Well, well, well. Look at me, doing a book tag. I guess I technically haven’t been tagged in this, and in turn am tagging no one, but I’m still going to answer the questions. I’m crazy like that.

First, some quick statistics:

• Books Read: 64
• Pages Read: 22908
• Series Started: 18
• Series Completed: 10

Now, onto those questions (the full list of which I have liberally pilfered from Athena (OneReadingNurse). Check out the link for her own answers.

The Best Book I’ve Read So Far

Surprisingly, it’s a fantasy book. I loved Leo Carew’s The Cuckoo, and wrote a little about the series over at the aforementioned Athena’s blog.

The Best Sequel I’ve Read So Far

If we disqualify The Cuckoo, then it has to be Descendant Machine, by Gareth L. Powell. From a mediocre first book to a very good second one, this is also a contender for biggest surprise of the year so far.

A New Release I Haven’t Read But Want To

Children of Memory, by Adrian Tchaikovsky has been on my TBR for a few months now, and it only becomes more enticing with each passing day.

Most Anticipated Release For The Second Half Of The Year

There’s a couple, but rising to the top of the list is Creation Node, by Stephen Baxter, whose work I’ve fallen in love with this year.

Biggest Disappointment

Can I put all of January in as a whole? I spent the month slogging through a lot of rough books. The Isaac’s Universe trilogy of anthologies was probably the most disappointing of the lot though.

Biggest Surprise

Finding an H. Beam Piper book in the wild. Shout out to Any Amount of Books in London for their well-stocked shelves.

Favourite New Author

I think it has to be Edmond Hamilton, based on The Star Kings being a stone-cold classic of space opera.

Newest Fictional Crush

You, uh, you do realise they’re just words on paper, right?

Book That Made Me Cry

I’ll let you know if it ever happens. Closest I’ve come is the cold existential dread of Stephen Baxter.

Book That Made Me Happy

Silent Storm, by troy Denning. Proof that I was right to get into Halo novels. Everybody likes vindication.

Most Beautiful Book

The War of the Worlds, by HG Wells. Specifically the audio version. David Harewood’s voice is just so incredibly soothing.

Books I Need To Read This Year

That Star Trek TBR isn’t going to read itself, now is it?

Favourite Book Community Member

There’s only one way to answer this. My favourite book community member is YOU! Thanks for reading.