Fiction log - December 2025

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Fiction books
Douglas Adams, John Lloyd. The Deeper Meaning of Liff
Travis Baldree. Bookshops & Bonedust (e)
Guy Boothby. A Bid for Fortune (e)
Susan Cooper. The Dark Is Rising (re-read)
Susan Cooper. Over Sea, Under Stone (re-read)
Eva Dolan. Long Way Home
Robert Harris. Lustrum (e)
Patrick O'Brian. HMS Surprise
Patrick O'Brian. Master and Commander (re-read)
Patrick O'Brian. Post Captain
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Jules Verne, tr. George Towle. Around the World in Eighty Days (e)

Abandoned
Max Allan Collins. The Pearl Harbor Murders
M Ruth Myers. No Game for a Dame (e)

Picture books
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam (re-read)
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam and the Big Jump (re-read)
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam and the Rocket Ride (re-read)
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam at the Rocket Port (re-read)
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam Is Caught (re-read)
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam Is Lost (re-read)

Non-fiction books
Leonard Nimoy. I Am Not Spock
Eddy Webb. Watson Is Not an Idiot (e)

In progress
James W Loewen. Lies My Teacher Told Me (e)
Keri Smith. Wreck This Journal Everywhere

Abandoned
Niccolo Machiavelli, tr. George Bull. The Prince


Short fiction
Harlan Ellison. "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (e)
Damon Runyon. "Broadway Financier" (e)
Don Zolidis. "How to Survive Being in a Shakespeare Play" (e)

Fanfic, novel-length, in progress
acuteneurosis. We Will Not Wear Chains (Star Wars, canon divergence au)

Fanfic, novella-length
acuteneurosis. "Undisclosed" (Star Wars, canon divergence au) (re-read)
Lanna Michaels. "The Deere Files Podcast Presents: The Heirs of Samuel Westing" (The Westing Game)

Film
Robin Hood
Wicked: For Good

Short film
Christmas Comes But Once a Year

Films partially re-experienced through reaction videos
Diamonds Are Forever
The Hunt for Red October
It's a Wonderful Life
Jurassic Park
Knives Out
Miracle on 34th Street
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Singin' in the Rain
Wicked

Theatre
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Television serials in progress
Babylon 5
Bluey
The Count of Monte Cristo
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (Loose Canon reconstructions where applicable)
Jet Lag s16
The Muppet Show

Television serials partially re-experienced through reaction videos
Babylon 5
Doctor Who

Audio drama in progress
The Hidden Almanac
Zombies, Run!

Web serials in progress
Natural Six

Webcomics
DM of the Rings

In progress
Triangle and Robert (re-read)


Books bought
Freeman Wills Crofts. The Groote Park Murder
Eva Dolan. Long Way Home

Books borrowed
Travis Baldree. Bookshops & Bonedust (e)
Rutger Bregman. Utopia for Realists (e) (returned unread)
Robert Harris. Lustrum (e)
James W Loewen. Lies My Teacher Told Me (e)
Tim Spector. Spoon-Fed (e) (returned unread)
Naoki Urasawa, tr. John Werry. Asadora! volume 4 (returned unread)
Eddy Webb. Watson Is Not an Idiot (e)

Books received as gifts
Nathan T Barling, Michael O'Sullivan. Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs
Keri Smith. Wreck This Journal Everywhere
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam and the Big Jump
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam and the Rocket Ride
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam at the Rocket Port
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam Is Caught
Jack Wassermann, Selma Wassermann, George Rohrer. Moonbeam Is Lost


Top of the to-read pile
Andrew Cartmel, Ben Aaronovitch, Lee Sullivan. Cry Fox (e)