{"id":2456,"date":"2020-02-04T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlinthewild.co.za\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2020-02-04T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T08:08:00","slug":"books-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlinthewild.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/02\/04\/books-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Books of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got sloppy with my book tracking this year, and completely stopped marking what I read on Goodreads part way through the year, hence no full list of what I read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high points of the books read however have to be the Expanse series (Babylon’s Ashes<\/a> and Persepolis Rising<\/a> were read this year). This series just keeps getting better, larger stakes, more problems. Looking forward to the final book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another series that I read that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying is the Starship Mage series. Last year saw the publication of “Sword of Mars<\/a>“, where we find some answers, get a few massive battles and a really tense cliffhanger. Hope the next book comes out soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the last book that I want to call attention to is “All those Explosions were Someone Else’s Fault<\/a>“, which is a hilarious and interesting take on the superhero\/supervillian genre. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will try and do a better job this year of tracking my reading. My goal is again 75 books in a year, and I’m somewhat confident that I can make that number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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