Reading Scotland 2024
Posted in A L Kennedy, Alan Warner, Fantasy, James Robertson, Reading Reviewed, Science Fiction, Scottish Fiction, Scottish Literature at 12:00 on 21 December 2024
I don’t normally do this year summation thing before Christmas (it offends my sensibilities to do such a thing before the full time span has elapsed) but in this case I don’t think I’ll be adding to the total before New Year.
I seem to have read 26 Scottish books so far this year (the definition of Scottish is loose;) 13 by women and 13 by men. Four were Science Fiction, Fantasy or Fable, two collections of shorter fiction, one was poetry and one was a fictionalised memoir. The links below are to my reviews of those books.
World Out of Mind by J T McIntosh
News of the Dead by James Robertson
The Little Snake by A L Kennedy
Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides by Kevin MacNeil
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
The Second Cut by Louise Welsh
Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
Solution Three by Naomi Mitchison
Not to Disturb by Muriel Spark
Dust on the Paw by Robin Jenkins
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
Queen of Clouds by Neil Williamson
An Apple From a Tree by Margaret Elphinstone
Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
Squeaky Clean by Callum McSorley
The Hothouse by the East River by Muriel Spark
The Other Side of Stone by Linda Cracknell
The Changeling by Robin Jenkins
The Silver Bough by Neil Gunn (review to be posted here soon.)
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Scottish Fiction, SF, Short Stories