest cold with fever I&#8217;ve ever had. 3 years of avoidance and then poof. Sigh.<\/p>\n<p>Relevant to this post? Well it means for the first time ever I will be finishing the year with some unfinished books. My brain has been a puddle and I really couldn&#8217;t make my way through Greg Bear&#8217;s conclusion to his highly philosophical <em>War Dogs<\/em> series. So <em>Take Back the Sky<\/em> will have to wait until 2023 to make it onto the list. I also have two Standard Books works-in-progress (<em>The Blithedale Romance<\/em> and <em>Elmer Gantry<\/em>) that can&#8217;t technically make it to the 2022 count due to fuzz-brain. Instead the last week I have been rereading old stuff who&#8217;s fluffiness suited the state of my brain cells. On the upside it gave me three or four extra titles that I probably wouldn&#8217;t have read in the usual course of events.<\/p>\n<h2>Le List<\/h2>\n<h3>Books 2022<\/h3>\n<h4>January (12)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Hot Gate: III<\/em><\/strong> John Ringo (2011)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Troy Rising<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Blacktongue Thief<\/em><\/strong> Christopher Buehlman (2021)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Blacktongue Thief<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>On Basilisk Station<\/em><\/strong> David Weber (1992)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Honor Harrington<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Honor of the Queen<\/em><\/strong> David Weber (1993)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Honor Harrington<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Short Victorious War<\/em><\/strong> David Weber (1994)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Honor Harrington<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Field of Dishonor<\/em><\/strong> David Weber (1994)<br \/>\nBook 4 of <em>Honor Harrington<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Flag in Exile<\/em><\/strong> David Weber (1995)<br \/>\nBook 5 of <em>Honor Harrington<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>You Sexy Thing<\/em><\/strong> Cat Rambo (2022)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Dangerous Liaisons<\/em><\/strong> Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1782)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Kaiju Preservation Society<\/em><\/strong> John Scalzi (2022)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; from galley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Stone in the Skull<\/em><\/strong> Elizabeth Bear (2017)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Lotus Kingdoms<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Red-Stained Wings<\/em><\/strong> Elizabeth Bear (2019)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Lotus Kingdoms<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February (10)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Origin of Storms<\/em><\/strong> Elizabeth Bear (2022)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Lotus Kingdoms<\/em> \u2013 ebook; from galley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Light From Uncommon Stars<\/em><\/strong> Ryka Aoki (2021)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Leviathan Falls<\/em><\/strong> James S. A. Corey (2021)<br \/>\nBook 9 of <em>Expanse<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Death Before Wicket<\/em><\/strong> Kerry Greenwood (1999)<br \/>\nBook 10 of <em>Phryne Fisher Mysteries<\/em> \u2013 ebook<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Game Beyond<\/em><\/strong> Melissa Scott (1984)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>All the Seas of the World<\/em><\/strong> Guy Gavriel Kay (2022)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; from galley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>All Systems Red<\/em><\/strong> Martha Wells (2017)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Murderbot Diaries<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Artificial Condition<\/em><\/strong> Martha Wells (2018)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Murderbot Diaries<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Rogue Protocol<\/em><\/strong> Martha Wells (2018)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Murderbot Diaries<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Exit Strategy<\/em><\/strong> Martha Wells (2018)<br \/>\nBook 4 of <em>The Murderbot Diaries<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>March (7)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory<\/em><\/strong> Martha Wells (2020)<br \/>\nBook 4.5 of <em>The Murderbot Diaries<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Network Effect<\/em><\/strong> Martha Wells (2020)<br \/>\nBook 5 of <em>The Murderbot Diaries<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Fugitive Telemetry<\/em><\/strong> Martha Wells (2021)<br \/>\nBook 6 of <em>The Murderbot Diaries<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Last Exit<\/em><\/strong> Max Gladstone (2022)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; from galley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Shards of Earth<\/em><\/strong> Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Final Architecture<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Foundation&#8217;s Edge<\/em><\/strong> Isaac Asimov (1982)<br \/>\nBook 4 of <em>Foundation<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Golf Stories<\/em><\/strong> P.G. Wodehouse (1922)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>April (10)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Eyes of the Void<\/em><\/strong> Adrian Tchaikovsky (2022)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Final Architecture<\/em> \u2013 ebook; from galley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>She Stoops to Conquer<\/em><\/strong> Oliver Goldsmith (1773)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Grief of Stones<\/em><\/strong> Katherine Addison (2022)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Cemeteries of Amalo<\/em> \u2013 ebook; from galley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Night Train to Rigel<\/em><\/strong> Timothy Zahn (2005)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Quadrail<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Away with the Fairies<\/em><\/strong> Kerry Greenwood (2001)<br \/>\nBook 11 of <em>Phryne Fisher Mysteries<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Jade Legacy<\/em><\/strong> Fonda Lee (2021)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Green Bone Saga<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Library of the Dead<\/em><\/strong> T. L. Huchu (2021)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Edinburgh Nights<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Phoenix Guards<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1991)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Phoenix Guard<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments<\/em><\/strong> T. L. Huchu (2022)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Edinburgh Nights<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Five Hundred Years After<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1994)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Phoenix Guard<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>May (20)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Five Hundred Years After<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1994)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Phoenix Guard<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Paths of the Dead<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2002)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Viscount of Adrilankha<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Lord of Castle Black<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2002)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Viscount of Adrilankha<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Sethra Lavode<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2003)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Viscount of Adrilankha<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Jhereg<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1983)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Yendi<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1884)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Teckla<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1987)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Taltos<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1988)<br \/>\nBook 4 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Phoenix<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1990)<br \/>\nBook 5 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Athyra<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1993)<br \/>\nBook 6 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Orca<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1996)<br \/>\nBook 7 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Dragon<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (1998)<br \/>\nBook 8 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Issola<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2001)<br \/>\nBook 9 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Dzur<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2006)<br \/>\nBook 10 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Jhegaala<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2008)<br \/>\nBook 11 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Iorich<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2010)<br \/>\nBook 12 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tiassa<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2011)<br \/>\nBook 13 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Hawk<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2014)<br \/>\nBook 14 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Vallista<\/em><\/strong> Steven Brust (2017)<br \/>\nBook 15 of <em>Vlad Taltos<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Six of Crows<\/em><\/strong> Leigh Bardugo (2015)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Six of Crows<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>June (17)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Crooked Kingdom<\/em><\/strong> Leigh Bardugo (2016)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Six of Crows<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Sword of the Lamb<\/em><\/strong> M.K. Wren (1981)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Phoenix Legacy<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Shadow of the Swan<\/em><\/strong> M.K. Wren (1981)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Phoenix Legacy<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>House of the Wolf<\/em><\/strong> M.K. Wren (1981)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Phoenix Legacy<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Prince of Fools<\/em><\/strong> Mark Lawrence (2014)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Red Queen&#8217;s War<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Liar&#8217;s Key<\/em><\/strong> Mark Lawrence (2015)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Red Queen&#8217;s War<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Wheel of Osheim<\/em><\/strong> Mark Lawrence (2016)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Red Queen&#8217;s War<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Sounding Dark<\/em><\/strong> Jo Graham (2021)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Calpurnian Wars<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Dauntless<\/em><\/strong> Jack Campbell (2006)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Lost Fleet<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Fearless<\/em><\/strong> Jack Campbell (2007)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Lost Fleet<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Courageous<\/em><\/strong> Jack Campbell (2007)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Lost Fleet<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Valiant<\/em><\/strong> Jack Campbell (2008)<br \/>\nBook 4 of <em>The Lost Fleet<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Relentless<\/em><\/strong> Jack Campbell (2009)<br \/>\nBook 