January 2025 Books and Reading Notes

January was a good month for acquisition, but not a good month for reading.

Acquisitions

1. Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Connor (editors), The Map of Lost Places (Apex Book Company) [2025.01.14]
2. David Estes and Dyrk Ashton, Kraken Rider Z: Thunder Kraken (Wraithmarked Creative, LLC) [2025.01.15]
3. Stephen Leigh, A Fading Sun [2025.01.24]- A gift from the author, received at ConFusion 2025 (inscribed)
4. Stephen Leigh, A Rising Moon [2025.01.24] – A gift from the author, along with the previous books, received at ConFusion 2025. (inscribed)
5. J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle, Heavy are the Stones (Hampton Creek Press) [2025.01.25] – Received as part of an ARC giveaway, by the authors, to the attendees of ConFusion 2025.
6. Brandon Butler (editor), The Science Fiction Tarot (tdotSpec, Inc) [2025.01.25] – An anthology created for a Kickstarter campaign. I picked this up at ConFusion 2025, where Storm Humbert, one of the anthology contributors, had copies for sale. (inscribed)

Reading List

Books

1. Jordan S. Carroll, Speculative Whiteness [2025.01.27]