What I’m Reading in 2021

2020 was a challenge. While my goal has always been reading 52 books a year, I used to read far more than that. As a reviewer, it was almost like a job. The last few years, I’ve been hovering around 57. I think this is going to be my last year chasing a book a week. I’m 55 years old. It’s time to slow down, to really immerse myself in what I’m reading. Review copies, because of COVID, have been few and far between. It’s time to start looking toward solely reading for pleasure again.

1. Berkeley Noir, edited by Jerry Thompson & Owen Hill
2. Centralia by Amodia, Bunn, Cesare, Hicks, Keene, & Quinn
3. The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun by JRR Tolkien
4. Tales of Norse Mythology by Helen A, Guerber
5. A Means to Freedom: The Letters of HP Lovecraft & Robert E Howard: 1933-1936
6. The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
7. Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost
8. The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, translated by Jackson Crawford
9. Fire & Blood by George RR Martin
10. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
11. The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman
12. The Magical Battle of Britain by Dion Fortune
13. The Viking Spirit by Daniel McCoy
14. Weird Indiana by James Willis, Mark Marimen, and Troy Taylor
15. Tales of Yog-Sothoth by Davenport, Hambling, Phipps, West, & Wilson
16. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts — The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes
17. The Way of Fire and Ice — The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism by Ryan Smith
18. The Vikings — A History by Robert Ferguson
19. Odin — The Origins, History and Evolution of the Norse God by Jesse Harasta
20. Trudvang Adventures Setting Companion
21. Trudvang Adventures Heroes Companion
22. Rites of Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism by Eric Wodening
23. Mordenkainen’s Candlekeep Collectibles by Grim Press
24. Swordfighting for Writers, Game Designers, and Martial Artists by Guy Windsor
25. Candlekeep Mysteries by Wizards of the Coast
26. Five Torches Deep by Sigil Stone
27. Wyrd by Will Wright
28. Old Norse for Modern Times by Sharpe, Vídalín, & Gillingham