5 of <em>The Lost Fleet<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Victorious<\/em><\/strong> Jack Campbell (20010)<br \/>\nBook 6 of <em>The Lost Fleet<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Rabbits<\/em><\/strong> Terry Miles (2021)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Scholar<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2011)<br \/>\nBook 4 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Princeps<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2012)<br \/>\nBook 5 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>July (12)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Imager&#8217;s Battalion<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2013)<br \/>\nBook 6 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Busy Doing Nothing: 51 days from Japan to Canada<\/em><\/strong> Rekka Bellum &amp; Devine Lu Linvega (2021)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Antiagon Fire<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2013)<br \/>\nBook 7 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Regis Rex<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2014)<br \/>\nBook 8 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Madness in Solidar<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2015)<br \/>\nBook 9 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Thursday Murder Club: a Novel<\/em><\/strong> Richard Osman (2020)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> \u2013 ebook<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Valiant Dust<\/em><\/strong> Richard Baker (2017)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Breaker of Empires<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Restless Lightning<\/em><\/strong> Richard Baker (2018)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Breaker of Empires<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Orders of Battle<\/em><\/strong> Marko Kloos (2020)<br \/>\nBook 7 of <em>Frontlines<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Centers of Gravity<\/em><\/strong> Marko Kloos (2022)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Frontlines<\/em> \u2013 ebook; from galley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Treachery&#8217;s Tools<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2016)<br \/>\nBook 10 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Scornful Stars<\/em><\/strong> Richard Baker (2019)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Breaker of Empires<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>August (13)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Assassin&#8217;s Price<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2017)<br \/>\nBook 11 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Endgame<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2019)<br \/>\nBook 12 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Vic&#8217;s Vultures<\/em><\/strong> Scott Warren (2016)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Union Earth Privateers<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Conscious Lovers<\/em><\/strong> Richard Steele (1722)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>A Blessing of Unicorns<\/em><\/strong> Elizabeth Bear (2020)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Sub-Inspector Ferron Mysteries<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Man Who Died Twice<\/em><\/strong> Richard Osman (2021)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> \u2013 ebook<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Murder in Montparnasse<\/em><\/strong> Kerry Greenwood (2002)<br \/>\nBook 12 of <em>Phryne Fisher Mysteries<\/em> \u2013 ebook<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Trouble and Her Friends<\/em><\/strong> Melissa Scott (1994)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Imager<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2009)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Imager&#8217;s Challenge<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2009)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Imager&#8217;s Intrigue<\/em><\/strong> L.E. Modesitt (2010)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Imager Portfolio<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Revolt 2100<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1953)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns<\/em><\/strong> Elizabeth Bear (2017)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Sub-Inspector Ferron Mysteries<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>September (8)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Tunnel in the Sky<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1955)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1955)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Rolling Stones<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1952)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I will Fear No Evil<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1970)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Stranger in a Strange Land<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1961)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Methuselah&#8217;s Children<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1958)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Time Enough For Love<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1973)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ancillary Justice<\/em><\/strong> Ann Leckie (2013)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Imperial Radch<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>October (7)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Ancillary Sword<\/em><\/strong> Ann Leckie (2014)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Imperial Radch<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ancillary Mercy<\/em><\/strong> Ann Leckie (2015)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Imperial Radch<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>A Deadly Education<\/em><\/strong> Naomi Novik (2022)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Scholomance<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Bullet that