{"id":2380,"date":"2024-12-18T13:33:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/?page_id=2380"},"modified":"2024-12-29T07:40:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T07:40:20","slug":"2024-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For 2024, following the pattern of the last few years, I am not dividing books into separate category lists, but each review line will have a tag or two indicating what kind of book it is, whether listened to as audiobook rather than read as kindle\/paperback, and whether the book was encountered as part of a book club or similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Like 2021-2023, but unlike previous years, I have listed these oldest to most recent rather than most recent at the top).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Foundation&#8217;s Edge<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Galaxy Primes<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Forgotten Beasts of Eld<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Fantasy (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi <\/strong>(4*) &#8230; Fantasy (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sun of Suns <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; SF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Outrun <\/strong>(3*) &#8230; Biography (Grasmere club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leave the World Behind<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mr Midshipman Hornblower<\/strong> (5*) &#8230;Historical fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lieutenant Hornblower<\/strong> (5*) &#8230;Historical fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Genesis<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; Science fiction (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hornblower and the Hotspur<\/strong> (5*) &#8230;Historical fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Three against the Witch World<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Fantasy <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sun of Suns <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; SF (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hornblower and the Atropos<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Warlock of the Witch World<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Happy Return<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Roman Magic<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; YA Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Greyhound <\/strong>(4*) &#8230; HF (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sorceress of the Witch World<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Ship of the Line<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flying Colours<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cuddy<\/strong> (2*) &#8230; HF (Grasmere Club) (Did not finish)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Naked Neanderthal<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Commodore <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lord Hornblower <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Titan<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Queen of Candesce<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; SF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hornblower in the West Indies<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Farmer&#8217;s Wife <\/strong>(1*) &#8230; Biography (Grasmere Club) (Did not finish)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Three-body Problem <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; SF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Temeraire<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Historical Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Perilous Times <\/strong>(4*) &#8230; Fantasy (Sam Read)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Roman Road over the Kirkstone Pass<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ambleside Roman Fort &#8216;Galava&#8217;<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Forest Silver<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF (Grasmere Club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Paper Magician<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Historical Fantasy (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fleet of Worlds<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; SF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sharpe&#8217;s Eagle<\/strong> (45*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Godstone <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Annotated Arabian Nights<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Temeraire<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Historical Fantasy (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mirrorshades<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; SF (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The True Queen<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yellowface<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; Contemporary (Grasmere Club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Dark Forest <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Harkfast <\/strong>(4*) &#8230; HF (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Skyward Inn<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Piece of Cake<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Cone Gatherers<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; HF (Grasmere Club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI 2041 <\/strong>(3*) &#8230; SF \/ Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>China Mountain Zhang<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Companions of Nature<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Poetry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Red Smoking Mirror<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Alternate History (Sam Read)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Cat Who Caught a Killer <\/strong>(3*) &#8230; Contemporary (Grasmere Club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Planet of the Apes<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Science fiction (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>God-Emperor of Dune<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; Science fiction (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Day Tripper<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction (Sam Read)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ship Who Sang<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Badger Book<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ship Who Searched<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The City Who Fought<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Traitor of Redwinter<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Fantasy (Sam Read)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Danny Hanuman and the Quest for the Ancient Sea-Kings<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Memory Police<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ten Thousand Doors of January<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Fantasy (Grasmere Club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thornhedge<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sea of Tranquility<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ravenmaster<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Blue, Beautiful World<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; Science fiction (Sam Read)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Midshipman Bolitho<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charmed Life<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dracula<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Horror (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mixed Magics<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>To Ride Pegasus<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beyond Black<\/strong> (2*) &#8230; Literary (Grasmere Club) (Did not finish)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Pinhoe Egg<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pegasus in Flight<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pegasus in Space<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Destroyers<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; HF (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ship Who Sang<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Science fiction (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nothing But the Rain <\/strong>(4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fire and Hemlock<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ship Who Won<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ship Errant<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heather Hill<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ducks<\/strong> (3*) &#8230; Graphic Contemporary (Grasmere Club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arabella of Mars<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction (TTRPBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arabella and the Battle of Venus<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Green Man&#8217;s Heir <\/strong>(4*) &#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cummerland Talk <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deep Wheel Orcadia<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Dispossessed<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Plutoshine<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Secret Life of the Universe<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Geeky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/strong> (5*) &#8230; Science fiction (Grasmere club)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eversion <\/strong>(5*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Drive<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction (Audio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bander Snatch<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Britannia&#8217;s Innocent<\/strong> (4*) &#8230; HF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rocannon&#8217;s World<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Planet of Exile<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>City of Illusions<\/strong> (5*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Wood at Midwinter<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>All Systems Red<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artificial Condition<\/strong> (4*)&#8230; Science fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 2024, following the pattern of the last few years, I am not dividing books into separate category lists, but each review line will have a tag or two indicating what kind of book it is, whether listened to as audiobook rather than read as kindle\/paperback, and whether the book was encountered as part of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024-reviews\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2024 Reviews<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391,"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2380\/revisions\/2391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/richardabbott.datascenesdev.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}