Missed<\/em><\/strong> Richard Osman (2022)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> \u2013 ebook<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>War Dogs<\/em><\/strong> Greg Bear (2015)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>War Dogs<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Spare Man<\/em><\/strong> Mary Robinette Kowal (2022)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Lies of Locke Lamora<\/em><\/strong> Scott Lynch (2006)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Locke Lamora<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>November (8)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Midnight Riot<\/em><\/strong> Ben Aaronovitch (2011)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Rivers of London<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Killing Titan<\/em><\/strong> Greg Bear (2015)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>War Dogs<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Terminal Peace<\/em><\/strong> Jim C. Hines (2022)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Janitors of the Post-Apolcalypse<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Bayern Agenda<\/em><\/strong> Dan Moren (2019)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Galactic Cold War<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Dance with the Devil<\/em><\/strong> Kit Rocha (2022)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Mercenary Librarians<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Empress of Salt and Fortune<\/em><\/strong> Nghi Vo (2020)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>The Singing Hills Cycle<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Moon Over Soho<\/em><\/strong> Ben Aaronovitch (2011)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Rivers of London<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Practice Effect<\/em><\/strong> David Brin (1984)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>December (12)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>March Upcountry<\/em><\/strong> David Weber &amp; John Ringo (2001)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Empire of Man<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>March to the Sea<\/em><\/strong> David Weber &amp; John Ringo (2001)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Empire of Man<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>March to the Stars<\/em><\/strong> David Weber &amp; John Ringo (2002)<br \/>\nBook 3 of <em>Empire of Man<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>We Few<\/em><\/strong> David Weber &amp; John Ringo (2005)<br \/>\nBook 4 of <em>Empire of Man<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Atlas Six<\/em><\/strong> Olivie Blake (2021)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Atlas<\/em> \u2013 ebook;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Man Who Sold the Moon<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1950)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Orphans of the Sky<\/em><\/strong> Robert A. Heinlein (1941)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tiger Burning Bright<\/em><\/strong> Marion Zimmer Bradley &amp; Andre Norton &amp; Mercedes Lackey (1995)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Goblin Emperor<\/em><\/strong> Katherine Addison (2014)<br \/>\n\u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Captain Vorpatril&#8217;s Alliance<\/em><\/strong> Lois McMaster Bujold (2012)<br \/>\nBook 12 of <em>Miles Vorkosigan<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Old Man&#8217;s War<\/em><\/strong> John Scalzi (2005)<br \/>\nBook 1 of <em>Old Man&#8217;s War<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Ghost Brigades<\/em><\/strong> John Scalzi (2006)<br \/>\nBook 2 of <em>Old Man&#8217;s War<\/em> \u2013 ebook; reread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(&#40;\\<br \/>\n(-.-)<br \/>\no_(&#8220;)(&#8220;)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Show me the numbers!<\/h4>\n<p>Total read: <strong>136<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">rereads 84<br \/>\n11.33 books\/month<br \/>\n2.6 books\/week<br \/>\n.372 books\/day<\/p>\n<p>Books by women: 38 (23\/52 new books)<br \/>\nNon SF\/Fantasy: 9<br \/>\nOldest 1722 (<em>The Conscious Lovers<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h3>Of Note<\/h3>\n<p>These books made a real impression on me in 2022:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T. L. Huchu&#8217;s\u00a0 Edinburgh Nights series \u2014a magically talented youngster on the down and out making her way through the world with her side-hustles.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Blacktongue Thief<\/em> by Christopher Buehlman \u2014 classic thief fantasy but I really enjoyed it.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Empress of Salt and Fortune<\/em> by Nghi Vo \u2014 a novella where the story of a recently dead queen is told by\/to an itinerant monk whose job it is to record history. Looking forward to future books in the series.<\/li>\n<li><em>Light From Uncommon Stars<\/em> by Ryka Aoki \u2014 I don&#8217;t know what to say. It deserves all the accolades it&#8217;s received. It would be a hard sell to anyone based on a synopsis but it does everything it tries to do \u2014 supremely well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mysteries and Procedurals<\/h3>\n<p>I also expanded my foray into non-sf\/fantasy by adding in a few more series of mysteries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kerry Greenwood&#8217;s Phryne Fischer \u2014 I am still plugging my way through these. Fun fluff.<\/li>\n<li>Richard Osman&#8217;s The Thursday Murder Club series \u2014 we became big Richard Osman&#8217;s fans by watching his unlikely TV show <em>Richard Osman&#8217;s House of Games<\/em>. So when I saw he had written a book, and a murder mystery at that I immediately got it for L. Then I read it <em>and<\/em> the follow ups. Delightful in that British sort of way.<\/li>\n<li>Ben Aaronovitch&#8217;s\u00a0 Rivers of London series \u2014 speaking of British. L had taken Book One of this series from the library and I happened to read the synopsis: \u201c<i>Midnight Riot\u00a0<\/i>is what would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz. It is a hilarious, keenly imagined caper.\u201d Not, as it turns out, a very accurate description but it is funny, very British and the kind of writing that keeps making you go &#8220;ooh, that&#8217;s clever&#8221; Technically fantasy though&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"war-dogs\">Some Meh<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;d read <em>War Dogs<\/em> by Greg Bear years ago and remembered being disappointed by its ending. Turns out that&#8217;s because it was a book 1 of a series. Who knew? But trying to get through the sequels has been a slog and I think I might have been better off with leaving it alone.<\/p>\n<p>L had wanted to read Mary Robinette Kowal&#8217;s latest <em>The Spare Man<\/em> despite my warning that the Lady Astronaut series was an anomaly for her. I should have taken my own advice. The very epitome of <em>meh<\/em>. Not bad, but not really my schtick \u2014 as I knew it wouldn&#8217;t be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I took a look at another self published author: Scott Warren and the first book in a series: <em>Vic&#8217;s Vultures.\u00a0<\/em>I won&#8217;t condemn it outright and I might give book 2 a go when I am feeling generous but man, oh man this is the kind of situation where you would see a professional editor shine. The book really, really needed a good substantive edit and some serious tightening.<\/p>\n<h3>Some Reviews<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking of my opinion, I tried some reviewing this year by signing up for NetGalley and then building a sub-site to host my critical pretensions: <a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/books\/\">https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/books\/<\/a> Check it out if you are bored \u2014 I only managed 13 reviews before life kicked in. Hopefully I will take it up again in 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>A Side Note<\/h3>\n<p><em>Busy Doing Nothing: 51 days from Japan to Canada<\/em> by Rekka Bellum &amp; Devine Lu Linvega is another self-published work I read. I met these two &#8220;virtually&#8221; back in 2015 and since then they took their 33-foot sailboat down to Mexico, across to Polynesia, up to Japan and back home to Victoria. The book is their story of the long trip home from Japan. A great read that really captures the highs and lows of long-distance cruising (at least as far as I can tell from other reading&#8230;I&#8217;m not that crazy). We got to meet them in person up in Desolation Sound this spring and they really are a fascinating pair. (<a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrabbits.itch.io\/busy-doing-nothing\">https:\/\/hundredrabbits.itch.io\/busy-doing-nothing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3>In Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>I swore I had read more new books and I really would have sworn I read more books by women. But I think all the series rereads I did (e.g. Honor Harrington, Vlad Taltos, The Lost Fleet, The Imager Portfolio, The Empire of Man \u2014 that&#8217;s almost 50 books there) skewed both of those numbers.\u00a0 But as noted above, if you only count new books I did come close to 50% on women authors.<\/p>\n<p>Why do I care? I don&#8217;t particularly. Many, many of the favourite authors from my my youth were (or turned out to be) women. But I think that actually worked against me and I&#8217;ve assumed they made up a large chunk of the writers I consume. Turns out all this counting\u00a0 has proven me very, very wrong on that point. I occasionally rebel (in my head) against the real effort towards diversity that sf\/fantasy publishers are consciously making these days and a bit of counting goes a long way to proving they&#8217;re right and I&#8217;m wrong. Thank you <em>Sesame Street<\/em>&#8216;s The Count for a lesson well taught \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>So keep reading, try to ignore the name\/spelling\/gender\/ethnicity or even flavour\/politics\/online persona etc. of the author and trust the publishers, they actually <em>do<\/em> know what they are doing (another strike against self-publishing I guess). There is way, way more good stuff out there than bad.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My fellow book counters: Dr. Leslie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/moreblaze.blogspot.com\/2023\/01\/lets-look-back-at-it-all-shall-we.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 book and music list<\/a> and the one, the only, the original, Earl J. Woods&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earljwoods.com\/2023\/01\/nothing-lasts-forever-books-i-read-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Books I Read in 2022<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Links to previous years\u2019 book count posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=2941\">2012 <\/a>(85)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=5733\">2013 <\/a>(95)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=7902\">2014 <\/a>(106)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=10026\">2015 <\/a>(92)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=11024\">2016 <\/a>(101)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=11814\">2017 <\/a>(120)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=12492\">2018 <\/a>(142)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=13441\">2019 <\/a>(123)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=14227\">2020 <\/a>(112)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=14841\">2021 <\/a>(124)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year&#8217;s title: Books 2021\u2014The Last Year of the Covid Well&#8230;maybe not. &#8230; These were the words I opened last year&#8217;s book count. Tempting fate much? Just before Xmas this year I caught a wicked cold&#8230; or did I?\u00a0 Ya, it was probably Covid. Or else the wickedest cold with fever I&#8217;ve ever had. 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15654"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16269,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions\/16269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}